Decision details

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

 

The application sought approval for demolition of 418A Milton Road and construction of 7x1 bedroom flats and 1x2 bedroom flats. General Housing C3 use along with parking, cycle and refuse storage.

 

The Applicant spoke in support of the application.

 

The Committee:

 

Resolved (by 8 votes to 0) subject to the conditions listed below, and the following two additional conditions with respect to trees listed on the amendment sheet:

 

New Condition 13 (by 8 votes to 0)

No works or development shall take place until full details of all proposed tree planting, and the proposed times of planting, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority, and all tree planting shall be carried out in accordance with those details and at those times.

Reason: To ensure the satisfactory implementation of tree planting in the interests of visual amenity. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policies 3/4, 3/11, 3/12 and 4/4)

 

New Condition 14 (by 8 votes to 0)

If within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree or shrub, that tree or shrub, or any tree or shrub planted as a replacement for it, is removed, uprooted, destroyed or dies or becomes, in the opinion of the local planning authority, seriously damaged or defective, another tree or shrub of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the local planning authority gives written consent to any variation.

 

Reason: To ensure the provision of amenity afforded by the proper maintenance of existing and/or new landscape features. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policies 3/4, 3/12 and 3/11).

 

and the two informatives below, and also subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement by 12^th July 2013.

 

INFORMATIVE (by 6 votes to 1): The applicant is advised to ensure that bathrooms on the ground floor allow adequate space for disabled use and that bathroom doors open outwards.

 

INFORMATIVE (by 8 votes to 0): The applicant is urged to ensure that the whole layout of ground floor flats within the scheme enables use by disabled persons.

 

ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION (by 8 votes to 0): Unless prior agreement has been obtained from the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chair and Spokesperson of this Committee to extend the period for completion of the Planning Obligation required in connection with this development, if the Obligation has not been completed by 12^th July 2013, it is recommended that the application be refused for the following reasons: The proposed development does not make appropriate provision for public open space, community development facilities, waste facilities and monitoring in accordance with Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policies 3/8, 3/12, 5/14, and 10/1 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Structure Plan 2003 policies P6/1 and P9/8 and as detailed in the Planning Obligation Strategy 2010, and the Open Space Standards Guidance for Interpretation and Implementation 2010.

                   

 

Conditions

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

Reason: In accordance with the requirements of section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2. No development shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: To ensure that the appearance of the external surfaces is appropriate. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policies 3/4, 3/12 and 3/14)

3. Except with the prior written agreement of the local planning authority no construction work or demolition shall be carried out or plant operated other than between the following hours: 0800 hours to 1800 hours Monday to Friday, 0800 hours to 1300 hours on Saturday and at no time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of the adjoining properties.

(Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/13)

 

4. Except with the prior agreement of the local planning authority in writing, there should be no collection or deliveries to the site during the demolition and construction stages outside the hours of 0700 hrs and 1900 hrs on Monday ' Saturday and there should be no collections or deliveries on Sundays or Bank and public holidays.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of the adjoining properties.

(Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/13)

 

5. No development shall commence until a programme of measures to minimise the spread of airborne dust from the site during the demolition / construction period has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of the adjoining properties.

(Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/13)

 

6. Prior to the commencement of development, a noise insulation scheme detailing the acoustic noise insulation performance specification of the external building envelope of the residential units (having regard to the building fabric, glazing and ventilation) to reduce the level of noise experienced in the residential units as a result of the proximity of the habitable rooms to the high ambient noise levels in the area (Milton Road facade dominated by traffic), be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall achieve the internal noise levels recommended in British Standard 8233:1999 'Sound Insulation and noise reduction for buildings-Code of Practice'. The scheme shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed details.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of the adjoining properties.

(Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/13)

 

7. No unbound material shall be used in the surface finish of the driveway within 6 metres of the highway boundary of the site.

 

Reason: To avoid displacement of loose material onto the highway in the interests of highway safety, Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 8/2.

 

8. Before the development hereby permitted is commenced details of the following matters shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing.

 

I) contractors access arrangements for vehicles, plant and personnel,

ii) contractors site storage area/compound,

iii) the means of moving, storing and stacking all building materials, plant and equipment around and adjacent to the site,

iv) the arrangements for parking of contractors vehicles and contractors personnel vehicles.

 

Thereafter the development shall be undertaken in accordance

with the approved details.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of the adjoining properties during the construction period. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/13)

 

9. No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed in accordance with a timetable agreed in writing with the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: To ensure an appropriate boundary treatment is implemented. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policies 3/4, 3/11 and 3/12)

 

10. No development shall take place within the site until the applicant, or their agent or successors in title, has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that an appropriate archaeological investigation of the site has been implemented before development commences. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 4/9)

 

11. No development shall commence until details of facilities for the covered, secured parking of bicycles for use in connection with the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority in writing. The approved facilities shall be provided in accordance with the approved details before use of the development commences.

 

Reason: To ensure appropriate provision for the secure storage of bicycles. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 8/6) b12. Prior to occupation of the development hereby approved, a management plan for the premises shall be submitted to and agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: In the interests of neighbouring amenity, Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 3/4.

 

INFORMATIVE: New development can sometimes cause inconvenience, disturbance and disruption to local residents, businesses and passers by. As a result the City Council runs a

Considerate Contractor Scheme aimed at promoting high standards of care during construction. The City Council encourages the developer of the site, through its building contractor, to join the scheme and agree to comply with the model Code of Good Practice, in the interests of good neighbourliness. Information about the scheme can be obtained from The Considerate Contractor Project Officer in the Planning

Department (Tel: 01223 457121).

 

Reasons for Approval

 

1.This development has been approved subject to conditions and the prior completion of a section 106 planning obligation (/a unilateral undertaking), because subject to those requirements it is considered to conform to the Development Plan as a whole, particularly the following policies:

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Structure Plan 2003: P6/1,

P9/8

Cambridge Local Plan (2006): 3/4, 3/7, 3/10, 3/11, 3/12, 4/13,

5/1, 8/2, 8/6, 10/1.

 

2. The decision has been made having had regard to all other material planning considerations, none of which was considered to have been of such significance as to justify doing other than grant planning permission.

 

3. In reaching this decision the local planning authority has acted on guidance provided by the National Planning Policy Framework, specifically paragraphs 186 and 187. The local planning authority has worked proactively with the applicant to bring forward a high quality development that will improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area.

 

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