Agenda item

1

Use of the vehicular access hereby permitted shall only be used for agricultural vehicles and shall not be used for any access to Bovingdon Market subject to Planning Permission  4/01889/14/MFA for the relocation of market from east/west runway to north-west/south-east runway, reconfiguration of associated car parking areas, installation of office and toilets, and formation of landscaping (including new bund).

Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy, to accord with the details submitted with the application and for the avoidance of doubt. 

2

Notwithstanding the submitted detaIls the vehicular access hereby permitted shall not be used until it is constructed fully in accordance with Roads in Hertfordshire Design Guide 3rd Edition.

Reason: To ensure satisfactory access into the site and to avoid carriage of extraneous material or surface water from or onto the highway in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy.

3

The vehicular access hereby permitted shall at all times be served by visibility splays measuring 2.4 x 120 metres to southwest and 2.4 x 90 metres to northeast to each side of the access where it meets the highway and such splays shall thereafter be maintained at all times free from any obstruction between 600mm and 2 metres above the level of the adjacent highway carriageway.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy.

4

The access gate (and any associated bollard, chain or other means of obstruction) shall be hung to open inwards at all times and maintained at a minimum distance of 6 metres from the near channel edge of the adjacent carriageway.  Any sidewalls / fences / hedges adjacent to the access shall be splayed at an angle of 45 degrees from each of the (outside) gateposts to the front boundary of the site.

Reason: To enable vehicles to safely draw off the highway before the gate(s) or obstruction in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy. 

5

Subject to the requirements of other conditions of this planning permission the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans:

JR-DM-2.0

JR-DM-3.0

JR - DM -4.0 : Site Plan

JR-DM-4.0 : Visibility Plan

JR-DM-4.0 : Elevations Plan

JR-DM -1.1

Reason:  To safeguard and maintain the strategic policies of the local planning authority and for the avoidance of doubt.

ARTICLE 35 STATEMENT

Planning permission has been granted for this proposal. The Council acted pro-actively through positive engagement with the applicant during the determination process which lead to improvements to the scheme. The Council has therefore acted pro-actively in line with the requirements of the Framework (paragraphs 186 and 187) and in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2015.

INFORMATIVES

Highway Works

Section 278 Agreement: Work within the highway boundary must be secured and approved via a S278 Minor Works Agreement with Hertfordshire County Council Highways Authyority. 

Construction standards for new/amended vehicle access: Where works are required within the public highway to facilitate the new or amended vehicular access, the Highway Authority require the construction of such works to be undertaken to their satisfaction and specification, and by a contractor who is authorised to work in the public highway. Arrangement shall be made for surface water drainage to be intercepted and disposed of separately so that it does not discharge from or onto the highway carriageway. Before works commence the applicant will need to apply to the Highway Authority to obtain their permission and requirements. Further information is available via the website http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/transtreets/highways/ or by telephoning 0300 1.

Contamination

The developer should keep a watching brief during ground works on the site for any potentially contaminated material. Should any such material be encountered, then the Council must be informed without delay, advised of the situation and an appropriate course of action agreed.