Agenda item

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 use hereby permitted shall not commence until the following shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

(i) Details of the appearance and siting of the cycle stands / racks, including finished colour.

(ii) 1:100 details of the siting and appearance of a refuse bin enclosure.

(iii) Scaled plans and elevations of the siting, appearance and content of signage that will direct customers via the main entrance to the site from Station Road and that will discourage their use of the shared driveway with Church Farm House.

(iv) Scaled plans and elevations of the siting, appearance and content of signage that will direct customers to use the courtyard (NW) entrance door to the premises and that will discourage their use of the glazed door entrance on the SW elevation.

The use shall not commence until the approved details have been put in place. 

Reason:  In the interests of residential amenity and highway safety and to ensure control over the appearance of signage in the interests of the character and appearance the development in accordance with Policies CS7, CS12, CS24 and CS27 of the Dacorum Core Strategy September 2013 and saved Policies 97 and 120 of the Dacorum Borough Local Plan 1991-2011.

3

The premises shall only be open to customers between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on Tuesdays to Sundays, and not at all on Mondays. Any customers remaining on the premises after those hours shall leave the premises not later than 5.15 pm.

The use of the premises for evening meetings or events is permitted on no more than 12 occasions per year, and visitors shall leave the premises by no later than 10.30 pm.

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

4

Amplified sound or other music shall only be played in the premises.

Reason:  In the interests of the amenities of the occupants of neighbouring dwellings.

5

Prior to the occupation of the proposed café (Class A3) use of the development hereby permitted, a scheme for the ventilation of the premises, including the extraction and filtration of cooking fumes/odour control, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be carried out prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted.

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

6

Noise arising from the use of the extractor fan or any other site equipment shall not increase the existing background noise level (LA90 5mins) when measured (LAeq 5mins) 1 metre external from the nearest residential or noise sensitive premises. The applicant shall also ensure that vibration/structure borne noise derived from the use of the extractor fan does not cause noise nuisance within residential or noise sensitivepremises.

Reason: To safeguard the amenities of those premises nearby the application site and the appearance of the building as a whole in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy September 2013.

7

No tables or chairs for customer use shall be placed outside the building except as indicated on the Proposed Floor Plan.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of residential and visual amenity in accordance with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Core Strategy September 2013.

8

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

2062.01 Location Plan

Existing Floor Plan

Proposed Floor Plan

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

Article 35 Statement:

Planning permission has been granted for this proposal. The Council acted pro-actively through positive engagement with the applicant at the pre-application stage and 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.

INFORMATIVE:

Construction Hours of Working – (Plant & Machinery)

In accordance with the councils adopted criteria, all noisy works associated with site demolition, site preparation and construction works shall be limited to the following hours: 0730hrs to 1830hrs on Monday to Saturdays, no works are permitted at any time on Sundays or bank holidays.