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25a Belmore Road and 164 Longstone Road. Application ID: 140990.

Minutes:

Development of 8 two bedroom residential units and 10 parking spaces – DEVONSHIRE.  Nine letters of objection and one letter of support had been received.

The relevant planning history for the site was detailed within the report. The observations of the Council’s Specialist Advisors for Planning Policy and Arboriculture, the Environment Agency and East Sussex County Council’s  Highways, Archaeologist and Ecologist were summarised within the report.  The Committee was advised that the site had been surveyed by an accredited ecologist and it had been confirmed that there were no bat roosts in the buildings to be demolished. 

Members noted that the scheme proposed to deliver 8 units of which 4 would be affordable and it was agreed that in case there were changes to the content of the submission or the site was placed on the open market it should be accompanied by the Council’s standard affordable housing clause.

RESOLVED:  (Unanimous) That permission be granted subject to the following conditions: 1) Time Limit 2) Approved Plans 3) No additional windows 4) External Materials 5) Boundary treatments (around the entire plot boundary) 6) Front garden landscaping layout 7) Surface details for access-way, parking spaces 8) parking spaces shall be surfaced and marked out in accordance with the drawings approved under condition 7 prior to the first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved 9) Construction and demolition method statement (to include site compound site mess facilities) 10) Hours of construction 11) No development shall take place until the developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work, in accordance with a Written Scheme of Archaeological Investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority 12) The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the archaeological site investigation and post investigation assessment (including provision for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition) has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition 12 to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority, in consultation with the County Planning Authority. 13) No works which include the creation of trenches and culverts or the presence of pipes shall commence until measures to protect mammals from being trapped in open excavations and /or pipe and culverts are submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The measures may include:

A/ creation of escape ramps from mammals which may be achieved by edge profiling trenches/excavations or by using planks placed into them at the end of each working day; and

B/ open pipework greater than 150mm outside diameter being blanked off at the end of each working day.

14) No development shall take place until an Ecological Design Strategy (EDS) addressing enhancement of the site for biodiversity has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The EDS shall include:-

·         Purpose and conservation objectives for the proposed works

·         Review of site potential and constraints

·         Detailed designs and or working methods to achieve stated objectives

·         Extent and location/area of proposed works on appropriate scale maps and plans

·         Type and source of materials to be used eg. Native species of local provenance

·         Timetable for implementation demonstrating that works are aligned with the proposed phasing of development

·         Person responsible for implementing the works

·         Details of initial aftercare and long term maintenance

·         Details of the monitoring and remedial measures

·         Details of disposal of any wastes arising from the works.

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

Reason In the interest of maintaining the biodiversity of the site and surrounding area

15) Prior to demolition works commencing on site a Traffic Management Scheme shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Highway Authority.  This shall include the size of vehicles, routing of vehicles and hours of operation. (Given the restrictions of the access and the approach road the hours of delivery/ collection should avoid peak traffic flow times and the size of vehicles should be restricted to) 16) During any forms of earthworks and/or excavations that are carried out as part of the development, suitable vehicle wheel washing equipment should be provided within the site, to the approval of the Planning Authority, to prevent contamination and damage to the adjacent roads 17) The development shall not be occupied until cycle parking areas have been provided in accordance with details which have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and the areas shall thereafter be retained for that use and shall not be used other than for the parking of cycles 18) Prior to the commencement of development on site, detailed drawings, including levels, sections and constructional details of the proposed road, surface water drainage, outfall disposal and street lighting to be provided, shall be submitted to the Planning Authority and be subject to its approval, in consultation with this Authority 19) Prior to development commencing details of car parking layout including tree pit design shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details as approved shall be implemented at the site and be retained as such thereafter 20) Prior to their planting at the site details of tree planting, indicating positions or density, species, and planting size shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, the details as approved shall be implemented at the site before the end of the current or first available planting season following practical completion of the development hereby permitted and retained as such thereafter 21) The development authorised by this permission shall not commence until a scheme to secure the provision of off-site affordable housing together with an appropriate mechanism for delivery where appropriate, had been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority in accordance with Policy D5 (Housing) of the Eastbourne Core Strategy Local Plan 2006 – 2027 and Affordable Housing Implementation Technical Note Adopted 1st April 2013.

INFORMATIVE

The Highway Authority would wish to see the roads within the site laid out and constructed to standards at, or at least close to, adoption standards

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