Agenda item

Erection of wardens accommodation  (mobile home unit).

Meadowvale Touring Park   Five House Lane   Wyberton   Boston

Mr B Adams

Erection of wardens accommodation (mobile home unit)

Meadowvale Touring Park   Five House Lane   Wyberton   Boston

Mr B Adams

The Development Control Manager presented the report to the committee confirming there were no updates to the report tabled within the agenda.

Representation was received from the Ward Member which included:

Committee were advised that there was significant evidence of the need for more touring caravan pitches in the area of the application site.   Referencing the variety of leisure pursuits, including walking, bird watching, fishing and golfing that were in the near vicinity of the site, the Ward Member asked committee to recognise that the site would strengthen the Council’s drive to increase tourism.

Acknowledging the chequered history of the plot of land and also the concerns of nearby residents in that the site could turn into a low grade residential caravan park, the Ward Member stressed that all the conditions on the previous application must be adhered to, in order to ensure that the site became a top grade touring caravan park. 

Referencing condition 5 within this application, members were asked to agree that the installation of the proposed mobile unit would not take place until the actual site was completed and in use as a recreational and tourist only facility.

As a point of order it is noted that Councillor Richard Austin having addressed the committee as Ward Member on the following application B 16 0385, duly absented himself from the meeting for the deliberation and decision making.

It was moved by Councillor Jonathan Noble and seconded by Councillor Michael Brookes that the application be granted in line with officer recommendation and the conditions therein:  subject to amendments to Condition 5 to address committees concerns that the site be completed and fit for purpose before the wardens mobile unit is installed on the site.

Vote:       In Favour 11.        Against. 0.       Abstentions 0.

RESOLVED:    That the committee resolve that the application be granted in line with officer recommendation, subject to the conditions therein.

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

Reason:           Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

§   Location plan 1: 2500 (1/3)

§   General site plan ref 1368-960-7a (2/3)

§   Internal layout plan ref 1368-960307-14 (3/3)

§   Photographs 1 and 2 showing external appearance of the mobile unit

Reason:          To ensure the development is undertaken in accordance with the approved details and to accord with Adopted Local Plan Policy G1.

3.         The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations contained within the submitted Flood Risk Assessment and shall include the following measures:

§   The mobile home shall be secured to the ground using an adequate mechanism such as chains and /or ground anchors before occupation and shall be retained in that form thereafter.

§   The finished floor level of the mobile home shall be set no lower than 5.0m AOD.

            Reason:          To define this permission and to reduce the risk of flooding to the proposed development and future occupiers. This condition accords with the requirements of the NPPF (2012).

4.        The residential accommodation shall only be occupied by the warden of Meadowvale Touring Park for the purposes of the essential managerial presence in accordance with the details of the application and occupation shall cease and the accommodation removed from the site within 2 months of Meadowvale Touring Park no longer being used for recreational/tourism purposes.

           Reason:           In accordance with the details of the application, to prevent unrestricted residential development in the countryside and to accord with the objectives of the NPPF (2012).

5.         The mobile unit shall not be brought onto the site and occupied until the caravan site known as Meadowvale Touring Park is used and operational as a recreational/tourist facility.

             Reason:         The works associated with the touring caravan site have not yet been completed and the recreational/tourism use has not yet commenced. This condition has been imposed to ensure that the warden’s accommodation is located on the site only when there is a genuine managerial need for a warden to be on site. This condition accords with the objectives of the NPPF (2012)

It is noted that Councillors Maureen Dennis and Richard Austin rejoined the meeting at this point in the proceedings.

It is noted that on conclusion of public representation in respect of Planning Application B 16 0360 Councillor Brian Rush declared he was conflicted having spoken with one of the presenters:  tabling his apology for not realising earlier he absented himself from the meeting at that point and took no part in the deliberation or decision making on that item.