Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application - Part one/two storey rear extension for class B1 office use on ground floor and one bedroom flat on first floor with roof terrace and undercroft parking.

Oral representations in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member, Councillor Pauline Tunnicliffe in support of the application were received at the meeting.

Members having considered the report and representations, RESOLVED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED for the following reasons:-

“1. The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of 3 years, beginning with the date of this decision notice.

REASON: Section 91, Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2.  Details of the materials to be used for the external surfaces of the building shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any work is commenced. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the appearance of the building and the visual amenities of the area.

3.  The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the plans approved under this planning permission unless previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

REASON: In order to comply with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the appearance of the building and the visual amenities of the area.

4.  Before commencement of the use of the land or building hereby permitted parking spaces and/or garages and turning space shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and thereafter shall be kept available for such use and no permitted development whether permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order 1995 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order) or not shall be carried out on the land or garages indicated or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to  the said land or garages.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy T3 of the Unitary Development Plan and to avoid development without adequate parking or garage provision, which is likely to lead to parking inconvenient to other road users and would be detrimental to amenities and prejudicial to road safety.

5.  No windows or doors shall at any time be inserted in the side or rear elevations of the development hereby permitted, without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority. 

REASON: In order to comply with Policy BE1of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the amenities of the adjacent properties. 

6. The ground floor of the extension hereby permitted shall be used as an office and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in Class B1 of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any statutory instrument revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification).

REASON:  In order that the use for any other purpose can be considered with regard to the amenities of nearby residents and the lack of natural light to the ground floor to accord with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan.

INFORMATIVE: The applicant is advised that construction works should not take place outside of the hours of 08:00-18:00 Monday to Friday, 08:00-13:00 Saturday and not at all on Sundays or Bank Holidays. The applicant is advised to have regard to the ‘Control of Pollution and Noise from Demolition and Construction Sites - Code of Practice’ which is available on the Council’s website www.bromley.gov.uk”

Members made the decision having regard to the particular merits of this application, and they did not intend this permitted application to set a precedent for any other site in Orpington High Street.