Agenda item

Reference Number - 111653

The Sub Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development which recommended:-

that the Sub Committee approve the application in respect of planning permission for the erection of an office building with associated access arrangements, car/cycle parking, servicing and landscaping and drainage proposals, subject to a legal agreement and the following conditions:-

(1)  That all planting, seeding, turfing and other associated soft and hard landscape works, as well as the footpaths and cyclepaths all as comprised in approved drawing numbers

178_PH1_PL1_SE0_X001 Rev02; 178_PH1_PL1_SE1_S001 Rev02;

178_PH1_PL1_SE2_S001 Rev02; 178_PH1_SE3_S001 Rev02;

178_PH1_PL1_SE4_S001 Rev02; 178_PH1_PL1_SE5_S001 Rev02;

178_PH1_PL1_SE6_S001 Rev02; 178_PH1_PL1_SE1_H001 Rev02;

178_PH1_PL1_SE2_H001 Rev02; 178_PH1_PL1_SE3_H001 Rev02;

178_PH1_PL1_SE4_H001 Rev02; 178_PH1_PL1_SE5_H001 Rev02; and

178_PH1_PL1_SE6_H001 Rev02

or such other drawings as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, shall be carried out in or before the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a size and species similar to those originally required to be planted, or in accordance with such other scheme as may be submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority; (2) That all tree works on the site shall comply with the Plot 1 Arboricultural Method Statement prepared by Alan Morton Tree Consulting Ltd, a stamped copy of which is appended to this planning permission, or such other amended document that may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority; (3)  That no part of the development shall be occupied unless (i) the new junction on the A944 has been constructed in compliance with approved Fairhurst drawing number 87537/1300 Revision F, or such other drawing as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, and the junction and associated traffic signals and pedestrian/cycle Puffin and Toucan crossings are are fully operational; and (ii) the existing access road leading from the A944 into the Kingswells Park and Ride site has been closed off to vehicular traffic as detailed in approved Fairhurst drawing number 87537/1300 Revision F, or such other drawing as may subsequently be approved in writing for the puropse by the planning authority. The existing access to the Park and Ride site shall not, however, be closed off until the alternative link road leading from the new boulevard to the Park and Ride site has been completed and is fully operational; (4) That the development shall not be occupied unless further detailed drawings showing (a) a minimum of 38 long stay cycle stands; (b) a minimum of two short stay cycle stands located close to the main entrance to the office building; (c) a minimum of 15 motorcycle parking spaces; and (d) suitable showering facilities for cyclists within the office building have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority; (5)  That the development shall not be occupied unless the proposed SUDS ponds and associated SUDS measures have been constructed and are fully operational; (6)  That, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the planning authority, no trees on the site shall be felled, lopped, topped or otherwise interfered with other than those identifed for felling and remedial works in the report entitled Tree Survey and Arboricultural Constraints prepared by Alan Morton Tree Consulting Ltd and associated drawing number TS-02 Revision B, stamped copies of which are appended to this planning permission, or such other details or drawings as may subsequently be approved for the purpose in writing by the planning authority; (7)  That no development shall take place unless the tree protection measures identified in Alan Morton drawing number TPP-05, a stamped copy of which is appended to this planning permission, or such other drawing as may be subsequently approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, have been implemented and are fully operational. The tree protection measures shall remain in position until all construction work on the site has been completed. No trees located in the Park and Ride site shall be felled or otherwise interfered with without the pior written approval of the planning authority; (8) That no materials, supplies, plant, machinery, spoil, changes in ground levels or construction activities shall be permitted within the protected areas specified in the approved scheme of tree protection without the prior written consent of the planning authority and no fire shall be lit in a position where the flames could extend to within five metres of foliage, branches or trunks; (9)  That no development shall take place unless a scheme for the creation of a link road between the the proposed boulevard and the Kingswells Park and Ride site has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority. No part of the development shall be occupied unless the approved link road has been constructed, is fully operational and is available for use; (10)  That the development shall not be occupied unless the energy measures assessed as being designed to achieve a "very good" BREEAM rating on page 9 of the BREEAM Offices Assessment undertaken by Wallace Whittle, a stamped copy of which is attached to this planning permission, have been implemented and are fully operational;  (11)  That the development shall not be occupied unless (i) the bus stops shown on approved Fairhurst drawing number 87537/1300 revision F, or such other drawing as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, have been constructed and are fully operational; and  (ii) a scheme for the provision of bus shelters at the bus stops has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and such scheme as may be so approved has been implemented and is fully operational; (12)  That the development shall not be occupied unless a scheme for improvements to the capacity of the existing Kingswells roundabout on the A944 has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and the approved scheme has been implemented and is fully operational; (13)  That the development shall not be occupied unless the car parking provison shown on the approved drawings, or such other drawings as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, have been constructed, laid out and demarcated and are available for use; (14)  That all external lighting shall comply with the Wallace Whittle External Lighting Strategy dated October 2011, a stamped copy of which is appended to this planning permission, or such other external lighting details as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority; (15)  That the development shall not be occupied unless the bird hazard management proposals contained in the Rentokil report entitled "Working with Halliday Fraser Munro to Maintain a Safe Woring Environment", a stamped copy of which is appended to this planning permission, or such other amended report as may subsequently be approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority, have been implemented and are full operational; (16)  That the existing bus stops located to the east of the Kingswells roundabout shall remain available for public use until the new bus stops and bus shelters proposed to the west of the roundabout have been constructed and are available for public use; (17)  That all development on the site shall generally comply with the principles established in the approved "OP40 - Kingswells Development Framework and Phase One Masterplan Report - September 2011"; (18)  That no development shall take place unless a Planning Gain financial contribution of £11,167 has been paid to the planning authority, by way of a suitable binding letter of agreement. The contribution will be used towards core path network environmental and access improvements; (19)  That no development pursuant to this planning application shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority a Dewatering Method Statement carried out in consultation with SEPA. Development shall not take place unless the method statement has been implemented in full; (20) That no development pursuant to this planning application shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority a location specific Environmental Management Plan for the Kingswells Business Park. The plan shall be submitted and approved at least two months before works commence on site, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the planning authority; and (21) That no development pursuant to this planning application shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority a detailed plan for the formation and management of the ponds and wetland areas to be formed within Plot 1 to be carried out in consultation with SEPA. All work on each development site shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation.