Agenda item

Planning Reference – 210688

 

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Planning Officer:  Aoife Murphy

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

 

That the application for detailed planning permission for the installation of a modular unit to provide nursery accommodation including forming an access road with associated parking and landscaping work the site at Hazlehead Avenue/Hazledene Road to the west of Queens Grove, be approved subject to the following conditions:-

 

Conditions

 

1.     Tree Protection Fencing

 

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.

 

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.

 

2.     Cladding

 

Prior to the development hereby approved being brought into use, the modular unit shall be finished externally in the approved material, Slate Grey Cedral Lap cladding, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the planning authority. 

 

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

 

3.     Travel Plan

 

Within 6 months of the date of the building hereby approved being brought into use a Travel Plan for that building shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority in consultation with the Roads Development Management Team.  The Travel Plan shall encourage more sustainable means of travel and shall include mode share targets. It shall identify measures to be implemented, the system of management monitoring review, reporting and duration of the incorporated measures designed to encourage modes other than the private car. Once approved the measures set out in the approved Travel Plan shall be implemented in full.

 

Reason:In the interests of encouraging a more sustainable means of travel to and from the proposed development.

 

4.     Landscaping Scheme

 

The building hereby approved shall not be brought into use unless details of landscaping within the site, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority.

 

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.

 

5.       Compensatory Planting

 

Within 6 months of the date of this permission a scheme of compensatory tree planting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Details of the scheme 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.

 

Once approved the compensatory tree planting shall be carried out in complete accordance with the 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.

 

6.       Electric Vehicle Charge Points

 

The building hereby approved shall not be brought into use unless the underlying infrastructure for the required Electric Vehicle Charge Points have been provided. Once installed the infrastructure shall be retained in perpetuity.

 

Reason: In order to provide the appropriate provision for sustainable means of travel.

 

7.     Foul and Surface Water Drainage System

 

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 Drainage Assessment, prepared by Fairhurst, dated June 2021. The surface water drainage system 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.

 

8.     Water Efficiency

 

The building hereby approved shall not be erected unless details of all water saving technologies and techniques within the proposed development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.   Thereafter, the development shall not be occupied unless all water saving technologies and techniques are in place and fully operational.

 

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.

 

The Committee heard from Aoife Murphy, Senior Planner, who spoke in furtherance of the application and answered questions from members.

 

The Convener moved, seconded by Councillor Copland:-

           that the application be approved in line with the recommendation.

 

Councillor Greig moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Cooke:-

(i)              that the proposal would be contrary to the wording of the Opportunity site allocation for the site (OP49) in the adopted local development plan which envisages horticultural use and social enterprises specialising in nursery, horticulture and/or allotments and other associated uses;

(ii)             that the proposal would be contrary to Policy T2 in that the application had not demonstrated that sufficient measures have been taken to alleviate the adverse impacts of development and would have an adverse impact in term traffic safety and congestion on Hazlehead Avenue; and

(iii)            that the proposal would be contrary to policy D2 in that the design and materials were not considered to be compatible with the surrounding environment.

 

On a division, there voted – for the motion (7) – the Convener, the Vice Convener, the Lord Provost and Councillors Allan, Copland, Cormie and MacKenzie – for the amendment (2) – Councillors Cooke and Greig.

 

The Committee resolved:-

to adopt the motion and therefore approve the application conditionally.