Agenda item

Construction of 79 dwellings plus roads, public open space and associated works (amended scheme for construction of 86 dwellings ref: B/16/0106)

 

Land off Puritan Way, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8NW

 

Mrs S Gosling, Mrs M Leggate and Mrs R Wicks

 

Construction of 79 dwellings plus roads, public open space and associated works (amended scheme for construction of 86 dwellings ref: B/16/0106)

 

Land off Puritan Way, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8NW

 

Mrs S Gosling, Mrs M Leggate and Mrs R Wicks

 

The Growth Manager presented the report confirming the application was for 9 dwellings less than the initial application on which 86 dwellings had been granted earlier in the year.

 

Representation was received from the applicant’s agent Mr Wicks which included:

 

Following the original approval the applicant had incorporated a number of relatively minor but quite numerous alterations to the original proposal.  As noted within paragraph 2.4 of the report a new sub-station had been incorporated.  A terrace of 3 dwellings had been changed to a pair of semi-detached units which would allow car parking alongside the units, reducing the car park courtyard area.    Finally house types had been substituted.

Following approval of a revised surface water pipe route to the other side of Fenside Road it was no longer required to bore through the Witham Bank.  The Section 106 detailed a deed of variation and 99% had been cleared and clearance of pre-commencement conditions had allowed work on the roads on the site to commence via previous approval.  The site was included in the draft local plan and already had a current permission for 7 more houses on the site which was in a highly sustainable location.  There would be no changes to the houses which backed onto the Grange.  Objections raised by 42 and 44 Puritan Way were overruled.

 

There would be construction noise which would be relatively short term and the applicant was looking at a further potential phase on the development where the new surface water pipe linked to Fenside Road which would provide residents with a short cut.    The roadworks on site alleviated any need to inconvenience residents by construction workers parking as they could park directly on site.   The site provide 79 shared equity and rental properties to help people to get on the property ladder or to rent.

 

It was moved by Councillor Jonathan Noble and Seconded by Councillor Michael Cooper that the committee be minded to approve the application in line with officer recommendation, subject to the conditions and reasons therein, subject to the amendment to condition 2 and subject to the completion of the deed of variation as detailed in the report.

 

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

 

RESOLVED:   That committee be minded to approve the application in line with officer recommendation subject to the following conditions and reasons and subject to the completion of the deed of variation:

 

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 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2          The develoment heerby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted plans as detailed in the submitted plans as detailed in the submitted ‘Drawings Issued Register’ received on the 4th December 2018 and issued on the 3^rd December 2018.

 

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

 

3          The first property shall not be occupied until full details of hard and soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include :

 

i.     hard surfacing materials

ii.    minor structures/ planters

iii.   planting schedules (species, sizes, planting densities, maintenance

       proposals)
          

            Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and in accordance with Section 197 of the 1990 Act which requires Local Planning Authorities to ensure, where appropriate, adequate provision is made for the preservation or planting of trees, and to ensure that the approved scheme is implemented satisfactorily in accordance with saved Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policies G1, G2 and H3.

 

4          The approved hard and soft landscaping works shall be implemented in full In accordance with timescales to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before the occupation of any dwelling.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and in accordance with Section 197 of the 1990 Act which requires Local Planning Authorities to ensure, where appropriate, adequate provision is made for the preservation or planting of trees, and to ensure that the approved scheme is implemented satisfactorily in accordance with saved Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policies G1, G2 and H3.

 

5          The proposed area of equipped public open space in the northern part of the site  as shown on plan Proposed site plan ref 14/2221-02 rev V shall be laid out in a manner to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and shall be  made available for use before the 40th dwelling constucted on the application site is first occupied and shall be retained therefter.

 

            Reason: To provide a satisfactory level of publicly available amenity open space within the development and to accord with Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy H4.

 

6          A landscape management plan including management responsibilities and maintenance schedules of the public open space and play equipment shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority before the occupation of any dwelling and approved in writing. The landscape maintenance plan shall be carried out as approved thereafter.

Reason: To ensure the long term maintenance of the public open space and play equipment, in the interests of the amenity of residents and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy H4.

 

7          Before occupation of any of the dwellings hereby approved, the external parking areas shall be provided with lighting in accordance with details, including the maintenance of the lighting, to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

           Reason: To provide adequate lighting of the private driveway in the interest of crime prevention and community safety and in accordance with Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy H3.

 

8.         The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted Constrution Management Plan Rev A received on the 21^st November 2018.

 

            Reason: In the interests of the safety and free passage of the public, in the interests of residential amenity and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policies G1 and G6.

 

9          Notwithstanding the submitted details, before any development is commenced above slab level, details of a wall and fencing scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of the walls and fencing to be erected, their height, design, materials and position in relation to finished ground levels of the site following development and the ground levels of the neighbouring properties to the west. The scheme shall be carried out as approved prior to the occupation of each respective dwelling.

 

           Reason: In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to accord with Policy G1 of the Boston Borough Local Plan 1999.

 

10        Prior to the commencement of the development above slab level, details relating to the treatment of the transitional area between the proposed raised land levels along the western boundary of the site and existing ground levels of the neighbouring land and to include site sections shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the development shall be built in accordance with the approved scheme. The details shall also include the boundary treatment and the means to ensure that surface water from this raised land does not cause flooding onto neighbouring land. The approved details shall be completed prior to the occupation of plots 2-8 inclusive; 33-38 inclusive; 57 and 58.

Reason: No such details have been submitted, in the interests of satisfactory drainage and residential amenity and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policies G1 and G3.

 

11        No dwellings shall be occupied until the foul water scheme hereby approved has been fully installed and is operational. The approved scheme shall be retained and maintained in full in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason:  In the interests of satisfactory drainage and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy G3.

 

12        Surface water shall be discharged to the surface water sewer as  shown on plan ref 14/2221-02 rev V and as approved by permission B/18/0395 dated 26^th November 2018. No dwellings shall be occupied until the surface water scheme has been fully installed and is fully operational. The approved scheme shall be retained and maintained in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason:  In the interests of satisfactory drainage and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy G3.

 

13        The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) (RM Associates version 2 dated April 2016) and in particular the following mitigation measures as detailed within the FRA:

 

§  Finished floor levels of the dwellings shall be set no lower than 3.5m AOD

§  Flood resistant and resilient measures shall be incorporated throughout the development as stated.

 

The mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation.

 

Reason: To reduce the risk of flooding to the proposed development and any future occupants and to accord with the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (2018).

 

14        Notwithstanding the provisions of condition  13 above, the ground floor of plots 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63 shall be available for garaging, utility, WC and storage only and at no time shall it be used for any other purpose.

 

Reason: To reduce the impacts of flooding on the development and to accord with the objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework (2018)

 

15        No dwelling shall be occupied until details have been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority for the provision of a fire hydrant on this site. The approved fire hydrant shall be installed prior to the occupation of any dwelling on this site and retained thereafter.

 

Reason: In the interests of public safety and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy H3.

 

16       The carriageways of the estate roads hereby permitted shall be constructed up to and including binder course level prior to the commencement of the erection of any residential development intended to take access therefrom and no dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied before the footway between that dwelling and the existing public highway is also constructed up to and including binder course level.  The carriageway and footway binder course surfaces shall be maintained to a standard that will provided safe and suitable access for residents and their visitors until such time as the final surface courses are laid and the final surface courses shall be laid no later than three months following the date of occupation of the penultimate dwelling.

 

Reason: To ensure that construction vehicles and material delivery vehicles can safely access the permitted development, to ensure that safe and suitable standard of vehicular and pedestrian access is provided for all throughout the construction period of the development in accordance with the guidance within the National Planning Policy Framework and to ensure that the roads and footways are completed within a reasonable period following completion of the dwellings.

 

17        No dwelling shall be commenced before the first 50 metres of estate road from its junction with the public highway, including visibility splays, as illustrated on drawing number 14/2221-02 Rev. V, dated 8 November 2018, have been completed.

 

Reason: To ensure construction and delivery vehicles, and the vehicles of site personnel may be parked and/or unloaded off the existing highway, in the interests of highway safety and the amenity of neighbouring residents and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policies G1 and H3.

 

18        No development shall take place above slab level until details of the proposed play equipment to be provided on the public open space has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved play equipment shall be installed and made available for use before the 40^th dwelling constructed on the application site is first occupied and shall be retained thereafter.

 

Reason: To provide a satisfactory level of play equipment within the development and to accord with the objectives of Boston Borough Local Plan 1999 Policy H4.

 

In determining this application the authority has taken account of the guidance in paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2018) in order to seek to secure sustainable development that improves the economic, social and environmental conditions of the Borough.

 

It is recorded that Councillor Yvonne Stevens re-joined the meeting at this part in the proceedings.