Report of the Planning and Development Manager recommending conditional approval be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address, attached.
Minutes:
The Panel considered the report of the Planning and Development Manager recommending conditional approval be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address. (Copy of the report circulated with the agenda and appended to the signed minutes)
Extension and reconfiguration of existing car park hard standing
Mr Christopher (Applicant), Mrs Wilcox (objecting) (Local resident) and Councillor Mrs Blatchford (Ward Councillor) were present and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting. After speaking Councillor Mrs Blatchford withdrew from the meeting and was not present for the determination of this item.
The presenting officer reported amended plans for the ATM and a services management plan had been submitted. Additional representations had been received for the ATM, car parking, services and hours of operation.
The presenting officer reported amendments had been made to the following conditions so they should read:
02. APPROVAL CONDITION - Servicing management plan [Performance Condition]
An amended servicing management plan shall be submitted and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority within three months of the issuing of this decision. All servicing of the site shall be undertaken in strict accordance with the approved management plan unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and in accordance with the servicing hours set out in the conditions on this consent.
Reason:
To protect the amenity of neighbouring residential dwellings and in the interests of highways safety in line with SDP1(i) of the City of Southampton Local Plan (2006).
03. APPROVAL CONDITION - Site access [Performance condition]
Vehicles shall only enter the site via the access on Butts Road and exit via the access on Heathfield Road. Within 28 days of the date of this letter a bollard of similar design to the bollards approved on the site, but not more than 1m in height, shall be erected at the exit onto Heathfield Road in the position adjacent to the public highway so as to narrow the width of the exit by 2m and enable 2m visibility splays to be created along the pavement in Heathfield Road to the south-east of the site exit. The site shall be maintained in this arrangement unless agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason:
In the interests of highway safety.
04. APPROVAL CONDITION - Servicing hours [Performance condition]
All servicing of the premises, including loading and unloading, shall take place within the site in accordance with the revised service management plan required by condition 2 of this consent and only between the following hours:
7.00am and 8.00am (maximum of two deliveries during this time)
9.30am and 3.00pm
4.00pm and 10.00pm unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
Reason:
To protect the amenities of the occupiers of existing nearby residential properties.
RESOLVED unanimously to grant planning permission subject to the conditions in the report and the amended and following additional conditions:
Additional conditions
07: APPROVAL CONDITION - Landscape Area [Performance condition]
The landscaped area in the north-east corner of the site shall be retained and maintained as a soft landscape area. A planting scheme for this area shall be submitted within 3 months of the date of this consent and planting undertaken within the first planting season after the store first opens (November 2012 to March 2013). The area shall thereafter be retained and maintained in accordance with the approved landscape scheme.
Reason:
In the interests of the visual amenity of the site and the amenity of adjacent occupiers.
08: APPROVAL CONDITION - Replacement of fence with wall [Performance condition]
Within 3 months of the date of this consent the existing section of fencing along the south-east boundary of the site between the exit route and residential units in Heathfield Road shall be replaced by a brick wall using materials to match the existing wall.
Reason:
To protect the amenities of adjacent occupiers.
Supporting documents: