Agenda item

Detached house with integral double garage.

FORMER GLEN TRANSPORT SITE, PENYCOEDCAE ROAD, PENYCOEDCAE, PONTYPRIDD

Detached house with integral double garage. FORMER GLEN TRANSPORT SITE, PENYCOEDCAE ROAD, PENYCOEDCAE, PONTYPRIDD

The Head of Major Development and Investment presented the application which was originally reported to Committee on 2^nd September 2021, where Members were minded to approve the application, contrary to the officer recommendation of the Service Director, Planning (Minute 57 refers).

The Head of Major Development and Investment reported orally on a correction to the condition 6 of the report on page 84 to  remove the word ‘not’ from the condition so that it reads as follows:

6. No dwelling, hereby permitted, shall be occupied until the measures approved in the scheme (referred to in Condition 5) have been implemented and a suitable validation report of the proposed scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interest of health and safety and environmental amenity and so as to accord with Policy AW10 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

Members gave consideration to the further report, highlighting the potential strengths and weaknesses of approving contrary to officer recommendation and following discussions, it was RESOLVED to approve the application contrary to the recommendation of the Service Director, Planning as Members determined that the site would be acceptable in terms of its potential impacts upon the character and appearance of the area, amenity of neighbouring occupiers and highway safety subject to the following conditions:

1.    The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Sections 91 and 93 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2.    The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan(s) no(s)

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-01 Location plan

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-02 Proposed site plan

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-03 A Ground and first floor plans

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-04 Proposed roof plan

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-05 A Proposed west and south elevations

· Drawing no. 2013 PL-06 A Proposed East and North Elevations and documents received by the Local Planning Authority on 18/01/21, 08/02/21 and 15/02/21 unless otherwise to be approved and superseded by details required by any other condition attached to this consent. Reason: To ensure compliance with the approved plans and documents and to clearly define the scope of the permission.

3.    The proposed driveway indicated on submitted drawing no. “2013.PL-02” shall be constructed in permanent materials and together with the proposed integral garage shall remain for the purpose of vehicular parking only.

Reason: To ensure that vehicles are parked off the highway, in the interests of road safety.

4.    No development shall take place, including any works of site clearance, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to provide for; a) the means of access into the site for all construction traffic, b) the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors, c) the management of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, d) loading and unloading of plant and materials, e) storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development, f) wheel cleansing facilities, g) the sheeting of lorries leaving the site.

Reason: The approved Construction Method Statement shall be adhered to throughout the development process unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5.    The development hereby permitted shall not begin until a scheme to deal with contamination has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include all of the following measures unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority: 1. A desk-top study to identify and evaluate all potential sources and impacts of contamination relevant to the site. The desk top study should contain a conceptual site model. 2. A site investigation shall be carried out to fully and effectively characterise the nature and extent of any contamination and its implications. The site investigation shall not be commenced until a desk-top study has been agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. 3. A written method statement for the remediation of contamination affecting the site.

Reason: In the interest of health and safety and environmental amenity and so as to accord with Policy AW10 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

6.    No dwelling, hereby permitted, shall be occupied until the measures approved in the scheme (referred to in Condition 5) have been implemented and a suitable validation report of the proposed scheme has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interest of health and safety and environmental amenity and so as to accord with Policy AW10 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

7.    If during development works any contamination is encountered which was not previously identified and is derived from a different source and/or of a different type to those included in the contamination proposals then work shall cease and revised contamination proposals shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not re-commence until the additional proposals have been agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interest of health and safety and environmental amenity and so as to accord with Policy AW10 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

8.    Any topsoil [natural or manufactured], or subsoil, to be imported shall be assessed by a competent person for chemical or other potential contaminants in accordance with a scheme of investigation which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority in advance of its importation. Subject to approval of the scheme of investigation, sampling of the material received at the development site to verify that the imported soil is free from contamination shall be undertaken by a competent person in accordance with a scheme and timescale to be agreed in writing by the LPA. Only material approved by the Local Planning Authority shall be imported.

Reason: In the interest of health and safety and environmental amenity and so as to accord with Policy AW10 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

9.    Building operations shall not be commenced until details/ samples of the construction materials proposed to be used have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and all materials used shall conform to the sample(s) so approved.

Reason: To ensure that the external appearance of the proposed development will be in keeping with the character of the area and adjoining buildings in the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policies AW5 and AW6 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.

10. No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before the building is occupied. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure that the new development will be visually attractive in the interests of amenity in accordance with Policies AW5 and AW6 of the Rhondda Cynon Taf Local Development Plan.