Agenda item

Planning Reference - 181932

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Planning Officer:  Aoife Murphy

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which recommended:-

That the application for planning permission in principle for the erection of three dwelling houses and associated infrastructure at Rocklands, Craigton Road, Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

1.    Details of the specified matters listed below shall be submitted for consideration by the planning authority, in accordance with the timescales and other limitations in section 59 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended). No development shall begin on the site unless all of the details listed in this condition have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The development shall be carried out in complete accordance with the details approved in relation to this condition.

Specified matters:

a)            Full details of the siting, design, layout, external appearance and finishing materials of the proposed development including waste bin uplift area, driveway, vehicle parking and turning area;

b)            Full details of the proposed means of access, including dimension of the road and hammerhead;

c)            An Energy Statement shall include the following items:

i)     Full details of the proposed energy efficiency measures and/or renewable technologies to be incorporated into the development;

ii)    Calculations using the SAP or SBEM methods, which demonstrate that the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions rates for the development, arising from the measures proposed, will enable the development to comply with Policy R7 of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017.

d)            A detailed levels survey of the site and cross sections showing proposed finished ground and floor levels relative to existing ground levels and a fixed ordnance datum point;

e)            Full details of the Drainage Impact Assessment to include the proposed means of disposal of surface water from the development.

Reason: Permission for the development has been granted in principle only and subsequent approval is required for these matters in accordance with Section 59 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended).

2.    The proposed development shall be connected to the public water supply as indicated in the submitted application and shall not be connected to a private water supply without the separate express grant of planning permission by the planning authority.

Reason:To ensure the long-term sustainability of the development and the safety and welfare of the occupants and visitors to the site.

3.    Waste water from the proposed development shall be disposed of via the public sewer as indicated in the submitted application and shall not be disposed of via private means without the separate express grant of planning permission by the planning authority.

Reason:To ensure the long-term sustainability of the development and the safety and welfare of the occupants and visitors to the site.

4.    The dwellinghouses hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the proposed surface water drainage system(s) has been provided in accordance with the approved Drainage Impact Assessment and plans approved under Condition 1 (g).  The surface water drainage system(s) shall be permanently retained thereafter in accordance with the approved maintenance scheme.

Reason: In order to ensure that adequate drainage facilities are provided, and retained, in the interests of the amenity of the area.

5.    No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a tree protection plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Tree protection measures shall be shown on a layout plan accompanied by descriptive text and shall include:

a)    The location of the trees to be retained and their root protection areas and canopy spreads (as defined in BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction);

b)    The position and construction of protective fencing around the retained trees (to be in accordance with BS 5837: 2012 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction).

c)    The extent and type of ground protection, and any additional measures required to safeguard vulnerable trees and their root protection areas.

d)    An arboricultural impact assessment which evaluates the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed development on the trees to be retained and proposed mitigation.

e)    An arboricultural method statement to demonstrate that operations can be carried out with minimal risk of adverse impact on trees to be retained.

f)     A method statement for any works proposed within the root protection areas of the trees shown to be retained.

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless the tree protection measures have been implemented in full in accordance with the approved tree protection plan. No materials, supplies, plant, machinery, soil heaps, changes in ground levels or construction activities shall be permitted within the protected areas without the written consent of the planning authority and no fire shall be lit in the position where the flames could extend to within 5 metres of foliage, branches or trunks. The approved tree protection measures shall be retained in situ until the development has been completed.

Reason: In order to ensure adequate protection for the trees and hedges on the site during the construction of development, and in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

6.    No works in connection with the permission hereby approved shall commence unless a landscaping scheme including a scheme of compensatory tree planting, has been submitted and approved in writing by the planning authority. Details of the compensatory planting shall include:

a)    The location of the compensatory tree planting.

b)    A schedule of planting to comprise species, plant sizes and proposed numbers and density.

c)    A programme for the implementation, completion and subsequent management of the proposed compensatory tree planting.

The compensatory tree planting shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved scheme and any planting which, within a period of 5 years from the completion of the compensatory tree planting, in the opinion of the planning authority is dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased, shall be replaced by plants of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted.

Reason: In order to maintain woodland cover in accordance with the aims of local and national planning policies.

The Committee heard from Gavin Clark, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally as contained within the report.