Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/1061/19

SITE ADDRESS:

Manor Farm

Mott Street

Waltham Abbey

Essex

IG10 4AP

PARISH:

Waltham Abbey

WARD:

Waltham Abbey High Beach

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Demolition of existing building and construction of 2 x 2-bedroom (bungalow), 2 x 3 bedroom and 1 x 4 bedroom (chalet bungalow) dwellings with associated amenity space, parking and landscaping (Amended application to EPF/3187/18)

DECISION:

Grant Permission (Subject to Legal Agreement)

1

The development hereby permitted must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this notice.

2

The development hereby permitted will be completed strictly in accordance with the approved drawings nos: 1627/01, 1627/02, 1627/03, 1627/04, 1627/05, 1627/06, 1627/07, 1627/08, 1627/09

3

No construction works above ground level shall have taken place until documentary and photographic details of the types and colours of the external finishes have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, in writing, prior to the commencement of the development. The development shall be implemented in accordance with such approved details.

4

Prior to the first occupation of the development the vehicle parking and turning areas as indicated on the approved plans shall be provided, hard surfaced, sealed and marked out. The parking and turning areas shall be retained in perpetuity for their intended purpose.

5

Prior to preliminary ground works taking place, details of surface water disposal shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with such agreed details.

6

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the flood risk assessment (Manor Stables FRA and Drainage Statement, Ref 1893 03-10-2018) and drainage strategy submitted with the application unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority

7

Prior to first occupation of the development, measures shall be incorporated within the development to ensure a water efficiency standard of 110 litres (or less) per person per day.

8

Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, 1 Electric Vehicle Charging Point for each dwelling that has a garage or allocated parking space and 1 Electric Vehicle Charging Point for every 10 properties that share unallocated parking shall be installed and retained thereafter for use by the occupants of the site.

9

Prior to any above ground works, details of the proposed landscaping of the site, including retention of trees and other natural features and the proposed times of planting (linked to the development schedule), shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved landscaping shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and at the agreed times.

10

Prior to any above ground works, full details of both hard and soft landscape works (including tree planting) and implementation programme (linked to the development schedule) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These works shall be carried out as approved. The hard landscaping details shall include, as appropriate, and in addition to details of existing features to be retained: proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other minor artefacts and structures, including signs and lighting and functional services above and below ground. The details of soft landscape works shall include plans for planting or establishment by any means and full written specifications and schedules of plants, including species, plant sizes and proposed numbers /densities where appropriate. If within a period of five years from the date of the planting or establishment of any tree, or shrub or plant, that tree, shrub, or plant or any replacement is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies or becomes seriously damaged or defective another tree or shrub, or plant of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

11

No development, including works of demolition or site clearance, shall take place until a Tree Protection Plan, Arboricultural Method Statement and site monitoring schedule in accordance with BS:5837:2012 (Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations) has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing. The development shall be carried out only in accordance with the approved documents unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

12

No development shall commence until an assessment of the risks posed by any contamination, carried out in accordance with British Standard BS 10175: Investigation of potentially contaminated sites - Code of Practice and the Environment Agency's Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination (CLR 11) (or equivalent British Standard and Model Procedures if replaced), shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. If any contamination is found, a report specifying the measures to be taken, including the timescale, to remediate the site to render it suitable for the approved development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The site shall be remediated in accordance with the approved measures and timescale and a verification report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. If, during the course of development, any contamination is found which has not been previously identified, work shall be suspended and additional measures for its remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report for all the remediation works shall be submitted to the local planning authority within 21 days of the report being completed and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

13

Following completion of the measures identified in the approved remediation scheme, and prior to the first use or occupation of the development, a verification report that demonstrates the effectiveness of the remediation carried out must be produced together with any necessary monitoring and maintenance programme and copies of any waste transfer notes relating to exported and imported soils shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for approval. The approved monitoring and maintenance programme shall be implemented. 

14

In the event that any evidence of potential contamination is found at any time when carrying out the approved development that was not previously identified in the Phase 2 report, work shall be suspended and additional measures for its remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The remediation of the site shall incorporate the approved additional measures and a verification report for all the remediation works shall be submitted to the local planning authority within 21 days of the report being completed and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

15

The development shall be undertaken in accordance with the recommendations contained within the submitted Ecological Impact Assessment dated September 2018 and prepared by Jay Ghumania and Amy Smith (Greenwillows Associates Limited) unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

16

Prior to first occupation of the development, a scheme to enhance the ecological value of the site shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The ecological value shall be quantified using the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Calculator (BIAC) where appropriate. The scheme shall be implemented in full prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved.

17

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted details of the refuse storage area including details of enclosures to be provided shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed details and provided prior to the first occupation of the development and retained for such purposes at all times thereafter.

18

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended (or any other Order revoking, further amending or re-enacting that Order) no development generally permitted by virtue of Classes A to E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Order shall be undertaken without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.