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Agenda item
815-817 The Ridge, St. Leonards on Sea
Minutes:
Proposal:
Erection of 4no. detached dwellings.
Application No:
HS/FA/16/00790
Existing Use:
Conservation Area:
Listed Building
Public Consultation
Residential curtilage
No
No
The Applicant is Council employee in politically
restricted post
The Principal Planner, Miss Roots, presented this report on the erection of 4 detached dwellings. She informed the Committee that this application had been brought to the Planning Committee for determination because the applicant is a senior council employee in a politically restricted post. Members were shown plans of the application site.
Planning permission had previously been approved for three dwellings on the site in 2015. This application is for 4 detached 2 storey dwellings comprising 4 bedrooms in the curtilage of 815 and 817 The Ridge.
Members raised concern regarding the gradual increase in the number of properties proposed on this site.
Councillor Beaver proposed a motion to approve the application as set out in the resolution below. This was seconded by Councillor Dowling.
RESOLVED - (unanimously) that planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:-
1.
The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission;
2.
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:
4178/16/LPB/B,4178/16/SUDS/B,4178/16/1/B,4178/16/2,4178/16/3,4178/EX
3.
With the exception of internal works the building works required to carry out the development allowed by this permission must only be carried out within the following times:-
08.00 - 18.00 Monday to Friday
08.00 - 13.00 on Saturdays
No working on Sundays or Public Holidays.
4.
No development shall take place above ground until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the dwellings 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;
5.
Notwithstanding the details on approved plans 4178/16/1/B and 4178/16/LBP/B, details regarding the alignment of the parking area for plot 3 and 817A, and the spaces to the rear; turning space, and an additional parking space for visitors, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details should include 6m to the rear of each parking space in order to facilitate turning. Thereafter the parking areas be retained for that use and shall not be used other than for parking and turning of motor vehicles;
6.
The access shall be reconstructed with a minimum width of 4.5m for the first 10m and laid out and constructed in accordance with the attached HT407 form/diagram and all works undertaken shall be executed and completed by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted;
7.
The completed access shall have maximum gradients of 2.5% (1 in 40) from the channel line and 11% (1 in 9) thereafter;
8.
Prior to the commencement of development details of the proposed surface water drainage to prevent the discharge of surface water from the proposed site onto the public highway and, similarly, to prevent the discharge of surface water from the highway onto the site shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval in consultation with the Highway Authority;
9.
The development shall not be occupied until cycle parking areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans or details which have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and the areas shall thereafter be retained for that use and shall not be used other than for the parking of cycles;
10.
The windows in the side elevations of the proposed dwellings shown serving bathrooms shall be obscure glazed with obscure glass to a minimum level of obscurity equivalent to Pilkington Texture Glass Level 3, or similar equivalent and be permanently fixed shut and non-opening below 1.8 metres from finished floor level;
11.
(i) Construction of the development shall not commence until details of the proposed means of foul sewerage and surface water disposal/management have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority;
(ii) Development shall be carried out in accordance with the details approved under (i) and no occupation of any of the dwellings or flats hereby approved shall occur until those works have been completed;
(iii) No occupation of any of the dwellings or flats hereby approved shall occur until the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that it is satisfied, that the necessary drainage infrastructure capacity is now available to adequately service the development.
12.
No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of soft landscaping, which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land including details of those to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development. New soft landscaping details shall include planting plans; written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment); schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate together with an implementation programme;
13.
All planting seeding or turfing comprised in the approved soft landscaping scheme shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development, or with the written agreement of the Local Planning Authority, in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of any buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation;
14.
No development shall take place until full details of the hard landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and these works shall be carried out as approved. These details shall include proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas; hard surfacing materials;
15.
All hard landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the programme agreed with the Local Planning Authority;
16.
Before the development herby approved is occupied, provision shall be made for the ability to connect to fibre based broadband;
17.
No development shall take place until the measures outlined in the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (The Mayhew Consultancy) dated October 2016 have been fully implemented, unless:
(i) the programme for such measures is otherwise specified within that document, in which case the works shall be carried out in accordance with the timescales contained therein or;
(ii) unless the measures contained within the Appraisal is otherwise first varied, by way of prior written approval from the Local Planning Authority.
18.
Prior to commencement of development, permission must be obtained by Southern Water to connect to the public sewer. A copy of this permission from Southern Water shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. Please contact Southern Water: Developer Services, Southern Water, Southern House, Sparrowgrove, Otterbourne, Hampshire, SO21 2SW. Tel: 0330 303 0119. E-mail: developerservices@southernwater.co.uk.
Reasons:
1.
This condition is imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
2.
For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning;
3.
To safeguard the amenity of adjoining residents. (Hastings Local Plan 2004 - Policy DG4);
4.
In the interests of the visual amenity of the area. (Hastings Local Plan 2004 - Policy DG1);
5.
In the interests of the safety of persons and vehicles entering and leaving the access and proceeding along the highway;
6.
In the interests of the safety of persons and vehicles entering and leaving the access and proceeding along the highway;
7.
To ensure the safety of persons and vehicles using the access and/or proceeding along the highway;
8.
In the interests of highway safety;
9.
In order that the development site is accessible by non-car modes and to meet the objectives of sustainable development;
10.
To protect the amenities of adjoining residential properties;
11.
To prevent increased risk of flooding;
12.
To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity;
13.
To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity;
14.
To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity;
15.
To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity;
16.
To ensure a satisfactory standard of development in accordance with Policy SC1 of the Hastings Planning Strategy 2014;
17.
To protect features of recognised nature conservation importance; and
18.
To support sustainable drainage methods proposed, and prevent increased risk of flooding.
Notes to the Applicant
1.
Failure to comply with any condition imposed on this permission may result in enforcement action without further warning;
2.
Statement of positive engagement: In dealing with this application Hastings Borough Council has actively sought to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, in accordance with paragraphs 186 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework;
3.
Bins for collection from the dwellings hereby approved should be placed on the boundary of the highway (The Ridge);
4.
The site is within a High Pressure Pipeline (Scotia Gas Networks) 2km buffer zone and guidance regarding any possible excavation works should be obtained through the relevant legislation under The Health and Safety Executive (HSE). For more information please contact the Plant Location Team at plantlocation@sgn.co.uk before works commence;
5.
The applicant is advised that the two smaller bedrooms at first floor level in Plots 1, 2 and 3, do not meet the minimum floorspace requirements for a double bedroom, and should only provide one bedspace each;
6.
No development or tree planting shall be located within 3m either side of the centreline of the public sewer, and no soakaways shall be located within 5m of the sewer.
Supporting documents:
- MAP_HS_FA_16_00790_815-817 The Ridge, item 159a PDF 369 KB
- HS-FA-16-00790 815-817 The Ridge, item 159a PDF 120 KB
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