Agenda item

The Chairman introduced the second application for the Committee, application number 147489 to erect 1no. dwelling and garage including demolition of agricultural building following Class Q approval 146756 on land adjacent Wishing Well Barn, Hardwick Lane, Hardwick. The Development Management Officer provided Members with a summary and presentation of the application. The Chairman confirmed there were no registered speakers and so invited comments from the Committee.

A Member of the Committee enquired as to objections received to the application, with the report detailing no objections received but local residents stating they had objected. It was subsequently proposed and seconded that the application be deferred for clarification of objections received.

It was suggested that objections may have been submitted for a previous application. During the course of discussions, the Development Management Team Leader accessed the live planning portal and confirmed that, up to and including that date, no objections to the applications had been received.

The recommendation as written was subsequently proposed and duly seconded. The Legal Adviser confirmed the vote to be taken first on the proposal to defer.

The Chairman took the vote on the first proposal, to defer the application for clarification of objections, and with one vote in favour and seven against, the proposal was LOST.

The Chairman then took the vote on the second proposal, that being the Officer recommendation as written. With a majority vote it was agreed that planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

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

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To conform with Section 91 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

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

None.

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

2. 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: 101A, 102, 103 and 104, received 26th October 2023. 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 plans and to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S53 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

3. No development above foundations level shall take place until a scheme of foul sewage and surface water drainage has been submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To prevent flooding and protect future residents to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S21 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

4. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the details set out in the Amended Energy Statement received 6th December 2023 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the development takes place in accordance with the approved details and in accordance with the provisions of Policies S6 and S7 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan (2023).

5. Prior to occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted, a written verification statement shall be submitted to demonstrate that the approved scheme has been implemented in full, in accordance with the Amended Energy Statement received 6th December 2023 and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To ensure that the development takes place in accordance with the approved details and in accordance with the provisions of Policies S6 and S7 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

6. No external lighting shall be installed on the development hereby permitted unless a scheme of external lighting is submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development thereafter shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure that the development hereby permitted does not have an unacceptable impact on residential amenity to accordance the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S53 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

7. If during the course of development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present on the site, then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until a method statement detailing how and when the contamination is to be dealt with has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The contamination shall then be dealt with in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In order to safeguard human health in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S56 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

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

8. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no domestic oil tanks or domestic gas tanks shall be placed within the curtilage of the dwelling(s) herby approved.

Reason: In the interests of energy efficiency to accord with Policies S6 and S7 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan (Adopted 2023).