Agenda item

RR/2021/722/P - 31 Ninfield Road, Bexhill

Minutes:

DECISION: GRANT (FULL PLANNING)

 

CONDITIONS:

 

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

Reason: In accordance with 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 be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:   

Drawing No. 20-044-P-01-B dated 15.09.21

Drawing No. 20-044-S-01-B dated 03/03/2021

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

 

3.   No above ground development shall take place until details 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. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure that the development preserves the visual amenities of the area in accordance with Policies OSS4 (iii) and EN3 of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy.

 

4.     The development shall not be occupied until the cycle parking area has been provided in accordance with approved Drawing No. 20-044-P-01-B dated 15.09.21 and the area shall thereafter be retained for that use and shall not be used other than for the parking of cycles.

Reason: In order that the development site is accessible by non-car modes and to meet the objectives of sustainable development in accordance with Policy TR3 of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014) and Policy DHG7 (ii) of the Development and Site Allocations Local Plan.

 

5.     The dwellings hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the refuse and recycling areas have been laid out within the site in accordance with the site plan, Drawing No. 20-044-S-01-B dated 03/03/2021. Thereafter, these areas shall be used for the storage and collection of waste only.

Reason: To ensure sufficient bin storage and collection points are provided for the dwellings and in the interests of visual amenity, having regard to Policy OSS4 of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy and Policy DHG7 (iii) of the Development and Site Allocations Local Plan.

 

6.     The dwellings hereby approved shall meet the requirement of no more than 110 litres/person/day water efficiency set out in Part G of Schedule 1 of the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) for water usage. The dwellings hereby permitted shall not be occupied until evidence has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority to demonstrate that the dwellings have been constructed to achieve water consumption of no more than 110 litres per person per day.

Reason: To ensure that the dwellings are built to acceptable water efficiency standards in line with sustainability objectives and in accordance with Policy SRM2 (v) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy and Policy DRM1 of the Rother Development and Site Allocations Local Plan.

 

7.     No site machinery or plant shall be operated, no process shall be carried out and no demolition or construction related deliveries received or dispatched from the site except between the hours of 08:00 and 18:00 Monday to Saturday and at no time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

Reason: To protect the amenity of the locality, especially for people living and/or working in the adjacent neighbouring properties, in accordance with Policy OSS4 (ii) of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy.

 

NOTES:

 

1.     The development is subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Full details will be set out in the CIL Liability Notice, which will be issued in conjunction with this decision.

 

2.     The Applicant is advised that it is their responsibility to notify their Building Control Body (Local Authority or Approved Inspector) that a condition triggering the optional technical standards for Water Efficiency is attached to this planning permission and that development should be built accordingly. Enforcement action may be taken without further notice if the relevant standards are not achieved.    

 

NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK: In accordance with the requirements of the Framework (paragraphs 186 and 187) and with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, the Local Planning Authority has acted positively and proactively in determining this application by identifying matters of concern within the application (as originally submitted) and negotiating, with the Applicant, acceptable amendments to the proposal to address those concerns. As a result, the Local Planning Authority has been able to grant planning permission for an acceptable proposal, in accordance with the presumption in favour of sustainable development, as set out within the National Planning Policy Framework.

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