Agenda item

Planning Reference – 140824

Planning Application documents can be viewed here –

http://planning.aberdeencity.gov.uk/PlanningDetail.asp?ref=140824

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

That the Committee approve the application for planning permission for the erection of 24 flats in a 7, 8 and 9 storey block and associated infrastructure, but to withhold the issue of the consent document pending agreement of a suitable mechanism to secure developer contributions towards community facilities, and subject to the following conditions:-

            (1)  That no development shall take place unless a scheme detailing all

external finishing materials to the roofs, walls and hard surfaces 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; (2) that  the  full  details  of  the  compensatory  storage  proposals,  including cross sections and drawings clearly showing how the scheme will fill and drain

freely during a flood event, are agreed with relevant parties including SEPA and implemented in full prior to the commencement of development.  The detailed proposals are to be designed in accordance with Appendix C of the  Flood Risk Assessment (dated 1 March 2012) and the plan of “Flood Extents” ref 62299/WS/11 (dated 14 March 2012) or other as so agreed with the planning authority – in the interests of preventing flooding; (3) that the existing piling and any retaining structures shall not be removed or altered unless a detailed method statement, including measures for satisfactorily dealing with contaminated land, has been submitted to and agreed in writing with the planning authority – in order to ensure that there is no adverse impact on the river; (4) that the development hereby granted permission shall not be occupied unless the agreed compensatory storage have been implemented in full and are fully available for use; (5) 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 - in the interests of the amenity of the area; (6) 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 - in the interests of the amenity of the area; (7) 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 and wildlife; (8) that no development shall take  place  unless  there  has  been  submitted, at least two months prior  to the commencement of any works, and  approved  in  writing  by,  the  planning  authority (in consultation with SEPA and other agencies such as SNH as appropriate)  a  site specific construction  method statement for all works, including to the river bank and including the sheet piling, and construction of wildlife corridor and any other works affecting the river bank. The method  statement  shall  include methods  for the prevention of pollution reaching the River Don, including measures to control dust, run-off, timing of works in relation to water levels and the management of waste. The scheme shall be implemented in complete accordance with details as so approved and work shall not take place unless the measures as so agreed are in place and fully operational - to control pollution of air, water and land; (9) that the development shall not take place unless full details are provided of the surface water drainage system to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA. The development shall not be occupied unless the agreed details have been implemented and are available for use – in the interests of the water environment and flood prevention; (10) that no development shall take place that alters the riverbank unless there has been submitted to that full details are provided of the treatment of the river banks to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in consultation with SEPA and the agreed details are implemented in full prior to the occupation of the development – in the interests of protecting the riverside environment;  (11) that notwithstanding the refuse storage indicated on the plans, no development shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority details of the siting, design and materials of the refuse storage. The development shall not be occupied unless the refuse storage as so approved has been implemented on site and is ready for use – in the interests of public safety and visual amenity; (12) that no development shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, details of cycle storage. The development shall not be occupied unless the cycle storage as so approved has been provided and is available for use – in the interests of encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport and visual amenity; (13) that no development shall take place unless there have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority, reports on pre-construction surveys by suitably qualified specialists, for wildlife, including foxes, badgers, watervoles, birds and otters.  Any measures recommended shall be implemented fully in accordance with the report as so agreed and in accordance with recommended timescales – in order to ensure protection of wildlife; and (14) that the development hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the car parking areas hereby granted planning permission have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with the approved plans 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 other than the purpose of the parking of cars ancillary to the development and use thereby granted approval - in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)        to approve the recommendation;  and

(ii)       to instruct that officers approach the developer and request that an accessible external water tap be considered for inclusion in the proposals.