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Planning Reference – 191896

 

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Planning Officer:  Gavin Evans

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

 

That the application for detailed planning permission for the erection of a four storey elective care centre with associated external works, at the land to the east of Lady Helen Parking Centre at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

 

Conditions

 

1.     Cycle Parking (Short and Long Stay)

That the development hereby granted planning permission shall not be brought into use unless the cycle storage facilities as shown on drawing number ECP1-MRT-XX-XX-PL-A-90001_P01,have been fully installed and made available for use.

 

Reason: in the interests of encouraging sustainable travel, as required by policy T3 (Sustainable and Active Travel).

 

2.     Site-Specific Pollution Prevention Plan

That no development pursuant to the development hereby granted planning permission shall be undertaken unless a site-specific pollution prevention plan has first been submitted to and agreed in writing by the planning authority, in consultation with SEPA. Thereafter, all works shall be carried out in accordance with the plan so agreed.

The required site-specific pollution prevention plan shall address the following matters:

 

-         Confirm if new connections to the existing sewer are proposed and provide details of protection of the Gilcomston Burn;

-         Pollution prevention

-         Sediment management

-         Environmental incidents

-         Waste management

 

Reason: In order to minimise the impacts of necessary construction works on the environment.

 

3.     Materials

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless details of the specification and colour of all the materials to be used in the external finish of the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. The development shall not be brought into use unless the external finish has been applied in accordance with the approved details, specification and colour.

 

Reason: In the interests of the appearance of the development and the visual amenities of the area.

 

 

4.     Foul and Surface Water Drainage Arrangements

The building hereby approved shall not be brought into use unless the proposed foul and surface water drainage arrangements have been provided in accordance with the approved plans and the Drainage Assessment (Ramsay and Chalmers C3898 Rev A,  dated 19.12.19), or such other alternative submissions as have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the planning authority.

 

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

 

5.     Bird Hazard Management Plan

Development shall not commence until a Bird Hazard Management Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority in consultation with Aberdeen Airport.  The submitted plan shall include details of:

 

-         Management of any flat/shallow pitched/green roofs on buildings within the site which may be attractive to nesting, roosting and “loafing” birds. The management plan shall comply with Advice Note 3 – Wildlife Hazards (available at https://www.aoa.org.uk/policy-campaigns/operations-safety/ )

-         Maintenance of planted and landscaped areas

 

The Bird Hazard Management Plan shall be implemented as approved, on completion of the development and shall remain in force for the life of the building. No subsequent alterations to the plan are to take place unless first submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority in consultation with Aberdeen Airport.

 

Reason: It is necessary to manage the development in order to minimise its attractiveness to birds which could endanger the safe movement of aircraft and the operation of Aberdeen

Airport.

 

6.     Landscaping Scheme

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a scheme of hard and soft landscaping works has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.

 

Details of the scheme shall include:

 

-         An indication of existing trees, shrubs and hedges to be removed;

-         The location of re-planted trees or compensatory planting;

-         The location of new trees, shrubs, hedges and grassed areas;

-         A schedule of planting to comprise species, plant sizes and proposed numbers and density;

-         Measures for the protection of those trees to be retained during construction, including plans demonstrating the extent of any necessary tree protection fencing and a sample detail for that fencing;

-         Existing and proposed finished levels;

-         The location, design and materials of all hard landscaping works including walls, fences, gates, and play equipment;

-         A programme for the implementation, completion and subsequent management of the proposed landscaping;

 

All soft and hard landscaping proposals shall be carried out in accordance with the approved planting scheme and management programme. Any planting which, within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development, 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. Once provided, all hard landscaping works shall thereafter be permanently retained.

 

Reason: To ensure the implementation and management of a satisfactory scheme of landscaping which will help to integrate the proposed development into the local landscape in the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

 

7.     Low and Zero Carbon Buildings and Water Efficiency

The building hereby granted planning permission shall not be occupied unless an Energy Statement and Water Efficiency measures applicable to that building has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, and thereafter any measures agreed within that submission have been implemented in full.

 

The Energy Statement shall include the following items:

 

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

-         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.

 

The Water Efficiency Statement shall include details of all proposed water saving technologies and techniques.

 

Reason: to ensure this development complies with the on-site carbon reductions required in Scottish Planning Policy and Policy R7 of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2017.

 

8.     Environmental enhancements as part of detailed design

No works in connection with the development hereby approved shall commence unless a scheme of environmental enhancements has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority in consultation with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.

 

Once approved the scheme shall be implemented in full.

 

Reason: To ensure the offset of environmental impacts and contribute to and enhance the natural environment and support Policy D1 – Quality Placemaking by Design.

 

The Committee heard from Gavin Evans, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered various questions from members.

 

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the application conditionally, with the Informative included in the Committee report, and an extra one added to read:-

 

2. Secured by Design' scheme Attention is drawn to the consultation response from Police Scotland's Architectural Liaison Officer, which strongly encourages the applicants to seek the 'Secured By Design' award in order to demonstrate that safety and security have been proactively considered and that the development will achieve high standards in these respects. Secured by Design' (SBD) is a police initiative to encourage the building industry to adopt crime prevention measures in development design to assist in reducing the opportunity for crime and the fear of crime, creating a safer and more secure environment. 'Secured by Design' is endorsed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and has the backing of the Home Office Crime Reduction Unit. It has been drawn up in consultation with the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR, formerly DTLR).