Agenda item

With reference to article 7 of the minute of meeting of the Development Management Sub Committee of 22 August, 2013, wherein the Sub Committee agreed to visit the site, the Sub Committee had before it a report by the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development which recommended:-

a willingness to approve, subject to conditions (as detailed below) but to withhold the issue of the consent document until the applicant has entered into a legal agreement with the Council to secure the identified developer contributions towards affordable housing units, provision of community facilities and recreation, library, core path improvements, healthcare and Strategic Transport Fund in relation to the erection of an 8 numbered unit residential development with ancillary siteworks and landscaping at land adjacent to North Deeside Road, Pittengullies Brae, Peterculter, Aberdeen, subject to the following conditions:-

(1)  That notwithstanding the drainage plan submitted, that no development shall take place within the application site until the applicant has carried out and submitted to, and been approved in writing by, the planning authority (i) a condition survey, preferably through CCTV, of the culverted watercourse adjacent to the development and in the immediate downstream; and (ii) an assessment of flood routing; and, if required, an updated drainage impact assessment, Sustainable Urban Drainage System and outline any flood routing mitigation measures required.  Thereafter the development shall not be occupied unless built in full accordance with the details approved.  (2)  That no development shall take place unless a scheme detailing all external finishing materials to the roof and walls of the development hereby approved has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and thereafter the development shall be carried out in accordance with the details so agreed.  (3)  That no development shall take place within the application site until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work which shall include post-excavation and publication work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the planning authority.  (4)  That no development pursuant to the planning permission hereby approved shall be carried out unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing for the purpose by the planning authority a further detailed scheme of landscaping for the site, which scheme shall include indications of all existing trees and landscaped areas on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development, and the proposed areas of tree/ shrub planting including details of numbers, densities, locations, species, sizes and stage of maturity at planting.  Further to this within plot 8 four heavy standard trees are to be planted in the southern corners of the site.  (5)  That all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting season following the completion of the development and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 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.  (6)  That no development shall take place unless a plan showing those trees to be removed and those to be retained and a scheme for the protection of all trees to be retained on the site during construction works has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority and any such scheme as may have been approved has been implemented.  (7)  That any tree work which appears to become necessary during the implementation of the development shall not be undertaken without the prior written consent of the planning authority; any damage caused to trees growing on the site shall be remedied in accordance with British Standard 3998: 2010 "Recommendations for Tree Work" before the building hereby approved is first occupied.  (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 aforementioned scheme of tree protection without the written consent of the planning authority and no fire shall be lit in a position where the flames could extend to within 5 metres of foliage, branches or trunks.  (9)  That on each house plot there shall be planted two trees of species to be agreed in writing with the planning authority.  These trees are to be planted at half-standard size or larger.  Planting shall take place in the first planting season after completion of each house and any trees which within a period of 5 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 similar size and species unless the planning authority gives written consent to any variation.  (10)  That the use hereby granted planning permission shall not take place unless provision has been made within the application site for refuse storage and disposal in accordance with a scheme which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  (11)  That the building hereby approved shall not be occupied unless a scheme detailing compliance with the Council's 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings' supplementary guidance has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, and any recommended measures specified within that scheme for the reduction of carbon emissions have been implemented in full.  (12)  That no dwellings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the area/areas of public open space including the play area as identified on Drawing No. DPL-01B of the plans hereby approved (or such other drawing as may be subsequently approved) have been laid out in accordance with a scheme which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  No development pursuant to this planning permission shall take place unless such a scheme detailing the manner in which the open space is to be managed and maintained has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  Such scheme shall include provision for a play area comprising at least five items of play equipment and a safety surface.  The said area shall not thereafter be used for any purpose other than as a Play Area.  (13)  That no part of the development shall be occupied unless a schedule of work relating to the upgrading of bus shelters, seating, lighting, shelter, raised kerbs and timetable provision for the bus stops on the westbound and eastbound bus stop has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the planning authority, and subsequently the upgrading work has been implemented prior to the occupancy of any residential unit implemented.

The Sub Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation contained in the report with an extra condition as follows:-  that the ridge height of the houses facing onto North Deeside Road (plots 1-4 as shown on drawing no dpl-03 REV D) shall be no higher than that of the adjacent properties to the immediate east and west of the application site (Robin’s Cottage – 1 Pittengullies Brae, Peterculter and Fuaran – 423 North Deeside Road, Milltimber).