Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/3043/20

SITE ADDRESS:

2 Princes Road

Buckhurst Hill

IG9 5EG

PARISH:

Buckhurst Hill

WARD:

Buckhurst Hill West

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Proposed replacement of a single dwelling with a new building consisting of 2 commercial units and 7 fully accessible apartments. (Amended application to EPF/2378/19).

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: 349-EX-01-A Existing Ground Floor Plan

349-EX-02 Existing First Floor Plan

349-EX-03 Existing Roof Plan

349-EX-04 Existing Elevations

349-PL-01-C Proposed Location Block Plan

349-PL-02-C Proposed Ground Floor Plan

349-PL-03-C Proposed First Floor Plan

349-PL-04-C Proposed Second Floor Plan

349-PL-05-C Proposed Roof Plan

349-PL-07-C Proposed Elevations

349-PL-08-C Proposed Street Scenes

3

No construction works above ground level shall have taken place until documentary and photographic details of the types and colours of the external finishes have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, in writing, prior to the commencement of the development.  For the avoidance of any doubt render shall not be used as a material option.  The development shall be implemented in accordance with such approved details.

4

Notwithstanding the approved plans, timber shall be used for the proposed windows and doors, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5

The window opening(s) in the south west elevation (marked as elevation D on plan number 349-PL-07 Rev C) shall be fitted with obscured glass with a minimum Level 3 obscurity to the extent as outlined on the same plan and have fixed frames to a height of 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed and shall be permanently retained in that condition.

6

The ground floor units shall only be used as Class A1/A2 and A3 (known as Class E from 1st September 2020) as shown on the approved ground floor plan 349-PL-02 and for no other purpose (including any other purpose of the Schedule to the Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended), or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any Statutory Instrument revoking or re-enacting that Order.

7

Prior to any above ground works, full details of both hard and soft landscape works (including tree planting) and implementation programme (linked to the development schedule) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These works shall be carried out as approved. The hard landscaping details shall include, as appropriate, and in addition to details of existing features to be retained: proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other minor artefacts and structures, including signs and lighting and functional services above and below ground.  The details of soft landscape works shall include plans for planting or establishment by any means and full written specifications and schedules of plants, including species, plant sizes and proposed numbers /densities where appropriate. If within a period of five years from the date of the planting or establishment of any tree, or shrub or plant, that tree, shrub, or plant or any replacement is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies or becomes seriously damaged or defective another tree or shrub, or plant of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

8

Prior to preliminary ground works taking place, details of surface water disposal shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with such agreed details.

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.

10

No development shall commence until an assessment of the risks posed by any contamination, carried out in accordance with British Standard BS 10175: Investigation of potentially contaminated sites - Code of Practice and the Environment Agency's Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination (CLR 11) (or equivalent British Standard and Model Procedures if replaced), shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. If any contamination is found, a report specifying the measures to be taken, including the timescale, to remediate the site to render it suitable for the approved development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The site shall be remediated in accordance with the approved measures and timescale and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. If, during the course of development, any contamination is found which has not been previously identified, work shall be suspended and additional measures for its remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report for all the remediation works shall be submitted to the local planning authority within 21 days of the report being completed and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

11

Following completion of the measures identified in the approved remediation scheme, and prior to the first use or occupation of the development, a verification report that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be produced together with any necessary monitoring and maintenance programme and copies of any waste transfer notes relating to exported and imported soils shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. The approved monitoring and maintenance programme shall be implemented. 

12

In the event that any evidence of potential contamination is found at any time when carrying out the approved development that was not previously identified in the Phase 2 report, work shall be suspended and additional measures for its remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report for all the remediation works shall be submitted to the local planning authority within 21 days of the report being completed and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

13

No development shall take place, including any works of demolition, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:

1. The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

2. Loading and unloading of plant and materials

3. Storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development

4. The erection and maintenance of security hoarding including decorative displays and facilities for public viewing, where appropriate

5. Measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction, including wheel washing.

6. A scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition and construction works.

7. Tree protection measures.

14

No ground works shall take place until details of levels have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority showing cross-sections and elevations of the levels of the site prior to development and the proposed levels of all ground floor slabs of buildings, roadways and accessways and landscaped areas. The development shall be carried out in accordance with those approved details.

15

Additional drawings that show details of proposed new windows, doors,  eaves, verges, fascias, cills and shopfronts by section and elevation at scales between 1:20 and 1:1 as appropriate, shall be submitted to and approved by the LPA in writing prior to the commencement of any works.

16

Details of privacy screens (with a minimum height of 1.7m) to the south side of the balconies serving flats 2 and 5 shall be submitted and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation.  The agreed screens shall be installed prior to first occupation and shall be permanently retained in that agreed position and form.  

17

The E c use hereby permitted shall not be open to customers / members or for deliveries outside the hours of 8am to 6.30pm on Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

18

The E b use hereby permitted shall not be open to customers / members or for deliveries outside the hours of 8am to 10.30pm on Monday to Saturday and 10am to 8pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

19

Prior to first occupation of the development, a scheme to enhance the ecological value of the site shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The ecological value shall be quantified using the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Calculator (BIAC) where appropriate. The scheme shall be implemented in full prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved.

20

The cycle store hereby approved shall be retained so that it is capable of allowing the storage of bikes, and shall at no time be converted into a room or used for any other purpose.

21

No air conditioning units or extraction systems shall be installed without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

22

Prior to any above ground works a scheme shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval to provide that the residents of the development, other than those residents with disabilities who are Blue Badge Holders, have no entitlement to a resident's parking permit. This shall include an agreed timescale for implementation and the approved scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved timescale. 

23

Prior to the commencement of development, a strategy to facilitate super-fast broadband for future occupants of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The strategy shall seek to ensure that upon occupation of a dwelling, either a landline or ducting to facilitate the provision of a broadband service to that dwelling from a site-wide network, is in place and provided as part of the initial highway works and in the construction of frontage thresholds to dwellings that abut the highway, unless evidence is put forward and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority that technological advances for the provision of a broadband service for the majority of potential customers will no longer necessitate below ground infrastructure. The development of the site shall be carried out in accordance with the approved strategy unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.