Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/2986/20

SITE ADDRESS:

98 Westbury Lane

Buckhurst Hill

IG9 5PW

PARISH:

Buckhurst Hill

WARD:

Buckhurst Hill West

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a replacement mixed use building to contain an office (Use Class E(g) (i)) and 2no. one bedroom apartments.

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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: 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0101, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0102, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0103, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0104, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0111, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0112, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0113, 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0114, and 08658-A-L-(00)-X-0115.

3

A) No work on any phase of the development (with the exception of demolition works where this is for the reason of making areas of the site available for site investigation), shall commence until an assessment of the risks posed by any contamination within that phase shall have been submitted to and approved in  writing by the Local Planning Authority. This assessment must be undertaken by a suitably qualified contaminated land practitioner, in accordance with British Standard BS 10175: Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites - Code of Practice and the Environment Agency's Guidelines for the Land Contamination: Risk Management (LCRM 2020) (or equivalent if replaced), and shall assess any contamination on the site, whether or not it originates on the site. The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation. The assessment shall include: (1) A survey of the extent, scale and nature of contamination and (2) An assessment of the potential risks to: human health; property (existing or proposed) including buildings, crops, livestock, pets, woodland, service lines and pipes; adjoining land; groundwater and surface waters; ecological systems; and archaeological sites and ancient monuments.

B) If following the risk assessment unacceptable risks are identified from land affected by contamination in that phase, no work on any phase of the development shall take place, until a detailed land remediation scheme has been completed. The scheme will be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include an appraisal of remediation options, identification of the preferred option(s), the proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria, and a description and programme of the works to be undertaken including the verification plan. (The remediation scheme shall be sufficiently detailed and thorough to ensure that after remediation, as a minimum, land should not be capable of being determined as contaminated land under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990). The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme. Following the completion of the remediation works and prior to the first occupation of the development, a verification report by a suitably qualified contaminated land practitioner shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

4

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.

5

Prior to any above groundworks, details shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority, to be approved in writing, for appropriate cycle parking for the proposal. The approved facility shall be secure, convenient, covered, and provided prior to the first occupation and shall be retained as such at all times.

6

Prior to any above groundworks, details and location of the parking spaces (including garages) equipped with active 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 must include details as follows: 

- Location of active charging infrastructure; and

- Specification of charging equipment to be used.

7

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.

8

The development hereby permitted shall be implemented in accordance with Chapter 5 of the Preliminary Ecological Appraisal by T4 Ecology Ltd (January 2021) prior to the occupation of the development, and so retained.

9

Prior to first occupation of the development, the Developer shall be responsible for the provision, implementation and distribution 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. These packs (including tickets) are to be provided by the Developer to each dwelling free of charge.

10

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.

11

The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match those specified in the approved plans.

12

The ground floor commercial premises shall be used solely for Class E (g) (i) and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class E 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.

13

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.

14

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.