Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/2579/19

SITE ADDRESS:

Spencers Farm

Oak Hill Road

Stapleford Abbotts

Romford

Essex

RM4 1JH

PARISH:

Stapleford Abbotts

WARD:

Passingford

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Erection of x6 no. new dwellings, parking and associated landscaping.

** SAC CASE HELD IN ABEYANCE NOW PROGRESSING**

DECISION:

Grant Permission (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:

2632.1 (Site and Block Plans)

2632.2A (House Design/Floor Plans)

2632.3A (House Design Elevations)

2632.4 (Existing & Proposed Site Plans)

2632.5 (Existing & Proposed Site Plans)

2632.6( Existing & Proposed Facing Views)

2632.7 (Site Location Plan)

OS- 1892-19.2 (Hard Landscape Plan)

OS-1860-19.2-1 (Hard Landscape Plan)

OS-1892 -19.2-1 (Tree Protection Plan)

0S-1892-19.3 (Soft Landscape Plan)

557/P/001 REV.A (Refuse Strategy)

3

Prior to any above ground works, details of levels shall 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.

4

Prior to any above ground works, documentary and photographic details of the type and colours of the external finishes of the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

5

Prior to first occupation of the building/extension hereby permitted the window(s) in the flank elevation(s) at first floor level and above, shall have been fitted with obscure glass with a minimum privacy level 3 obscurity, and no part of that/those window[s] that is less than 1.7 metres above the internal floor level of the room in which it is installed shall be capable of being opened. Once installed the obscure glass shall be retained thereafter.

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

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.

8

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.

9

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, B and E of Part 1 to schedule 2 shall be undertaken, without the prior written agreement of the Local Planning Authority.

10

Notwithstanding the hard and soft landscaping details shown on Open Spaces drawing numbers OS1860-19.2-1 dated 31st July 2019 ; OS1892-19.2 and OS1892-19.3 both dated 13th August 2019 and the accompanying planting schedule, the applicant shall submit further details of enhanced planting along the perimeter of the housing development for the written agreement of the  Local Planning Authority. 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.

Plan Submission Version 2017.

11

The tree protection, methodology for construction adjacent to trees and Arb site supervision shall be undertaken in accordance with the submitted Tree Survey/ Arboricultural Method Statement unless the Local Planning Authority gives its prior written approval to any alterations. Tree protection shall be implemented as shown on Open Spaces Tree Protection Plan drawing OS1892-19.2-1 and OS1892-19.2-2 both dated 14th August 2019.

12

Prior to any 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). 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. 

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 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.

16

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the SuDS Statement supplied by EAS, dated 06th September 2019 and drainage strategy submitted with the application unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

17

An external lighting plan shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation.  Any external lighting shall be installed in accordance with such agreed details. 

18

Prior to the first occupation of the development the passing bays, as shown on drawing no.2632.4, shall be fully implemented and shall be retained in perpetuity for their intended purpose.