Agenda item

Planning Reference - 160241

The documents associated with this application can be found at:-

http://planning.aberdeencity.gov.uk/PlanningList.asp?SearchType=S&ReferenceNumber=160241&Address=&WardCode=ANY&Decision=3&Submit2=Submit

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

That the Committee show a willingness to approve the application for a proposed change of use from sports facility to a residential development of 48 units at 26 Loirston Road, to include associated parking and landscapingsubject to a section 75 Planning Obligation relating to affordable housing, community facilities, open space, and the provision pf the replacement football stadium at Calder Park, together with local roads improvements including a replacement bus shelter, and also subject to the following conditions:-

(1)  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 drawing No. 10173 / PL-02 A of the 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.

(2)  that no development shall take place unless a scheme of all drainage works designed to meet the requirements of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and thereafter no part of the development shall be occupied unless the drainage has been installed in complete accordance with the said scheme - in order to safeguard water qualities in adjacent watercourses and to ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

(3)  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 - in the interests of visual amenity.

(4)  that no development pursuant to this planning permission shall take place, nor shall any part of the development hereby approved be occupied, unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, a detailed scheme of site and plot boundary enclosures for the entire development hereby granted planning permission. None of the buildings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the said scheme has been implemented in its entirety - in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood.

(5)  that no dwellings hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless the area/areas of public open space as identified on Drawing No. 415.20.01 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 - in order to preserve the amenity of the neighbourhood.

(6)  that all planting, seeding and turfing comprised in the approved scheme of landscaping (as shown on plan 415.20.01) 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 none of the units hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless a scheme detailing cycle storage and motor cycle parking provision has been submitted to, and approved in writing by the planning authority, and thereafter implemented in full accordance with said scheme - in the interests of encouraging more sustainable modes of travel.

(8)  that no individual development plot shall be occupied unless there has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the planning authority, a comprehensive Residential Travel Pack for that development plot, setting out proposals for reducing dependency on the private car, in particular single occupant trips and provides detailed monitoring arrangements, modal split targets and associated penalties for not meeting targets. This should also include information on external

connectivity to key facilities, and, in consultation with local schools and the planning authority, information on safer routes to schools - in order to encourage more sustainable forms of travel to and from the development, and in the interests of the safety of pupils traveling to and from local schools.

(9)  Notwithstanding the details shown on the approved plans, no residential unit shall be occupied until such time as the disabled car parking spaces are relocated to parts of the site, with better accessibility to the built form as part of a scheme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  Thereafter, the approved scheme shall be implemented in full - in order to ensure that the disabled spaces are provided in the most accessible position.

(10)  That no development shall take place unless there has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the planning authority schemes for improvements to the local road network including existing and proposed traffic calming and build out features. Thereafter the development shall not be occupied unless the said improvements have been implemented in full - in the interests of road safety and the free flow of traffic.

(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 - to ensure that this development complies with requirements for reductions in carbon emissions pecified in the City Council's relevant published Supplementary Guidance document, 'Low and Zero Carbon Buildings'.

The Committee heard from Paul Williamson, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the report and answered various questions from members.  Mr Williamson advised that an extra condition would be added regarding a bin storage plan.

The Committee also heard from Gregor Whyte, who answered various questions in regards to road issues.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to request that an extra condition be added, to read “that no development shall take place unless there has been submitted to and approved in writing, a scheme / plan for the storage of refuse/recycling.  Thereafter such provision shall be implemented in full accordance with said scheme.  Such areas shall not thereafter be used for any other purpose other than the purpose of the storage of refuse/recycling - in the interests of public health, the amenity of the neighbourhood, and the suitable disposal of refuse”; and

(ii)        to otherwise agree the recommendation and approve the application conditionally subject to the Section 75 agreement.