Agenda item

APPLICATION NO.

21/02635/FULLS

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

REGISTERED

08.09.2021

APPLICANT

LandQuest UK (Southern) Ltd

SITE

Oxlease House, Cupernham Lane, Romsey, SO51 7LE,  ROMSEY EXTRA

PROPOSAL

Erection of 35 dwellings with associated parking and use of the vehicular ingress and egress onto Cupernham Lane following the demolition of the existing dwelling and other outbuildings.

AMENDMENTS

17.11.21 (Drainage, Ecology), 23.02.22 (Trees), 03.03.22 (Drainage), 21.04.22 (Trees), (Landscape & Ecology) & 27.06.22 (Nitrates)

CASE OFFICER

Paul Goodman

Delegate to Head of Planning & Building to:

• Allow completion of satisfactory consultation with Local Lead Flood Authority and Natural England
• Impose any reasonable additional or amended conditions considered necessary following that process, to adequately deal with drainage, then 
• Secure a legal agreement to require;
• Removal of nitrate mitigation land from agricultural production
• Future management of the nitrate mitigation land.
• Nitrate mitigation monitoring fee
• Future management of landscaped and biodiversity enhancement areas outside of residential garden areas.
• New Forest SPA contribution.
• Offsite affordable housing contribution.
• s106 monitoring fee

Then 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.

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.

3.

The development hereby approved shall be undertaken in full accordance with the provisions set out within the eco urban Arboricultural Implications Assessment and Method Statement ref 201311 - AIA (17 August 2021), amended Tree Details Plan ref 190076 32 A and additional Eco 7 Tree Protection Plan received 12th April 2022.

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.

4.

Tree protective measures installed (in accordance with the tree protection condition 3) shall be maintained and retained for the full duration of works or until such time as agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. No activities, nor material storage, nor placement of site huts or other equipment what-so-ever shall take place within the barrier.

Reason: To ensure the avoidance of damage to existing trees and natural features during the construction phase in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan policy E2.

5.

All service routes, drain runs, soakaways or excavations in connection with the development hereby permitted shall remain wholly outside the tree protective barrier.

Reason: To ensure the avoidance of damage to existing trees and natural features during the construction phase in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan policy E2.

6.

No development shall take place above DPC level until full details of hard and soft landscape works have been submitted and approved. Details shall include-where appropriate: proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas; hard surfacing materials; minor artefacts and structures. Soft landscape works 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. The soft landscape proposals shall include details of soft boundary treatments to the outside edges of the site.  The landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the implementation programme and in accordance with the management plan.

Reason:  To improve the appearance of the site and enhance the character of the development in the interest of visual amenity and contribute to the character of the local area in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy E1 and E2.

7.

No development shall take place above DPC level of the development hereby permitted until a schedule of landscape implementation and maintenance for a minimum period of 5 years has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The schedule shall include details of the arrangements for the phasing of the implementation and ongoing maintenance during that period in accordance with appropriate British Standards or other recognised codes of practise. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved schedule.

Reason: To ensure the provision, establishment and maintenance to a suitable standard of the approved landscape designs to create and maintain the appearance of the site and enhance the character of the development in the interest of visual amenity and to contribute to the character of the local area in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy E1 and E2.

8.

The development shall not be occupied until space has been laid out and provided for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles to enable them to enter and leave the site in a forward gear in accordance with the approved plan and this space shall thereafter be reserved for such purposes at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy T1.

9.

Any gates shall be set back at least 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway of the adjoining highway.

Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy T1.

10.

There shall be no construction or demolition works, no machinery shall be operated, no processes carried out and no deliveries received or dispatched outside the following times: 07:30 to 18:00 hours Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 13:00 hours on Saturday.  In addition, no such activities shall take place on Sundays, Bank or Public holidays.

Reason: In the interests of the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with Test Valley Borough Local Plan policies E8 and LWH4.

11.

No development shall take place unless or until a Construction Environmental Management Plan has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.  The Construction Environmental Management Plan shall cover the control of noise, dust and spoil during the demolition, site preparation and construction phases of development. The Environmental Management Plan shall include the provision of wheel washing, and any other suitable facility, to avoid the deposit of spoil onto the highway network. Work shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved Environmental Management Plan.

Reason: In the interests of the amenities of neighbouring properties in accordance with Test Valley Borough Local Plan policies E8 and LWH4.

12.

Before the development hereby permitted is commenced details, including plans and cross sections, shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority of the existing and proposed ground levels of the development and the boundaries of the site and the height of the ground floor slab and damp proof course in relation thereto. Development shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved details.

Reason:  To ensure satisfactory relationship between the new development and the adjacent residential dwellings, and amenity areas in accordance with Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016) Policy E1 and LHW4.

13.

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.

14.

Prior to the commencement of development full details of the layout for the parking and manoeuvring onsite of contractor's and delivery vehicles during the construction period shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented prior to the commencement of development and retained for the duration of the construction period.

Reason: In the interest of highway safety in accordance with Test Valley Borough Local Plan 2016 policy T1.

15.

Development shall proceed in accordance with the measures set out in the Bat Surveys & Mitigation Strategy (Ecosupport, November 2021), the Biodiversity Enhancement & Mitigation Strategy (Ecosupport, April 2022), the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal (Ecosupport, November 2021) and the GCN Mitigation Strategy (Ecosupport 2021), unless varied by a European Protected Species (EPS) license issued by Natural England. Thereafter, the mitigation and enhancement measures shall be permanently maintained and retained in accordance with the approved details. The results of the compliance checks, outlined within Section of the report shall be submitted to the local planning authority within 6 months of completion.

Reason: to ensure the favourable conservation status of protected species in accordance with Policy E5 of the Test Valley Revised Local Plan DPD.

16.

Prior to commencement, an Environmental Management Plan (EMP), incorporating measures to avoid impacts on protected species and retained habitats during construction works shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall subsequently proceed in accordance with any such approved details.

Reason: To protect notable locally designated sites in accordance with Policy E5 of the Revised Test Valley Local Plan DPD.

17.

Prior to commencement, a long term ecological management strategy, covering a period of at least 10 years, as well as a detailed planting scheme to be incorporated into the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall subsequently proceed in accordance with any such approved details, with photographic evidence provided to the Local Planning Authority within 6 months of occupation.

Reason: To enhance biodiversity in accordance with NPPF and the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and with Policy E5 of the Test Valley Revised Local Plan DPD 2011-2029.

18.

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

5572 / 208

1611 L90-200 G

190076 01

190076 02 A

190076 03 B

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