Agenda item

Report of the Planning and Development Manager recommending delegated authority be granted in respect of an application for a proposed development at the above address, attached.

The Panel considered the report of the Planning and Development Manager recommending delegated authority 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).

Demolition of six residential properties and erection of a Regional Distribution Centre (42,820 square metres gross floor space - Class B8), 186 associated car parking spaces, HGV hardstanding, two sprinkler tanks and pump room and new peripheral landscaping. Proposal includes the stopping up of Lower Redbridge Lane and diversion of a public right of way.

Mr McGinnis (Applicant), Dr Collins, Mr Keir, Ms Lane (objecting) (Local Residents), Ms Gartside (objecting) (Southampton Cycling Campaign), Ms Smith (supporting) (Ramblers) and Councillor Pope (objecting) (Ward Councillor) were present and with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.

The presenting officer reported two additional letters had been received since the report had been published, from the applicant and Ward Councillor Pope, (also on behalf of Ward Councillors Whitbread and McEwing).

The presenting officer reported an amendment to the S106 and to recommendation 4 and an additional recommendation 5.  Amended and additional conditions were also reported.

RESOLVED

i)  to delegate to the Planning and Development Manager to grant planning permission subject to the completion of a S.106 Legal Agreement to secure the terms set out in the report;

ii)  in the event that the legal agreement is not completed within two months of the date of the Panel meeting the Planning and Development Manager be authorised to refuse permission on the ground of failure to secure the provisions of the Section 106 Legal Agreement;

iii)  that the Planning and Development Manager be given delegated powers to vary relevant parts of the Section 106 agreement and to remove, vary or add conditions as necessary;

iv)  that the Panel authorise the diversion of the public right of way footpath as necessary to implement the planning permission;

v)  that officers investigate with Hampshire County Council the possibility of the section of Brownhill Way, between Junction 1 of the M271 and the Adanac Roundabout, having a speed limit of 30 miles per hour.

Additional conditions

37  APPROVAL CONDITION – Total Site Noise [Performance Condition]

The BS4142: 1997 ‘rating level’ of noise emitted from the site shall not exceed 44 dB(A) at any time of operation between 2300 - 0600 hrs, as determined at Porlock Road (see receptor location 6 as shown in the September 2012 Mott MacDonald Noise Addendum report)and 46 dB(A) at any time of operation between 06:00 – 23:00 in front of 292 Mansel Road West. The measurements and assessment shall be made according to BS4142: 1997. If requested by the Local Planning Authority within 5 years of commencement of use, the operator shall (at the operator’s own expense) appoint a competent acoustician to undertake a noise verification exercise under typically worst case conditions to monitor site noise and determine whether the above limit is being complied with. A written report of the acoustician’s findings shall be provided to the Local Planning Authority within 3 months, or an alternative timescale to be agreed. 

Reason

To protect the amenities of the occupiers of existing nearby residential properties.

38  APPROVAL CONDITION - Roof construction (Pre-Commencement Condition)

No development shall commence until details of the means of construction of the roof of the building have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include the future capability of the building to include solar pv panels on the roof. The construction of the building shall be carried out in accordance with these approved details.

Reason

To ensure the building maximises its potential for combating climate change in accordance with Policy CS20 of the Council's Adopted Core Strategy (January 2010).

Amended conditions

12 APPROVAL CONDITION – No Pile Driving for Foundations (Performance Condition)

No percussion or impact driven piling activities shall take place between 1 October and 31 March (inclusive) in any year.

Reason

To protect the ecological importance of nearby nature conservation areas for over-wintering wildfowl as required by Natural England and in accordance with the City of Southampton Core Strategy Policy CS22.

20.  APPROVAL CONDITION - Acoustic barriers (Pre-Occupation Condition)

The position and height of acoustic barriers (comprising bunds and fencing) along the site boundary shall be constructed in accordance with the approved plans before the building is first used.  Details of the construction of the acoustic screening (including fencing design, materials and surface density) shall be verified for effectiveness by a competent acoustician and approved by the Local Planning Authority both prior to their construction and prior to commencement of use, and thereafter those barriers shall be retained in a good state of repair and in the approved position so as to remain fully effective. 

Reason

To protect the amenities of the occupiers of existing nearby residential properties.

24. APPROVAL CONDITION - Layout of Car Parking/Servicing (Pre-Occupation Condition)

The whole of the car parking, cycle storage and servicing facilities for the use hereby approved shown on the approved plans shall be laid out and made available before the warehouse building hereby approved is first used and thereafter retained solely for the use of the occupants and visitors to the site and for no other purpose.

REASON

To ensure adequate on-site parking and servicing facilities and to avoid congestion in the adjoining highway.

29. APPROVAL CONDITION - Storage / Removal of Refuse Material [Pre-Occupation Condition]

Before the building is first occupied full details of facilities to be provided for the storage and removal of refuse from the premises together with the provision of suitable bins accessible with a level approach shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The facilities shall include accommodation and the provision of separate bins for the separation of waste to enable recycling. The approved refuse and recycling storage shall be retained whilst the building is used for commercial purposes. 

Reason:

In the interests of visual amenity, the amenities of future occupiers of the development and the amenities of occupiers of nearby properties.

34. APPROVAL CONDITION - Ecology mitigation (Performance Condition)

The measures set out in Section 3 (Mitigation Strategy) of the ECOSA, October 2012 Addendum to the Phase 1 and 2 Ecological Survey shall be implemented in full.  Thereafter, the mitigation measures shall be permanently retained.

Reason

In the interests of biodiversity and in accordance with Policy CS22 of the Council's Core Strategy (January 2010).

RECORDED VOTE

FOR:   Councillors Mrs Blatchford, Claisse, Cunio, Harris, Lloyd and Smith

ABSTAINED:   Councillor Shields