Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application – Extensions and alterations to Trinity Church of England Primary School (to accommodate 2 additional forms of entry) and construction of all-weather pitch and MUGA, vehicular access from Church Lane, access road, additional car and cycle parking and associated works.  Extensions to Bishop Justus Church of England School (to accommodate 2 additional forms of entry), additional car and cycle parking and associated works.

Oral representations in support of the application were received at the meeting.

It was reported that permission for the application was no longer subject to any Direction by the Secretary of State as the objection raised by Sport England had been withdrawn.

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 conditions 13 and 17 amended to read:-

‘13  Notwithstanding the plans hereby approved, full construction details and surfacing materials of the access road, footpaths and associated works on Trinity School shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of each phase of these works.  Such details shall include permeable materials throughout, measures to minimise surface water flooding and details and method statements to ensure full protection of the root protection zones of the adjacent trees

Reason: In order to comply with Policy BE1 of the Bromley Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of the appearance and the visual amenities of the area and to ensure satisfactory means of surface water drainage and to accord with Policy 5.14 of the London Plan.

17  the parking spaces and turning space hereby permitted, shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and timings shown on the phasing plans relevant to each school site 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 indicate or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to the said land.

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

A further two conditions were added as follows:-

31  Use of the development shall not commence until a community use agreement for the MUGA to the south of Bishop Justus Church of England School prepared in consultation with Sport England has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and a copy of the completed approved agreement has been provided to the Local Authority.  The agreement shall apply to the existing MUGA to the south of Bishop Justus School and include details of pricing policy, hours of use, access by non-educational establishment users, management responsibilities and a mechanism for review (and anything else which the Local Planning Authority in consultation with Sport England considers necessary in order to secure the effective community use of the facility).  The MUGA subject to this agreement shall not be used at any time other than in strict compliance with the approved agreement.

Reason: To secure well managed safe community access to the sports facility, to ensure sufficient benefit to the development of sport.

32  Notwithstanding the provision of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order) no buildings, structures, alterations, walls or fences of any kind shall be erected or made within the curtilage(s) of the dwelling(s) hereby permitted without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In order to prevent intensification of the site and to comply with Policy BE1 of the Unitary Development Plan and in the interest of amenity and public safety.