Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/1080/19

SITE ADDRESS:

Land rear of 287-291 High Street

Epping

Essex

CM16 4DA

PARISH:

Epping

WARD:

Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Proposed 1 no. 3 storey and 1 no. 2 storey buildings to accommodate x 3 residential units (1, 1 bed and 1, 2 bed units and 1, 3 bed dwellinghouse) with communal open space, landscaping and associated works.

** SAC back log case now progressing **

RECOMMENDED DECISION:

Grant Permission (With Conditions) Subject to Legal Agreement

1

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

2

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out and retained strictly in accordance with the following approved plans:

1519- LS-DR-500-P1; 1519- LS-DR-2004-P1;

1519- LS-DR-1002-P2; 1519- LS-DR-1003-P2;

1519- LS-DR-2001- P2; 1519- LS-DR-2003 - P2;

1519- LS-DR-1000-P3; 1519- LS-DR-1001-P3;

1519- LS-DR-2002-P3; 1519- LS-DR- 2005--P3

1519- LS-DR-4000-P3;

3

No preliminary ground works shall take place until a written scheme and programme of archaeological investigation has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved scheme and programme.

4

Prior to their installation, samples of the type and colours of the external finishes of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved samples. For the purposes of this condition, the samples shall only be made available for inspection by the Local Planning Authority at the planning application site itself.

5

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 the approved details, and shall be provided on site prior to the first occupation and shall be retained for the lifetime of the development.

6

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.

7

Wheel washing or other cleaning facilities for vehicles leaving the site during construction works shall be installed and utilised to clean vehicles immediately before leaving the site. Any mud or other material deposited on nearby roads as a result of the development shall be removed.

8

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (or any other order revoking and re-enacting that order) no development permitted by virtue of Class A-E of Part 1, to schedule 2  shall be undertaken, without the prior written agreement of the Local Planning Authority.

9

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. All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of the building or completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. 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.

10

No preliminary ground works shall take place until a flood risk assessment and management and maintenance plan has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The assessment shall demonstrate that adjacent properties shall not be subject to increased flood risk and, dependent upon the capacity of the receiving drainage, shall include calculations of any increased storm run-off and the necessary on-site detention. The approved measures shall be carried out prior to the substantial completion of the development hereby approved and shall be adequately maintained in accordance with the approved management and maintenance plan.

11

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.

12

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. 

13

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.

14

Prior to first occupation of the proposed development, the Developer shall be responsible for the provision and implementation, per dwelling and at no cost to the occupier, of a Residential Travel Information Pack for sustainable transport, approved by Essex County Council, to include six one day travel vouchers for use with the relevant local public transport operator.

15

No deliveries, external running of plant and equipment or demolition and construction works, other than internal works not audible outside the site boundary, shall take place on the site other than between the hours of 07:30 to 18:00 on Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturday and not at all on Sundays, Public or Bank Holidays without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

16

Prior to any above groundworks, a strategy to facilitate super-fast broadband for future occupants of the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority (LPA). 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 LPA 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 LPA.

17

No construction works are to take place on a Monday when the Epping Market is in operation.

Noted – Members asked that the Planning Officer would write to ECC Highways regarding the grant of licences for highway parking and skips during the construction phase and that this should not affect the operation of the Epping Monday Market.