Agenda item

Planning Reference – 211773

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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 17 houses with associated landscaping, access and infrastructure at area F3, Pinewood, site adjacent to Countesswells Road Aberdeen, be approved with a legal agreement and subject to the following conditions:-

Conditions

1.     Car Parking

That the dwellings hereby approved shall not be occupied unless the approved areas of car parking have been constructed, drained, laid-out and demarcated in accordance with drawing No. F3_APL_100 – Rev K 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.

Reason: in the interests of public safety and the free flow of traffic, and to ensure compliance with policy T2 (Managing the Transport Impact of Development) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan and the associated ‘Transport and Accessibility’ Supplementary Guidance.

2.     Connection to Public Sewer

That the dwellings hereby approved shall not be brought into use unless connection has been made to the public sewer system.

Reason: In order to ensure compliance with policy NE6 (Flooding, Drainage and Water Quality) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan, which does not permit connection to private wastewater systems in sewered areas.

3.     Tree Protection

No development shall take place other than in accordance with the approved scheme of tree protection (Struan Dalgleish ‘Tree Survey Report, Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Protection Plan, dated December 2021) or such other Tree Protection Plan as has been submitted to and approved by the planning authority prior to commencement of development.

Reason: In order to secure adequate protection for all trees to be retained on the site during construction works and to ensure compliance with Policy NE5 (Trees and Woodlands) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

4.     Landscaping Works

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.

Reason: In order to ensure that the approved landscaping works are carried out at an appropriate time and to offset the impact of tree losses necessary for development to occur.

5.     Further Arboricultural Works

Any tree work not specified in the submitted Struan Dalgleish ‘Tree Survey Report, Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Tree Protection Plan, dated December 2021, which appears to become necessary during the implementation of the development shall not be undertaken without the prior written consent of the Planning Authority; any damage caused to trees growing on the site shall be remedied in accordance with British Standard 3998: 2010 "Recommendations for Tree Work" before the building hereby approved is first occupied.

Reason: In order to ensure that existing trees are appropriately retained and protected where practicable.

6.     Boundary Enclosures

That no dwelling within the development hereby approved shall be occupied unless the boundary treatments shown on drawing F3_APL_30 – Rev D have been delivered in full accordance with that plan, or any such substitute as has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority for that purpose.

Reason: To ensure that boundary enclosures of an appropriate design, scale and materials to the local context are provided prior to first occupation, and to ensure compliance with policy D1 (Quality Placemaking by Design) of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan.

7.     Carbon Reduction and Water Efficiency

No dwelling hereby granted planning permission shall be occupied unless an Energy Statement and Water Efficiency Statement 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.

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.     Residential Travel Pack

That no residential unit within the development shall be occupied unless the approved Residential Travel Pack (or such other RTP as has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority for this purpose) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, and thereafter provided to residents on first occupation.

Reason: to be consistent with the requirements of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) and PAN 75 Planning for Transport – in the interests of reducing travel by private car.

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 a legal agreement and an extra condition added to read:-

9.       Footpath Connections

That no development pursuant to this planning permission shall be undertaken unless a construction methodology for the path link, between the eastern end of the new road and the existing footpath adjacent to the eastern site boundary, has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.

Thereafter, no dwelling within the approved development shall be occupied unless all footpath connections shown on the approved site plan (ref F3_APL_100 K), or any other such plan which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority for this purpose, have been fully constructed and made available for use.

Reason - to ensure permeability through the development site and convenient links to local retail use and recreational routes.