Agenda item

To consider the above planning application.

The Committee gave consideration to a report on Planning Application 10/1588N (Beswick Drive, Crewe) together with an update which gave details of the Environment Agency’s comments.  In response, it was explained that points 1 and 2 of the Agency’s comments had already been dealt with either in the application or in the recommended conditions.  Point 3 had been partly dealt with in the recommended conditions and to deal with the remainder, an additional condition was recommended requiring implementation of the flood risk assessment.       

RESOLVED:

Application 10/1588N be APPROVED subject to the following conditions –

1.         Commence development within 3 years

2.         Development in accordance with approved plans

3.         Samples of materials to be submitted, approved and implemented

4.         No trees shown to be retained in the Tree Survey, Assessment, Landscape Design and Management document shall be removed from the site without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority

5.         Surface materials to be submitted, approved and implemented

6.         Implementation of tree protection measures prior to the commencement of development and any site works, as detailed in the Tree Survey, Assessment, Landscape Design and Management prior to the occupation of the development

7.         Implementation of the remedial works to trees including coppicing and work to remove Himalayan Balsam as detailed in the Tree Survey, Assessment, Landscape Design and Management prior to the occupation of the development except that T3 (Crack Willow) to be retained

8.         Before development commences details of a revision to the submitted landscape scheme to be submitted and approved in writing for the provision of the perimeter planting on the southern side of the site.  Implementation of revised landscape scheme as detailed in the Tree Survey, Assessment, Landscape Design and Management

9.         Maintenance and management of landscaping as detailed in the Tree Survey, Assessment, Landscape Design and Management 

10.       No change of levels around the retained trees

11.       Boundary treatment to match that on the existing western boundary to be provided

12.       Withdrawn permitted development rights for other means of enclosure

13.       Surface Water Regulation scheme to be submitted, approved and implemented based on the Flood Risk Assessment

14.       Building to be set at specified level (still to be agreed through FRA) unless otherwise first agreed in writing

15.       Contaminated land survey to be submitted and if necessary, remediation measures with site completion report when mitigation implemented

16.       Details of pile driving if required to be submitted, agreed and implemented

17.       Details of location of bat boxes and their provision

18.       Details of the location of bird nest boxes and their provision

19.       Details of waste recycling facilities to be submitted, approved and implemented.  Provision of bin store and waste recycling facilities in accordance with submitted details

20.       Provision of cycle store

21.       Provision of showers to be available for use by all staff

22.       Provision of car parking

23.       Scheme to be submitted and approved for the provision of energy saving measures in the design of the building, its operation and implementation of the measures

24.       Details of the construction of the tarmac pedestrian link within the application site (which links the shops and the development off Electra Way across the Valley Brook) to be submitted and approved before development commences.  This shall include “no dig” construction where the path falls within Tree Root Protection Areas as identified within the Tree Survey, Assessment and Landscape design and Management document.  The pedestrian route to be provided before the offices are first brought into use and thereafter retained.

25.       Scheme for the maintenance of the pedestrian link to the shops to be submitted, approved before the pedestrian link is provided and implemented

26.       Scheme for works to the bridge across the Valley Brook to be submitted, approved and implemented before the building is first occupied.  In the event that third party land ownership issues (outside the control of the Council and the developer) prevent implementation of the scheme evidence of the explanation for the non-implementation shall be submitted in writing to the Local Planning Authority, which upon receipt of satisfactory evidence, shall agree in writing to the non-implementation

27.       Scheme for maintenance of the bridge

28.       Use for B1 office development only and no other purpose

29.       Withdraw permitted development rights for extensions, alterations and hardstanding for offices

30.       A scheme for working method statement to explain how the buffer zone to the Valley Brook will be protected during construction to be submitted before development commences, approved and implemented

31.       Implementation of flood risk assessment