Agenda item

APPLICATION NO.

23/01924/FULLS

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

REGISTERED

28.07.2023

APPLICANT

Mr John Haxforth

SITE

Field at Crookhill, Braishfield Road, Crookhill, SO51 0QB, BRAISHFIELD

PROPOSAL

Erection of agricultural storage barn

AMENDMENTS

Ecological Assessment – 04.10.2023

Agricultural Assessment – 11.01.2024

Amended plans – 11.01.2024

CASE OFFICER

Nathan Glasgow

The Officer’s recommendation as per the agenda was proposed by Councillor Cooper and seconded by Councillor A Dowden.  Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

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:

Site Location Plan rev 1

Proposed Plans/Elevations

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

3.

No development shall take place above DPC level of the development hereby permitted until samples and details of the materials to be used in the construction of all external surfaces hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

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) Policy E1.

4.

No development shall take place above DPC level of the development hereby permitted until full details of hard and soft landscape works have been submitted and approved. Details shall include:

i)  Any car parking layouts;

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, maintenance and management.

  The landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the implementation programme.

  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 Sections 4.4 and 4.5 of the Field off Briashfield Road, Crookhill, Hampshire Ecological Assessment (4Woods Ecology, September 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.

No external lighting shall be installed unless in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The details shall include plans and details sufficient to show the location, type, specification, luminance and angle of illumination of all lights/luminaires and a light spread diagram.

Reason:  To safeguard the visual amenities of the area, in the interests of road safety, in the interest of protected species and to safeguard the residential amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policies E1, E5, LHW4 and T1.

7.

The building hereby approved shall be used solely for agricultural purposes, and for no other purposes whatsoever.

Reason:  The site is in the countryside where it has only been demonstrated that buildings related to agriculture or forestry are essential to be located, in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy COM2.

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.