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Planning Reference – 191074

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Planning Officer:  Gavin Clark

The Committee resolved:-

To refuse the application. 

1.    The proposal would result in the loss of a number of mature trees that would have a negative impact on the conservation area and would have a negative impact on the surrounding area. The proposal would therefore be contrary Policy NE5 (Trees and Woodland) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

2.    The loss of parking associated with the hotel would have an adverse impact on the surrounding areas, as overspill parking could go on to North Deeside Road, as insufficient parking would remain for that use. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policy T2 (Managing the Transport Impact of Development) of the Aberdeen Local Plan.

With reference to article 5 of the minute of the Planning Development Management Committee of 5 December 2019, whereby it was agreed to have a site visit, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for the erection of a 65-bed care home over 2, 3 and 4 storeys with associated landscaping, car parking and infrastructure, be approved subject to the conclusion of a legal agreement and subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

1.    That no development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing a detailed Green Travel Plan, which outlines sustainable measures to deter the use of private car and advises of sustainable travel choices to and from the site. Thereafter the measures within the said Green Travel Plan shall be implemented in their entirety.

Reason: in order to encourage more sustainable forms of travel to and from the development.

2.    No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a tree protection plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Tree protection measures shall be shown on a layout plan accompanied by descriptive text and shall include:

a)         The location of the trees to be retained and their root protection areas and canopy spreads (as defined in BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction);

b)         The position and construction of protective fencing around the retained trees (to be in accordance with BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction).

c)         The extent and type of ground protection, and any additional measures required to safeguard vulnerable trees and their root protection areas.

d)         An arboricultural impact assessment which evaluates the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed development on the trees to be retained and proposed mitigation.

e)         An arboricultural method statement to demonstrate that operations can be carried out with minimal risk of adverse impact on trees to be retained.

f)          A method statement for any works proposed within the root protection areas of the trees shown to be retained.

3.    No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless the tree protection measures have been implemented in full in accordance with the approved tree protection plan.  No materials, supplies, plant, machinery, soil heaps, changes in ground levels or construction activities shall be permitted within the protected areas without the written consent of the planning authority and no fire shall be lit in the position where the flames could extend to within 5 metres of foliage, branches or trunks. The approved tree protection measures shall be retained in situ until the development has been completed.

Reason: In order to ensure adequate protection for the trees and hedges on the site during the construction of development, and in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

4.    No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless samples and details  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3