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Decision Maker: North Area Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
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.
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 12th
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 12th 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.
These
reasons for approval can be a summary of the reasons for grant of planning
permission only. For further details on the decision please see the officer
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Report author: John Evans
Publication date: 13/06/2013
Date of decision: 16/05/2013
Decided at meeting: 16/05/2013 - North Area Committee
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