Agenda item

4/02115/17/FUL - CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND GREENHOUSE - LAND TO THE EAST OF DELMEREND LANE, FLAMSTEAD, ST. ALBANS

Minutes:

J Seed introduced the item to members and said it had been referred to committee due to the contrary views of Flamstead Parish Council.

Jason Opperman spoke in spoke of the application.

Members asked for a condition to be imposed that would mean the temporary structures on site would be removed within 6 months of the development being finished.

It was proposed by Councillor Birnie and seconded by Councillor Whitman to grant the application in line with the officer’s recommendation and the additional condition.

Vote

For: 9               Against: 0                    Abstained: 0

Resolved:

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.

 

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:

 

Location Plan

Site Plan

Barn Plans - Sections and Elevations

Proposed Greenhouse

 

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

 

3

No development (excluding groundworks) shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscape works shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  These details shall include:

 

·        hard surfacing materials;

·        means of enclosure;

·        soft landscape works which 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;

·        trees to be retained and measures for their protection during construction works;

·        proposed finished levels or contours;

·        car parking layouts and other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

·        minor artefacts and structures (e.g. furniture, play equipment, refuse or other storage units, signs, lighting etc);

·        proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (e.g. drainage, power, communications cables, pipelines etc, indicating lines, manholes, supports etc);

·        retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant.

 

The approved landscape works shall be carried out prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted.

               

Reason:  To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development and to safeguard the visual character of the immediate area in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Core Strategy.

 

4

Details of any external lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to installation.

 

Reason:  To safeguard the visual character and residential amenity of the immediate area in accordance with Policy CS12 Core Strategy.

 

5

The proposed development shall not be brought into use until details of facilities for the storage of refuse shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved facilities shall then be provided before the development is first brought into use and they shall thereafter be permanently retained unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

 

Reason: To accord with Saved Policy 129 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan 1991-2011.

 

6

No development (excluding groundworks) shall commence until a Footpath Protection Plan has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Following approval, the works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Plan.

 

Reason: To ensure that the public footpath network is adequately protected during and after construction in accordance with Saved Policy 79 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan.

 

7

No operations shall be carried out at the site outside the hours of 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Friday.

 

Reason: To ensure that the operation is consistent with the application details and planning assessment and in the interests of the amenity of adjoining residents in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Core Strategy.

 

 

8

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted, a visibility splay shall be provided in full accordance with the details indicated on the approved plan no K-TT376/01/R0. The splay shall thereafter be maintained at all times free from any obstruction between 600mm and 2m above the level of the adjacent highway carriageway. 

 

Reason:  In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Saved Policy 51 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan and Policies CS8 and CS12 of the Core Strategy.

 

 

9

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (As Amended) (or any Order amending or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no development falling within the following classes of the Order shall be carried out without the prior written approval of the local planning authority:

 

 Schedule 2, Part 6, Class B

 Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A

 

Reason: To enable the local planning authority to retain control over the development in the interests of safeguarding the residential and visual amenity of the locality and the objectives of the Green Belt in accordance with Policies CS12 and CS5 of the Core Strategy and the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

ARTICLE 35 STATEMENT

 

Planning permission has been granted for this proposal. Discussion with the applicant to seek an acceptable solution was not necessary in this instance. 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

 

AN1. Road Deposits: Best practical means shall be taken at all times to ensure that all vehicles leaving the development site during demolition of existing building and construction of the new development are in condition such as not to emit dust or deposit mud, slurry or other debris on the highway. 

 

Reason: This is to minimise the impact of construction vehicles and to improve the amenity of the local area.

 

AN2. The applicant is advised that storage of materials associated with the development should take place within the site and not extend into within the public highway without authorisation from the highway authority, Hertfordshire County Council. If necessary further details can be obtained from the

County Council Highways via either the website http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/transtreets/highways/ or by telephone 0300 1234047 to arrange this.

 

Reason: In the interest of highway Safety

 

A3.The developer should be aware that the required standards regarding the maintenance of the public right of way and safety during the construction. The public rights of way along the carriageway and footways should remain unobstructed by vehicles, machinery, materials and other aspects of construction works. 

 

Reason: In the interest of highway user's safety

 

AN4.Where works are required within the public highway to facilitate access, the highway authority  require the construction of such works to be undertaken to their specification and by a contractor who is authorised to work in the public highway. In relation to the crossover the applicant is advised to see the attached website.

 

Vehicle crossover guidance

 

http://www.hertsdirect.org/docs/pdf/d/vxo.pdf

 

and to apply for vehicle crossover

 

http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/transtreets/highways/hhonlineservices/vxo

 

 

 

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