Agenda item

Planning Reference – 141755

Planning Application documents can be viewed here –

http://planning.aberdeencity.gov.uk/PlanningDetail.asp?ref=141755

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

That the Committee express a willingness to approve the application for the construction of 26 affordable flats, but to withhold the issue of the consent document until a legal agreement was secured to ensure the development was restricted to solely affordable housing, as well as the agreement of developer contributions towards primary and secondary education, the core path network and the Strategic Transport Fund, and subject to the following conditions:-

(1)          That none of the flats with balconies proposed, as identified on drawing no APL_10 Rev A, shall be occupied unless the balconies have been provided for use – in order to ensure the balconies are delivered as part of the scheme, their provision considered necessary to provide useable amenity space for residents of the development in accordance with policy D2; (2) that notwithstanding the details shown on drawing no. APL_10 rev A or any drawing superseding this and agreed with the planning authority, the balcony on the western elevation of Block B at third floor level shall be omitted from the scheme – in order to avoid any detriment to the privacy of neighbouring properties; (3) that no development other than works of demolition and site clearance shall take place unless it is carried out in full accordance with a scheme to address any significant risks from contamination on the site that has been approved in writing by the planning authority.  The scheme shall follow the procedures outlined in "Planning Advice Note 33 Development of Contaminated Land" and shall be conducted by a suitably qualified person in accordance with best practice as detailed in "BS10175 Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites – Code Of Practice" and other best practice guidance and shall include (a) an investigation to determine the nature and extent of contamination; (b) a site-specific risk assessment; (c) a remediation plan to address any significant risks and ensure the site is fit for the use proposed and (d) verification protocols to demonstrate compliance with the remediation plan.  The dwelling shall not be occupied unless (a) any long term monitoring and reporting that may be required by the approved scheme of contamination or remediation plan or that otherwise has been required in writing by the planning authority is being undertaken; and (b) a report specifically relating to the dwelling has been submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority that verifies that remedial works to fully address contamination issues related to the dwelling has been carried out, unless the planning authority has given written consent for a variation.  The flats shall not be occupied unless a report has been submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority that verifies that the remedial works have been carried out in full accordance with the remediation plan, unless the planning authority has given written consent for a variation - to ensure that the site is suitable for use and fit for human occupation; (4) that all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping (drawing no APL_30 Rev A) 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 - in the interests of the amenity of the area; (5) that no development shall take place unless a scheme for external lighting has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, and thereafter implemented in full accordance with said scheme - in the interest of public safety; (6) that no development shall take place unless samples of 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 - in the interests of visual amenity; (7) that the visibility splay as shown in drawing no 900 Rev 4  hereby approved shall be provided and maintained free of any obstruction above 1 metre in height (measured from the level of the public carriageway) from the first occupation of the development and shall be maintained in perpetuity – in the interests of road safety, to ensure that vehicles entering or exiting the access can undertake the manoeuvre safely and with minimum interference to the safety and free flow of traffic on Summerhill Road; (8) that no development shall commence until details of the SuDS sub-base have been provided and approved by the Planning Authority (in consultation with SEPA), that demonstrate a minimum depth of 500mm of the sub-base from the porous block paving.  Thereafter no unit within the development shall be occupied until such time as the agreed scheme of drainage has been implemented in full, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the planning authority – in order to ensure an acceptable level of SuDS treatment; (9) that no unit within the development hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied 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 – in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood and in the interests of public health;  and (10) that the development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the car, cycle and motorcycle parking areas have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with the drawing of the plan hereby approved, or such other drawing as may subsequently be submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority. Such areas shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose - in the interests of public safety, encouraging sustainable modes of travel and the free flow of traffic.

INFORMATIVES

1.            During construction work the applicant and/or the developer should remain vigilant for signs of bats, if they come across any bats or any signs of bats, all work in that area must cease immediately and Scottish Natural Heritage must be contacted for further advice.

2.            It should be noted that as bats are a European Protected Species, as listed in the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c.) Regulations 1994 it is illegal to:

• Deliberately kill, injure, disturb or capture/take European Protected Species of animal
• Damage or destroy the breeding sites or resting places of such animals.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendation.