Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/0438/19

SITE ADDRESS:

Land at Gainsborough House

Sheering Lower Road

Sheering

Essex

CM21 9FL

PARISH:

Sheering

WARD:

Lower Sheering

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Change of use of Gainsborough House from offices to residential to create 10 no. flats and revised parking layout.

DECISION:

Grant Permission (Subject to Legal Agreement)

1

The development hereby permitted must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this notice.

2

The development hereby permitted will be completed and retained strictly in accordance with the approved drawings numbers: 2714/1a, 2c, 6e, 10, 12a and 13a.

3

Details of the layout of the cycle store, including details of provisions for secure cycle storage, shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority within three months of the commencement of works to convert the building. The cycle store shall be fully completed in accordance with the agreed details prior to first occupation of the residential units and thereafter retained for use by residents.

4

All development shall be carried out in accordance with the Flood Risk Assessment and drainage strategy accompanying the application (JMS Engineers Ref EX1902101), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5

The proposed use of this site has been identified as being particularly vulnerable if land contamination is present, despite no specific former potentially contaminating uses having been identified for this site. Should any discoloured or odorous soils be encountered during development works or should any hazardous materials or significant quantities of non-soil forming materials be found, then all development works should be stopped, the local planning authority contacted and a scheme to investigate the risks and/or the adoption of any required remedial measures be submitted to, agreed and approved in writing by the local planning authority prior to the recommencement of development works. In such instances, following the completion of development works and prior to the first occupation of the site, sufficient information must be submitted to demonstrate that any required remedial measures were satisfactorily implemented or confirmation provided that no unexpected contamination was encountered.

6

If any tree, shrub or hedge shown to be retained in the submitted Arboricultural reports is removed, uprooted or destroyed, dies, or becomes severely damaged or diseased during development activities or within 3 years of the completion of the development, another tree, shrub or hedge of the same size and species shall be planted within 3 months at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation. If within a period of five years from the date of planting any replacement tree, shrub or hedge is removed, uprooted or destroyed, or dies or becomes seriously damaged or defective another tree, shrub or hedge of the same species and size as that originally planted shall, within 3 months, be planted at the same place.

7

The parking area shown on the approved plan shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the development and shall be retained free of obstruction for the parking of residents and visitors vehicles.

8

Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, 1 Electric Vehicle Charging Point for each parking space shall be installed and retained thereafter for use by the occupants of the site.

9

Prior to first occupation of the development, measures shall be incorporated within the development to ensure a water efficiency standard of 110 litres (or less) per person per day.