Agenda item

The Chairman introduced the final application of the meeting, application number 144955, to erect 3no. bungalows with all matters reserved, on land at Britannia Mill, Upton Road, Kexby, Gainsborough, DN21 5NF. The Officer stated there were no updates to the report, and gave a short presentation on the application.

The Chairman advised there were no registered public participants for the application, and invited comments from Members of the Committee.

Debate ensued, Members drew attention to the situation that led to the development. Some Members expressed approval for the removal of the current building, and that the proposed outline for bungalows was more in keeping with the area. Some Members also stated that they normally would not support building in the open countryside.

A Member did criticise the narrow size of the access road, and referenced a previously refused application nearby that was similarly on boundary of the village. In response to a query on the green wedge, the Officer confirmed that the proposal was in the green wedge, but the application would not affect the attempted prevention of the coalescence between Kexby and Upton, and the application site was a ‘brownfield’ site.

The Officer further stated that there was to be no sprawl and no coalescence. In support of the Officer’s comments, the Development Management Team Leader stated that if it was building on nothing there, he would agree with refusal. The Senior Development Management Officer confirmed in response to a query about the design, that condition 9 specified that the bungalows had to be single storey.

Having been proposed and seconded, the Chairman took the vote and it agreed that permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

Conditions stating the time by which the development must be commenced:

1. Application for approval of the reserved matters must be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To conform with Section 92 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2. No development must take place until, plans and particulars of access to the highway, appearance, layout and scale of the buildings to be erected and the landscaping of the site (hereinafter called “the reserved matters”) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and the development must be carried out in accordance with those details.

Reason: The application is in outline only and the Local Planning Authority wishes to ensure that these details which have not yet been submitted are appropriate for the locality.

3. The development hereby permitted must be begun before the expiration of two years from the date of final approval of the reserved matters or, in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last such matter to be approved.

Reason: To conform with Section 92 (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

Conditions which apply or require matters to be agreed before the development commenced:

4. The reserved matters (landscaping) referred to in condition 2 above must include full details (size, species, density and position) for the provision of a mixed native hedgerow to eastern and southern boundaries of the site (see ‘Hedgerow Advice’ note below).

Reason: In the interest of the visual amenity in accordance with policies LP17 and LP26 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

5. No development shall take place until a scheme of ecological enhancements including the provision of Bat and Bird boxes within the site, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To protect and enhance the biodiversity value of the site to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and LP21 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

6. No development shall take place until details of a scheme for the disposal of foul/surface water (including any necessary soakaway/percolation tests) from the site and a plan identifying connectivity and their position has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. No occupation shall occur until the approved scheme has been carried out.

Reason: To ensure adequate drainage facilities are provided to serve each dwelling, to reduce the risk of flooding and to prevent the pollution of the water environment to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and local policy LP14 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2012-2036.

Conditions which apply or are to be observed during the course of the development:

7. Any tree, shrub or plant forming part of the scheme approved under the details of landscaping and the hedging scheme (condition 4) which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development dies, is removed, or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another tree, shrub or plant of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason: In the interest of the visual amenity in accordance with policy LP26 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

8. With the exception of the detailed matters referred to by the conditions of this consent, the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the following drawings: BMKOPP/22/01. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans and in any other approved documents forming part of the application.

Reason: To ensure the development proceeds in accordance with the approved site location plan.

9. The 3no. (three) dwellings hereby permitted shall be single storey only.

Reason: The development hereby approved was only considered acceptable on this basis in accordance with policy LP17, LP22 and LP26 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

Conditions which apply or relate to matters which are to be observed following completion of the development:

None.