Agenda item

APPLICATION No:

EPF/2609/19

SITE ADDRESS:

1-6 Shernbroke Road Hostel

Shernbroke Road

Waltham Abbey

EN9 3JF

PARISH:

Waltham Abbey

WARD:

Waltham Abbey Honey Lane

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL:

Erection of 26 flats with associated parking & landscaping following demolition of the former Shernbroke Hostel.

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 and retained strictly in accordance with the approved drawings numbers:

001 Rev I, 002 Rev G, 003 Rev G, 004 Rev G, 005 Rev G, 201 Rev G, 203 Rev E, 205 Rev F, 207, 208, 209, 501 Rev M and901 Rev C;

54 064.21, 23 and 24;

22182se-01;

PSF1076WA 100 Rev I, 101 Rev ! and 200 Rev I;

18159-SYM-XX-XX-DR-C-3000 Rev T4 and 3001 Rev T4;

2867/SK/E/230 Rev T1 and 2867/E/230 Rev T3

3

No development shall take place, including any works of demolition, until measures set out in the Construction Method Statement prepared by DCH Construction to accompany the application have been fully installed. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period.

4

A) No work on any phase of the development (with the exception of demolition works where this is for the reason of making areas of the site available for site investigation), shall commence until an assessment of the risks posed by any contamination within that phase shall have been submitted to and approved in  writing by the Local Planning Authority. This assessment must be undertaken by a suitably qualified contaminated land practitioner, in accordance with British Standard BS 10175: Investigation of Potentially Contaminated Sites - Code of Practice and the Environment Agency's Guidelines for the Land Contamination: Risk Management (LCRM 2020) (or equivalent if replaced), and shall assess any contamination on the site, whether or not it originates on the site. The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved details unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation. The assessment shall include: (1) A survey of the extent, scale and nature of contamination and (2) An assessment of the potential risks to: human health; property (existing or proposed) including buildings, crops, livestock, pets, woodland, service lines and pipes; adjoining land; groundwater and surface waters; ecological systems; and archaeological sites and ancient monuments.

B) If following the risk assessment unacceptable risks are identified from land affected by contamination in that phase, no work on any phase of the development shall take place, until a detailed land remediation scheme has been completed. The scheme will be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The scheme shall include an appraisal of remediation options, identification of the preferred option(s), the proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria, and a description and programme of the works to be undertaken including the verification plan. (The remediation scheme shall be sufficiently detailed and thorough to ensure that after remediation, as a minimum, land should not be capable of being determined as contaminated land under Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990). The development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme. Following the completion of the remediation works and prior to the first occupation of the development, a verification report by a suitably qualified contaminated land practitioner shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

5

No development, including works of demolition or site clearance, shall take place until the measures in the Tree Protection Plan, and Arboricultural Method Statement set out in the Arboricultural Impact assessment accompanying the application, particularly drawing number P3141.1 . 002 rev B in accordance with BS:5837:2012 (Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations). 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.

6

No increase in the proposed levels of all ground floor slabs of buildings, roadways and accessways and landscaped areas shown in the drawings hereby approved shall take place without prior consent from the Local Planning Authority.

7

The development be carried out in accordance with the Surface Water Drainage Strategy set out in the approved drainage plans ( Drainage Layout Sheet 1 and 2, 18159-SYM-XX-XX-DR-C-3000, Rev T4, and 18159-SYM-XX-XX-DR-C-3001, Rev T4, September 2020) submitted with the application unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

8

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.

9

Hard and soft landscaping works as detailed in drawings PSF1076WA 100 Rev I and 101 Rev I shall be undertaken during the first appropriate planting season following substantial completion of the buildings, unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority. 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.

10

External lighting within the development in accordance with the details shown on drawing 28567/SK/E/230 Tev T1 shall be fully installed prior to first occupation of any residential unit within the development, unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority. No further lighting shall thereafter be installed on any external elevation of the above 3 metres above ground level without the consent of the Local Planning Authority.

11

Cycle and refuse stores in accordance with details shown on drawings 207, 208 and 209 hereby approved shall be fully installed in accordance with the agreed details, and made available for use by residents within the development  prior to first occupation of any residential unit within the development, unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

12

Prior to first occupation of the development, ecological enhancements set out in section 5.4 of the Ecological Assessment accompanying the application (by AGB Environmental dated 28 October 2019) shall be implemented in full, unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

13

No removal of hedgerows, trees or shall take place between 1st March and 31st August inclusive, unless a competent ecologist has undertaken a careful, detailed check of vegetation for active birds' nests immediately before the vegetation is cleared and provided written confirmation that no birds will be harmed and/or that there are appropriate measures in place to protect nesting bird interest on site. Any such written confirmation should be submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

14

All construction/demolition works and ancillary operations, including vehicle movement on site which are audible at the boundary of noise sensitive premises, shall only take place between the hours of 07.30 to 18.30 Monday to Friday and 08.00 to 13.00 hours on Saturday, and at no time during Sundays and Public/Bank Holidays unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

15

Wheel washing or other cleaning facilities for vehicles leaving the site during construction works shall be installed and utilised to clean vehicles immediately before leaving the site. Any mud or other material deposited on nearby roads as a result of the development shall be removed.

16

If any tree, shrub or hedge shown to be retained in the submitted Arboricultural reports is removed, uprooted or destroyed, dies, or becomes severely damaged or diseased during development activities or within 3 years of the completion of the development, another tree, shrub or hedge of the same size and species shall be planted within 3 months at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation. If within a period of five years from the date of planting any replacement tree, shrub or hedge is removed, uprooted or destroyed, or dies or becomes seriously damaged or defective another tree, shrub or hedge of the same species and size as that originally planted shall, within 3 months, be planted at the same place.

17

No trenches or pipe runs for services and drains required to service the development hereby approved shall be cut or laid otherwise than in accordance with BS5837:2012 (Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction - Recommendations), except with the approval of the local planning authority.

18

Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, the active Electric Vehicle Charging Points shown on drawing 2867/E/230 Rev T3, and infrastructure indicated on the said plan for future installation of additional Electric Vehicle Charging Points shall be installed and retained thereafter for use by the occupants of the site.

19

All material excavated from the below ground works hereby approved shall be removed from the site unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

20

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.

21

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.

22

Prior to the first occupation of the development the Developer shall implement raised kerbs to the two adjacent bus stops (Morris Court and Gants Court), with all details being agreed with the Highway Authority.

23

Prior to first occupation of the proposed development, the Developer shall be

responsible for the provision and implementation, per dwelling, of a Residential Travel Information Pack for sustainable transport, approved by Essex County Council, to include six one day travel vouchers for use with the relevant local public transport operator.

24

No unbound material shall be used in the surface treatment of the vehicular access within 6 metres of the highway boundary.

25

External balconies indicated on the plans hereby permitted shall not be infilled or enclosed above the height of the external means of enclosure thereto without prior consent from the Local Planning Authority.