Agenda item

APPLICATION NO.

24/00167/FULLS

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

REGISTERED

25.01.2024

APPLICANT

Mr and Mrs Dolby-Stevens

SITE

Land rear of Willowbrook House, Braishfield Road, Crookhill, SO51 0QB, BRAISHFIELD

PROPOSAL

Demolish agricultural barn, erect single storey dwelling with detached car port and installation of package treatment plant

AMENDMENTS

None

CASE OFFICER

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:

Site Location Plan – 8257/P100 B

Proposed Block Plan – 8257/P101

Proposed Site Plan – 8257/P102 A

Proposed Site Entrance – 8257/P103

Proposed Ground Floor – 8257/P200 B

Proposed Roof Plan – 8257/P201

Proposed East/West Elevations – 8257/P300

Proposed North/South Elevations – 8257/P301

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

3.

The external materials to be used in the construction of all external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall be those as listed within the approved plans.

Reason:  To ensure a satisfactory visual relationship of the new development with the existing 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)  means of enclosure;

ii)  hard surfacing materials;

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

iv)  planting plans;

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

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

vii)programme of implementation 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.

The development hereby approved shall be undertaken in full accordance with the provisions set out within the Wadey Trees Limited Arboricultural Impact Appraisal and Method Statement reference WT 105-23 AIA dated 9th January 2024.

Reason: To ensure the enhancement of the development by the retention of existing trees and natural features during the construction phase, in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan policy E2.

6.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order), no building, structure, walls or fences of any kind shall be erected without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:  In order that the Local Planning Authority can exercise control in the locality in the interest of the local amenities in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policies COM2 and E1.

7.

Development shall proceed in accordance with the measures set out in Section 4.2 of the Willowbrook House, Braishfield, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 0QB Bat Emergence and Re-entry Surveys (Arbtech, February 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).

8.

Prior to the commencement of development, a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) incorporating measures to avoid impacts on the adjacent designated sites, habitats and species shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This should include:

i)  Biosecurity measures

ii)  Arrangements for the routing of machinery on site

iii)  Pollution prevention measures e.g. run off and storage of chemicals

iv)  Mitigation for protected species, such as avoidance and protection of suitable habitat

v)  Storage of materials

vi)  Minimising noise and vibration

vii)Ecological supervision of works

Development shall subsequently proceed in accordance with any such approved details.

Reason: To protect designated sites, habitats and species in accordance with Policy E5 of the Revised Test Valley Local Plan (2016).

9.

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 prevent disturbance to protected species in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework and the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

10.

The development hereby approved shall be designed and built to meet Regulation 36 2 (b) requirement of 110 litres/person/day water efficiency set out in part G2 of Building Regulations 2015.

Reason: In the interests of improving water usage efficiency in accordance with policy E7 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan 2016.

11.

On the day on which the dwelling hereby permitted is first occupied for residential purposes, the existing building on the application site shall cease to be used for any purpose, and within three months of that day, the existing building shall be demolished and the resultant materials cleared from the site in accordance with details to be submitted and approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:  The site lies in an area where new dwelling units are not normally permitted other than by replacement of the existing agricultural building (in this instance by virtue of the Class Q fallback position that would otherwise allow for its conversion), in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy COM12.

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.