Agenda item

Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth

The Planning Officer spoke to the terms of the report.  This application was before the Committee as one of the Applicants was employed within the Council’s Planning Service.  This application is for the construction of a 3 bedroom detached property to be constructed over two floor levels.  The application site is the immediate vacant corner plot to the South of Caolside on Lady Ileene Road in Tarbert and is accessible directly off Lady Ileene Road.  One representation has been received, a summary of which is detailed at Section F of the report of handling.  There have been no objections from statutory consultees.

 

The nature of the proposal constitutes small scale infill development deemed acceptable and consistent with the requirement for a Key Settlement area.  It does not raise any detrimental residential amenity concerns and would not detract from the existing character of the Conservation Area or the wider environment where it would be established.

 

It was recommended that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions and reasons detailed in the report.

 

Decision

 

The Committee agreed to grant planning permission subject to the following conditions and reasons:

 

1.    The development shall be implemented in accordance with the details specified on the application form dated 29/12/2021, supporting information and, the approved drawings listed in the table below unless the prior written approval of the planning authority is obtained for an amendment to the approved details under Section 64 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

 

Plan Title.	Plan Ref. No.	Version	Date Received
Location Plan	00.01		08/11/2021
Site Plan (1:200)	90.10.1		21/01/2022
Site Block Plan (1:500)	90.20		21/01/2022
Proposed Floor Plans and Sections	100.10.1		05/01/2022
Proposed Elevations	100.20.1		05/01/2022
Other: Fence and Wall Details	21.01		05/01/2022

 

Reason: For the purpose of clarity, to ensure that the development is implemented in accordance with the approved details.

 

2.    Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 1, the proposed access shall be formed in accordance with the Council’s Standard Roads Drawing SD 08/002 Rev A and the approved Site Plan drawing ref. 90.10.1 with the junction located  a minimum distance of 25 metres from the A83 Tarbert Kennacraig / UC 45 Lady Ileene Road junction and shall have visibility splays of 25.0 metres by 2.4 metres from the centre line of the proposed access with the bellmouth area surfaced in dense bitumen macadam for a distance of 5.0 metres back from the existing carriageway edge. Prior to work starting on site the bellmouth shall be fully formed and the visibility splays shall be cleared of all obstructions over 1.0 metre in height above the level of the adjoining carriageway. The visibility splays shall be maintained clear of all obstructions over 1.0 metre in height thereafter.

 

Reason: In the interests of road safety.

 

3.    The parking and turning area and refuse collection point shall be laid out and surfaced in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans prior to the development first being occupied and shall thereafter be maintained clear of obstruction for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles and, refuse collection.

 

Reason: In the interest of road safety.

 

4.    Prior to commencement of development a scheme of boundary treatment, surface treatment and landscaping shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. The scheme shall comprise a planting plan and schedule which shall include details of:

 

              i.        A programme of measures for the protection of trees during construction works which shall include fencing at least one metre beyond the canopy spread of each tree in accordance with BS 5837:2005 “Trees in Relation to Construction”.

             ii.        Existing and proposed ground levels in relation to an identified fixed datum;

            iii.        Existing landscaping features and vegetation to be retained;

           iv.        Location, design and materials of a safety barrier to be located between the new access/turning area and existing private access to safeguard users of the private access and the new dwellinghouse;

            v.        Proposed soft and hard landscaping works including the location, species and size of every tree/shrub to be planted. No hedges, fences or walls shall be permitted, built or grown within 2 metres of the public road;

           vi.        A programme for the timing, method of implementation, completion and subsequent on-going maintenance.

 

All of the hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved scheme unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority.

 

The approved safety barrier shall be installed prior to any excavation works commencing within the site.

 

The approved means of boundary enclosure shall be fully implemented prior to the first occupation of the development.

 

Any trees/shrubs which within a period of five years from the completion of the approved landscaping scheme fail to become established, die, become seriously diseased, or are removed or damaged shall be replaced in the following planting season with equivalent numbers, sizes and species as those originally required to be planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To assist with the integration of the proposal with its surroundings in the interest of amenity, road and public safety and the privacy of adjacent residential property.

 

5.    The dwellinghouse shall be constructed with a finished floor level height at the specified 28m AOD as shown on the approved site plan (drawing no. 90.10.1) and the ground levels of the driveway, turning and parking areas shall also be created to reflect their specified levels respectively as shown on that same drawing, relative to the surveyed fixed datum points off-site within the approved drawing unless minor amendments to these levels are otherwise submitted to and agreed in writing by the Planning Authority.

 

Reason:  To ensure the development satisfactorily integrates into the neighbouring topography, landscape and built environment within this part of the Conservation Area.

 

6.    Samples of the proposed materials to be used for the external walls (the colour/texture of the wet dash render, material and colour of the cill and door/window bands as shown) and the roof of the development (which shall be mock slate as specified on the amended approved drawing no. 100.20.1) hereby granted consent shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority prior to any work starting on site. The development shall be completed in accordance with the duly approved details.

 

Reason: In the interest of visual amenity and in order to integrate the proposal with its surroundings within this part of the Conservation Area.

 

7.    No development shall commence until the surface water drainage system has been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority.  This shall be consistent with the principles of Sustainable urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and compliant with the guidance set out in CIRIA’s SuDS Manual C697. The requisite surface water drainage shall be operational prior to the development being brought into use and shall be maintained as such thereafter.

 

Reason: To ensure the provision of an adequate surface water drainage system and to prevent flooding.

 

(Reference: Report by Head of Development and Economic Growth dated 10 March 2022, submitted)