Agenda item

Recommended for Approval.

The Director of Neighbourhood Services recommended that, in respect of application 3/13/0137/FP, planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report now submitted.

The Chairman stated that the local ward Member, Councillor J Ranger, had contacted her to state that he was strongly in support of this application.

The Director advised that, as the Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre had not raised any objections to the proposal in respect of the bat survey, part (B) of the recommendation was no longer required.  Officers were therefore recommending that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report and a revised condition 12.

The Director advised that condition 12 should be replaced with the condition detailed in the additional representations schedule, in order to protect the habitats of bats, which were a protected species under the Wildlife and Access to the Countryside Act 1981, and in accordance with Policy ENV16 of the East Herts Local Plan Second Review April 2007.

After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, the Committee supported the recommendation of the Director of Neighbourhood Services as now submitted.

RESOLVED – that in respect of application 3/13/0137/FP, planning permission be granted subject to the following amended conditions:

1.            Three year time limit (1T12)

2.            Approved Plans (2E10) – 7955-101-A, 7955-107, 7955-302-E, 7955-102, 7955-303-E, 7955-304-D, Tree Protection Plan

3.            Programme of archaeological work (2E02)

4.            Materials of construction (2E11)

5.            Wheel washing facilities (3V25)

6.            Prior to the commencement of development, details of the routing and access of construction vehicles shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To minimise the impact of construction vehicles on the local road network in accordance with policy TR20 of the East Herts Local Plan Second Review April 2007.

7.            Tree retention and protection (4P05)

8.            Landscape design proposals (4P12 b,c,d,e,i,j,k,l)

9.            Landscape works implementation (4P13)

10.      Construction hours of working - plant and machinery (6N07)

11.      No further bedrooms, other than those shown on drawing 7955-303-E, shall be provided within the main building of Libury Hall without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: Given the special circumstances in this case and the financial justification for the development, and to control resident numbers in the Rural Area, in accordance with policy GBC3 of the East Herts Local Plan Second Review April 2007.

12.      The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the details of the Ecological Survey, October 2012 and the mitigation measures contained therein unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To protect the habitats of bats which are a protected species under the Wildlife and Access to the Countryside Act 1981, and in accordance with policy ENV16 of the East Herts Local Plan Second Review April 2007.

Directives:

1.          Other legislation (01OL)

2.          Unsuspected contamination (33UC)

Summary of Reasons for Decision

East Herts Council has considered the applicant’s proposal in a positive and proactive manner with regard to the policies of the Development Plan (Hertfordshire County Structure Plan, Minerals Local Plan, Waste Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD 2012 and the ’saved’ policies of the East Herts Local Plan Second Review April 2007 and in particular policies SD2, GBC3, TR2, TR7, TR20, ENV1, ENV2, ENV4,  ENV11, ENV16, BH1 and BH3); the National Planning Policy Framework and in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2012. The balance of the considerations having regard to those policies and the renewal of planning permission that was granted under LPA refrence 3/12/0259/FN is that permission should be granted.