Agenda item

The Chair introduced application 147536, for change of use of vacant Baltic Mill site into a landscaped area. The Senior Development Management Officer confirmed there was no update to the published report and presented a summary of the application.

The Chair thanked the Officer for her presentation and advised the Committee there were no registered speakers.

Members considered the application and praised the landscaping. Members felt concerned that there may be an increase in traffic in the area and felt a road crossing should be considered at the site. Members noted the raised road to slow traffic, and one suggested a coffee shop or similar would make a good addition to the area.

On taking the 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:

§  Site Location Plan 1000008345-4-BM0000 Rev 2;

§  Baltic Mill Seat Details 1000008345-4-0150-02 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Plan Planting Bed 5 1000008345-4-3000-06 Rev 1;

§  Gainsborough Public Realm Lighting Document;

§  Gainsborough Baltic Mill Lighting Column Specification;

§  Lighting Column 3D44268-03 Rev A;

§  Lantern Specification and Lantern Product Datasheet;

§  Baltic Mill Retaining Wall Details 1000008345-4-0150-04 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Soft Landscape Details 1000008345- 4-BM-3001-01 Rev 1;

§  General Arrangement Baltic Mill 1000008345-4-0100 Rev 1;

§  Proposed Lighting Layout Baltic Mill Sheet 1 of 1 1000008345-4-0130-001 Rev 2;

§  Baltic Mill Step and Edging Details 1000008345-4-0150-01 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Design Planting Beds Location Plan 1000008345-4-3000-01 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Corten Pergola Design Intent Details 1000008345-4-0150-05 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Design Tree Planting Plan 1000008345-4-3000-02 Rev 1;

§  Hardscape Plan Baltic Mill 1000008345-4-1110 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Design Planting Plan- Planting Bed 1 1000008345-4-3000-03 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Design Planting Plan Planting Beds 2 and 3 1000008345- 4-3000-04 Rev 1;

§  Baltic Mill Planting Design Planting Plan Planting Bed 4 1000008345- 4-3000-05 Rev 1.

All received 9th November 2023. The works shall be carried out in accordance with the details and materials 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.

3. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the drawings ‘1000008345-4-0150-02’ and ‘1000008345-4-0150-04’, both dated October 2023, compiled by Project Centre and the following mitigation measures they detail:

§  A maximum depth of 1 metre shall be adhered to for all excavations for example for the retaining walls and street furniture.

The measures detailed above shall be retained and maintained thereafter throughout the lifetime of the development.

Reason: To ensure the structural integrity of the existing flood defences thereby reducing the risk of flooding to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S21(d) of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

4. The development shall proceed in strict accordance with Sections 15 and 16 of the Preliminary Soil Contamination Report by Construction testing solutions (CTS) dated June 2023.

Reason: In order to safeguard human health and the water environment and to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S56 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2023.

5. If during the course of development, contamination is found to be present on site, then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority) must 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 must then be dealt with in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In order to safeguard human health and the water environment and to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S56 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2023.

6. The proposed landscaping hereby approved as shown on the drawings listed within condition 2 of this permission, together with the Planting Schedule (1000008345-4-3000-07 Rev 1) shall be carried out in the first planting season following the commencement of the works. Any landscaping 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 others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

Reason: In the interests of providing biodiversity enhancements to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies S53, S60 and S61 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan.

7. Prior to the installation of any bespoke artwork, details, including its exact positioning shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall only proceed in strict accordance with the approved details unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure the artwork is appropriate for the Riverside Conservation Area and the setting of Listed Buildings to accord with the National Planning Policy Framework, policies S53 and S57 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan 2023 and Policies NPP 6, 7 and 12 of the Gainsborough Town Neighbourhood Plan.

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

None.