Agenda item

Ward: Fosse

Proposal: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING FACTORY BUILDING AND REDEVELOPMENT WITH A TERRACE OF NINE HOUSES (9 X 3 BED) (AMENDED)

Applicant: MR IQBAL GAFFAR

During the deliberation of this application, the Chair called for a brief adjournment between 5.39 and 5.44 pm, to allow time for officers to investigate technical problems with the sound equipment.

Councillor Cassidy addressed the committee in respect of the application.

Members considered the application and officers responded to the comments and queries raised. Officers drew Members’ attention to the amended recommendation as detailed in the Supplementary Report.

RESOLVED:

that the application be APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE, with the decision delegated to officers subject to the receipt of additional information in respect of flood risk being received and being acceptable, and the conditions out below:         

              CONDITIONS

1.           The development shall be begun within three years from the date of this permission. (To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.)

2.           No development shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The details shall include the preparation of a one square sample of the proposed brickwork at the site for inspection by the local planning authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

              (To ensure only appropriate materials are used on the exterior of the building, in the interests of the appearance of the development, in accordance with the aims of Core Strategy policy CS03)

3.           No development shall take place until a site investigation of the nature and extent of contamination has been carried out in accordance with a methodology which has previously been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The results of the site investigation shall be made available to the local planning authority before any development begins.  If any contamination is found during the site investigation, a report specifying the measures to be taken to remediate the site to render it suitable for the development hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The site shall be remediated in accordance with the approved measures before development begins. 

              If, during the course of development, any contamination is found which has not been identified in the site investigation, additional measures for the remediation of this source of contamination shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures.

              (To ensure the site is free from contamination in the interests of public health and safety and in accordance with policy PS11 of the City of Leicester Local Plan)

4.           No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until all first floor windows in the rear elevations have been fitted with obscured glazing and any part of the windows that is less than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which it is installed shall be non-opening.  The windows shall be permanently retained in that condition thereafter.

              (To protect the privacy of the occupiers of the houses to the north of the site on Paget Road and in accordance with policy PS10 of the City of Leicester Local plan)

5.           No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until lockable gates have been installed at the entrance to each shared rear access way in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The gates shall thereafter be retained.

              (In the interests of the security of the dwellings and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS03)

6.           No pipes (other than rainwater pipes), vents, flues grilles or similar shall fitted in or to the front elevation of the development hereby permitted other than in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

              (To ensure the appearance of the development is satisfactory, in accordance with Core Strategy policy 03)

7.           No dwelling hereby permitted shall be occupied until the rear (north) boundary of the application site and the boundaries of the gardens to the houses have been enclosed in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

              (To ensure reasonable levels of privacy and security are provided for the occupiers of the development and those of adjacent houses on Paget Road, and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS03.

8.           No part of the development shall be occupied until surface water drainage works have been implemented in accordance with details that have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Before these details are submitted an assessment shall be carried out of the potential for disposing of surface water by means of a sustainable drainage system and the results of the assessment provided to the local planning authority. Where a sustainable drainage scheme is to be provided, the submitted details shall: (i) provide information about the design storm period and intensity, the method employed to delay and control the surface water discharged from the site and the measures taken to prevent pollution of the receiving groundwater and/or surface waters; (ii) include a timetable for its implementation; and (iii) provide a management and maintenance plan for the lifetime of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public authority or statutory undertaker and any other arrangements to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime.

              (To reduce the risk of flooding from surface water as the site is within a critical drainage area and an identified hot spot and in accordance with policy BE20 of the City of Leicester Local Plan)

9.           Within one month of the first occupation of any dwelling, the occupiers of each of the dwellings shall be provided with a 'New Residents Travel Pack', the contents of which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The travel packs shall include walking, cycling and bus maps, and the latest relevant bus timetable information.

              (To encourage residents to consider the use of sustainable modes of travel and reduce the demand for on-street parking, and in accordance with the Core Strategy policy CS15)

10.         No development shall take place until details showing how all dwellings will be designed, constructed and maintained to Lifetime Homes Standards (July 2010) and the Lifetime Homes Design Guide (2011) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with approved details.

              (To ensure the houses are adaptable enough to match lifetime's changing needs in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS6)

11.         No dwelling shall be occupied until any existing footway crossings into the site on Nugent Street that would be redundant following the completion of the development and any areas of footway adjacent to the site’s frontages that are damaged as a result of the development, have been reinstated in accordance with details that have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

              (In the interests of highway safety)

12.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans except as may be provided for by the conditions above: 640/01 (dated October 2013) and 640/05, 640/06 (dated October 2014)

              (For the avoidance of doubt.)