Agenda item

APPLICATION NO.

23/01161/FULLS

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

REGISTERED

23.05.2023

APPLICANT

Forth Engineering Ltd

SITE

3 - 4 Sleepy Hollow Business Park, Ampfield Hill, Ampfield, SO51 9AW, AMPFIELD

PROPOSAL

Construction of car parking area, EV charging points, and erection of two outbuildings

AMENDMENTS

Clarification on site ownership and following plans:

Location / Block Plan – 9940.100 P2

Existing Site Plan – 9940.101 P2

Proposed Site Plan – 9940.102 P3

Site sections – 9940.104 P1

CASE OFFICER

Mr Nathan Glasgow

PERMISSION subject to:

1.

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

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

2.

The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans / numbers:

Location Plan - 9940.100 P1

Proposed Site Plan - 9940.102 P2

Proposed Plans / Elevations - 9940.103 P1

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

3.

The external materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match in type, colour and texture of those used on the existing buildings of Sleepy Hollow.  Specifically, the approved buildings shall be clad in untreated Canadian Western Red Cedar, installed in a horizontal orientation, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure the development has a satisfactory external appearance in the interest of visual amenities in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

4.

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted full details of hard and soft landscape works have been submitted and approved. Details shall include:

i) any means of enclosure;

ii) hard surfacing materials;

iii) planting plans;

iv) written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment);

v) schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities;

vi) programme of implementation, management and maintenance for a minimum period of 5 years;

vii) details of the boundary treatment to be planted along the northern boundary.

The landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the implementation programme.  Any trees or planting that are removed, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective within this period, shall be replaced before the end of the current or first available planting season following the failure, removal or damage of the planting.

Reason:  To enable the development to respect, complement and positively integrate into the character of the area in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policies E1 and E2.

5.

Development shall proceed in accordance with the measures set out in Section 9 and 10 of the Ecological Impact Assessment Report for Sleepy Holly, Ampfield (Abbas Ecology, April 2023).  Thereafter, mitigation and enhancement features shall be permanently maintained and retained in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the favourable conservation status of bats in accordance with Policy E5 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

6.

Prior to the installation of any external lighting, a detailed lighting strategy for the construction and operation phase of the works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Works shall subsequently proceed in accordance with any such approved details, with the approved lighting strategy maintained in perpetuity.

External lighting shall follow best practice guidelines outlined by the Bat Conservation Trust and the Institute of Lighting Professionals (Guidance note 08/18 Bats and artificial lighting in the UK).

Reason: To protect the local amenities of nearby residents and to prevent disturbance to protected species in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework and the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

7.

The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until provision for 3 cycle parking/storage has been made, in accordance with details to be submitted and approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority.  The approved scheme shall be maintained for this purpose at all times.

Reason: In the interest of providing sufficient safe parking for cyclists in accordance with the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy T2.

8.

The buildings and parking area that are subject to this planning permission shall be used solely for the incidental purposes of Unit 3 - 4 Sleepy Hollow Business Park, and for no other purposes whatsoever.

Reason:  The proposed use is considered to be acceptable, but any intensification of the use would result in harm to the amenities of the area, in accordance with policies COM2, E1 and E2 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

9.

No part of the site shall be used for outside storage purposes at any time.

Reason: In the interest of the amenities and character of the area in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) policies E1, E2 and E9.

10.

Notwithstanding the details provided within the drawing "existing and proposed site sections - 9940.104 P1", prior to the commencement of development existing and proposed levels must be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall then proceed in accordance with the approved plan(s).

Reason:  To enable the development to respect, complement and positively integrate into the character of the area in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policies E1 and E2.

Note to applicant:

1.

In reaching this decision Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC) has had regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and takes a positive and proactive approach to development proposals focused on solutions. TVBC work with applicants and their agents in a positive and proactive manner offering a pre-application advice service and updating applicants/agents of issues that may arise in dealing with the application and where possible suggesting solutions.