Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application – Formation of pedestrian access to School (between Nos. 34a and 38 Park Avenue) with 1.95m high steel gates and 1.6m high brick piers fronting Park Avenue, 1.8m high timber/palisade fencing to boundary with No. 34a Park Avenue, associated landscaping works, lighting and CCTV.

Oral representations in objection to and in support of the application were received.  Oral representations from Ward Member, Councillor Ellie Harmer in objection to the application were received at the meeting.  Councillor Harmer’s concerns were increased traffic, pedestrian safety, potential accidents, security, light pollution and the impact on local amenity.  It was noted that English Heritage had no objection to the application.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations RESOLVED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED as recommended, subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the report of the Chief Planner with amendments to conditions 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16,19 and the deletion of condition 12.

“8.  Details of a scheme of lighting to serve the pedestrian access hereby permitted shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before any work is commenced, and the approved scheme shall be implemented before the pedestrian access is first used. Thereafter the approved scheme shall be permanently maintained in an efficient working manner and no further lighting shall be installed on the site without the prior approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON:  In order to comply with Policy ER10 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of amenity and public safety.

9.  Details of the temporary access road and turning area, including its junction with Park Avenue and dimensions of visibility splays, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and these access arrangements shall be implemented before works commence. There shall be no obstruction to visibility in excess of 1m in height within the approved splays except for trees selected by the Authority. Upon the substantial completion of the development, all works associated with the temporary access and turning area shall be removed and the land reinstated to its former condition.REASON:  In order to comply with Policy T18 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of pedestrian and vehicular safety.

10.  Before the temporary access road hereby permitted is first used by vehicles, it shall be provided with 3.3m x 2.4m x 3.3m visibility splays and there shall be no obstruction to visibility in excess of 1m in height within these splays except for trees selected by the Local Planning Authority, and those splays shall be retained for the duration of the construction works.

REASON:  In order to comply with Policy T18 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of pedestrian and vehicular safety.

13.  The temporary access road to be used for the development hereby permitted shall be stopped up at the back edge of the highway once the approved footpath is completed, in accordance with details of an enclosure to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved enclosure shall be permanently retained as such.

REASON: In order to comply with Policy T11 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of pedestrian and vehicular safety.

14.  Before commencement of the construction works the associated temporary service yard shall be completed in accordance with the details to be approved, and thereafter shall be kept available for such use at all times during the construction phase and no development whether permitted by the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order) or not shall be carried out in the service yard or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to or manoeuvring in the said yard. Upon the substantial completion of the development, all works associated with the service yard shall be removed and the land reinstated to its former condition.

REASON: Development without adequate servicing facilities is likely to lead to vehicle manoeuvres inconvenient to other road users and be detrimental to the free flow of traffic and conditions of safety in the highway and would not comply with Policy T17 of the Unitary Development Plan.

16.  Whilst the development hereby permitted is being carried out, provision shall be made to accommodate operatives and construction vehicles off-loading, parking and turning within the site in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and such provision shall remain available for such uses to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority throughout the course of development.

REASON:  In the interests of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the amenities of the area and to accord with Policy T18 of the Unitary Development Plan.

19.  The pedestrian access in Park Avenue shall not be used until details of highway safety measures to include School Keep Clear Zigzags and other road markings, signage, the pruning of a highway tree near the entrance and improved lighting in the area have been submitted to the local planning authority and approved in writing and have been carried out in accordance with the approved plans.

REASON:  In the interests of highway and pedestrian safety and to comply with Policies T6 and T18 of the Unitary Development Plan.”