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7-9 Neville Avenue. Application ID: 150357 (PPP).

Minutes:

Two storey extension at side and rear to provide nine additional en-suite bedrooms, and internal alterations to provide improved circulation, an additional lounge and en-suite facilities - HAMPDEN PARK. Four letters of objection had been received.

 

The relevant planning history for the site was detailed within the report.

The observations of the Specialist Advisor (Arboriculture), the Environment Agency and East Sussex County Council Highways Department were summarised within the report.

 

An additional statement supplied by the applicant, was reported to the committee, providing further justification for their proposal and summarised as follows:

·         It is one of the top care homes in Eastbourne

·         The ambition is to provide more in depth and wider care provision for existing and prospective residents

·         Improved care (specialist bedrooms)

·         En-suite facilities provide improved respect and personal dignity

·         Larger rooms were capable of providing ever-increasing demand for specialist equipment and aids

·         Improved access - full bed lift would allow bed bound residents access throughout the home

·         Improved quality of life (full access to all existing specialist care and recreational areas and equipment

·         The proposal would help to support the viability of the business and thereby give job security and security to residents

·         Once fully established 3 additional jobs would be created

 

Mr Talbot addressed the committee in objection stating that there would be no garden or open space left at the site, the development would be an overdevelopment and would dominate the street scene.

 

Mr Franks, Agent, addressed the committee in response stating that the design had been remodelled to blend with the surrounding properties and had taken residents’ concerns into consideration.  The Care home provided much needed specialist services to Eastbourne residents and the expansion was required to continue to provide the best care possible.

 

RESOLVED: (Unanimous) That permission be granted subject to the following conditions: 1) The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission 2) The use hereby permitted shall not commence until the existing access has been stopped up and the kerb and footway reinstated in accordance with details submitted to and approved in writing by the Director of Economy Transport and Environment 3) The new access shall be in the position shown on the submitted plan [number: SK11 rev:F and laid out and constructed in accordance with the attached HT407 form/diagram and all works undertaken shall be executed and completed by the applicant to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of development 4) The development shall not be occupied until parking areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans and the areas shall thereafter be retained for that use and shall not be used other than for the parking of motor vehicles 5) 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 6) All existing trees shall be retained, unless shown on the approved drawings as being removed. All trees on and immediately adjoining the site shall be protected from damage as a result of works on the site, to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. This should be in accordance with its Supplementary Planning Guidance and relevant British Standards (BS 5837: 2012) for the duration of the works on site.  In the event that trees become damaged or otherwise defective within five years following the contractual practical completion of the development, the Local Planning Authority shall be notified as soon as reasonably practicable and remedial action agreed and implemented  7) Tree Protection: fencing.  A design of the tree protection to be approved by the Borough council’s specialist Advisor in Arboriculture 8) Prior to the demolition of the bin store details shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include:-

A.   A method statement on the demolition of the existing bin store to prevent damage to the existing trees on site.

B.    Agree the location of site office, method statement for construction access routes and material storage areas before commencement of construction and demolition.

9) At no time shall there be any burning/bonfires anywhere at the site 10) The detailed landscaping plans to be submitted pursuant shall include a plan at not less than 1:200 scale, showing the position of any trees proposed to be retained with root protection areas plotted, and the positions and routes of all proposed and existing pipes, drains, sewers, and public services, including gas, electricity, telephone and water. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order, 1995 (or of any Order revoking and re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), no services shall be dug or laid into the ground other than in accordance with the approved details 11) No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be topped or lopped other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority. Any topping or lopping approved shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998:2010.   No equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought on to the site for the purpose of the development, until a scheme showing the exact position of protective fencing to enclose all retained trees at the edge of the required root protection area in accordance with British Standard 5837:2012 Trees in Relation to Design, demolition and construction, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and; the protective fencing has been erected in accordance with the approved details. This fencing shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site. Nothing shall be stored or placed in any area fenced in accordance with this condition and the ground levels within those areas shall not be altered, nor shall any excavation be made, without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.   In this condition retained tree means an existing tree which is to be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the first occupation or the completion of the development, whichever is the later 12) The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved drawings no 13) No additional windows, doors or other means of opening shall be inserted into any first floor elevation without the writing consent of the Local Planning Department.

 

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