Agenda item

To consider the above planning application

The Development Management and Building Control Manager read out a statement on behalf of Councillor M Jones (local Ward Member) who was unable to attend the meeting.    

Mr H Jones (Applicant) attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this matter.    

The Committee considered a report regarding the above planning application and an oral report of the site inspection.

RESOLVED:

That, for the reasons set out in the report, the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions - 

1.                  Commencement of development

2.                  Reserved matters

3.                  Plans

4.                  Details of the boundary treatment around the periphery of the site and the external display area to be submitted and approved in writing

5.                  Surfacing materials

6.                  Materials

7.                  Details of any external lighting to be submitted and approved

8.                  Landscaping submitted

9.                  Landscaping implemented

10.             Drainage scheme to be submitted and approved in writing

11.             Details of secured covered cycle parking to be submitted and agreed in writing

12.             Details of bin storage areas to be submitted and agreed in writing

13.             Details of the underground sewage treatment plant to be submitted and agreed in writing

14.             Details of the wildlife area to be excavated and landscaped to be submitted and agreed in writing

15.             Incorporation of sustainable features to be submitted and approved

16.             All noisy works to be inside with doors and windows closed

17.             Details of the footpath to the site frontage to be submitted and agreed in writing

18.             Unit 3 restricted to B1 or B2 uses only

19.             Unit 2 restricted to B2 office use only

20.             Notwithstanding the plans hereby approved no permission is granted for the subdivision of Unit 1

21.             Hours of use of the units to be submitted and agreed in writing

22.             Details of the noise levels generated by the private wastewater treatment plant to be submitted and approved in writing

23.             Details of the noise reduction measures for all of the units shall be submitted and approved in writing

24.             Contaminated land report

25.             The A1 unit hereby permitted shall be used for non food retail only and for no other purpose, including any other purpose within Class A1 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended). Furthermore, unless otherwise authorised in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the unit shall not be used for retailing other than those genuinely associated with a country store, and shall not be used for the retailing of any of the following goods:

·              Fashion clothing and footwear (other than country, equestrian and leisure clothing and footwear normally retailed within a country store);

·              Fashion accessories, including jewellery, cosmetics, toiletries and pharmaceutical products; books, newspapers and magazines (other than specialist publications or animal health products normally retailed within a country store);

·              Electrical goods (other than those which would normally be retailed within a country store);

·              Kitchenware or goods associated with cookery.

26.             Unit 1 shall be occupied by Countrywide Stores

27.             No outside storage for unit no. 3

28.             Travel Plan

29.             Car parking and turning areas to be made available prior to the first occupation of the buildings

30.             Wheel wash

31.             Protective measures for breeding birds

And

b)      In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of the Committee’s decision (such as to delete, vary or addition conditions/ informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Development Management and Building Control Manager, in consultation with the Chair of the Strategic Planning Board, is delegated the authority to do so, provided that he does not exceed the substantive nature of the Committee’s decision.

Note:  Councillor D Brickhill who attended the meeting, arrived during consideration of the application.  However, he left the Chamber at the conclusion of the item, having been informed of the Committee’s earlier decision to vary the order of business on the agenda.