Agenda item

4/01713/19/FUL - DEMOLITION OF DWELLING & CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING INCLUDING REMOVAL OF IDENTIFIED SMALL SCALE TREES - 11 BARNCROFT ROAD, BERKHAMSTED, HP4 3NL

Minutes:

Councillor Maddern arrived at 7:41pm and, therefore, did not take part on this item.

 

Councillor Guest arrived at 7:44pm and also, therefore, did not take part on this item.

 

The Case Officer, Will Collier, introduced the report to Members and said that the application had been referred to the committee as it was contrary to the views of Berkhamsted Town Council.

 

James Holmes spoke in objection of the application, on behalf of Andrew Boothby.

 

Berkhamsted Town Councillor Garrick Stevens spoke in objection of the application.

 

Emma Adams spoke in support of the application.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Hobson and seconded by Councillor R Sutton to GRANT the application in line with the officer’s recommendation with the addition of a Condition relating to replacement tree planting.

 

Vote:

 

For: 6                           Against: 3                    Abstained: 1    

 

Resolved: That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions.

 

Conditions

No

Condition

1

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

 

Reason:  To comply with the requirements of Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2

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

 

2760.03 A

2760.04

2760.05 A

2760.06

2760.07 A

2760.08 A

2760.09

2760.11

 

Bat Report dated 16/7/19

Arbicorultural Methods Statement (dated 17th July 2019 by Arbtech).

Email regarding materials by Shaun Andrews Design and Architecture dated 23/9/19

 

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

 

3

The tree protection measures described in the approved Arboricultural Methods Statement (dated 17th July 2019 by Arbtech) shall be put in place prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained throughout the duration of the construction of the development.

 

Reason: To ensure the protection and retention of existing/remaining protected trees in accordance with saved Policy 99 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan.

 

4

The development hereby permitted shall be constructed in accordance with the materials specified in the email dated 23rd September by Shaun Andrew Design and Architecture.

 

Reason:  To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development in accordance with Policy CS12 of the adopted Dacorum Borough Core Strategy.

 

5

Following the submission of revised side elevations removing the first floor bedroom windows on the northern elevation, there are only two windows to be obscure-glazed. The windows condition has been revised to read as follows:

 

The following windows of the dwelling hereby permitted shall be permanently fitted with obscured glazing to a minimum of Level 3 on the Pilkington scale of privacy or equivalent and non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed:

 

·         First floor en-suite bathroom window for bedroom 4 on the north-east elevation.

·         First floor en-suite window for bedroom 2 on the south-west elevation.

 

Reason:  In the interests of the residential amenities of the occupants of the adjacent dwellings in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy 2013.

 

6

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted a Replacement Tree Planting Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Replacement Tree Planting Plan shall include details of the location, species and stock size / height of the replacement trees. The Replacement Tree Planting Plan shall be implemented in full by the end of the first planting season after the first occupation of the development hereby permitted. Any tree which forms part of the approved Replacement Tree Planting Plan which within a period of five years from planting fails to become established, becomes seriously damaged or diseased, dies or for any reason is removed shall be replaced in the next planting season by a tree or shrub of a species, size and maturity to be approved by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: In the interest of visual amenity and ecology in accordance with Policies CS12 and CS26 of the adopted Dacorum Core Strategy and saved Policy 99 of the Dacorum Local Borough Plan.

 

 

 

Councillor Guest resumed her position as Chair.

 

Councillor Wyatt-Lowe resumed her position to Vice-Chair.

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