Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/1144/20

SITE ADDRESS:

Glenholme Nursery

Nursery Road

Nazeing

Waltham Abbey

EN9 2JF

PARISH:

Nazeing

WARD:

Lower Nazeing

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Proposed removal of 2 existing caravans, demolition of existing buildings (115m2), retention of building A (97m2), erection of building B (97m2) for agricultural workers accommodation with provision of associated amenity space.

DECISION:

Grant Permission (With Conditions)

1

The demolition of the existing buildings and erection of building B as shown on drawing number 4010/3A 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:

4010/1A, 4010/2, 4010/3A, 4010/4A, 4010/5,  4010/6, TCTC-17864-PL-01, TCTC-17864- PL-02A Proposed Layout Plan and Remediation Recommendations, TCTC-17864-L-01, TCTC-17864 Tree schedule (BS5837), TCTC-17864-B, Phase 1 Habitat Survey and scoping assessment by Hybrid Ecology Ltd 12th October 2020, Planning Statement.

3

Within three months from the date of this decision the caravans shown on drawing 4010/2 to be removed shall be removed from the site.

4

The occupation of the development hereby approved shall be limited to a 10 persons maximum for the development, Occupants must also be solely or mainly working, in horticulture, agriculture or in forestry, at Glenholme Nursery, Nursery Road, Nazeing.

5

The refuse storage facility shown on the approved plans shall be completed within three months from the date of this decision and shall thereafter be retained free of obstruction and used for the storage of refuse and recycling only and for no other purpose, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6

All mitigation and enhancement measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in the Ecological Survey (Hybrid Ecology Ltd, October 2020), as already submitted with the planning application and agreed in principle with the local planning authority prior to determination.

7

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

8

The vehicle parking as indicated on the approved plans shall be provided within three months from the date of this decision and retained as such in perpetuity for their intended purpose.

9

Prior to the commencement of any further above ground level works, a Biodiversity Enhancement Layout for protected and Priority species shall be submitted to

and approved in writing by the local planning authority, following the details contained within the Ecological Survey (Hybrid Ecology Ltd, October 2020).

The content of the Biodiversity Enhancement Layout shall include the following:

a) Purpose and conservation objectives for the proposed enhancement measures;

b) detailed designs to achieve stated objectives;

c) locations of proposed enhancement measures by appropriate maps and plans;

d) persons responsible for implementing the enhancement measures;

e) details of initial aftercare and long-term maintenance (where relevant).

The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and shall be retained in that manner thereafter.

10

Prior to any further ground works taking place, details of foul and 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.

11

Should the worker accommodation hereby approved be no longer required then the buildings shall be removed from the site together with any associated materials.

12

Prior to any further ground works taking place, 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.

13

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. 

14

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.

15

Prior to any further above groundworks, details and location of the parking spaces (including garages) equipped with active and/or passive Electric Vehicle Charging Point(s) shall have been submitted to and approved in writing with the Local Planning Authority (LPA), unless otherwise agreed in writing with the LPA. The installation of EVCP shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and made operational prior to first occupation. The details shall include: 

- Location of active and passive charging infrastructure; 

- Specification of charging equipment; and

- Operation/management strategy. The council will expect that a management plan for the charging points is set out clearly. This will address: 

a) Which parking bays will have active and/or passive charging provision, including disabled parking bays; 

b) How charging point usage will be charged amongst users; 

c) The process and the triggers for identifying when additional passive charging points will become activated; and

d) Electricity supply availability. The electricity supply should be already confirmed by the Network Provider so that the supply does not need to be upgraded at a later date. 

16

Prior to any further 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 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.