Proposal:  Erect single storey side extension and extend existing balcony, install door to side elevation, removal of 2 Yew Trees (subject to tree preservation order) and erect detached outbuilding with decking area with associated landscaping and boundary treatment

Applicant:  Mr & Mrs Jeremy and Amanda Holmes

Agent:  Mosley Thorold Architects

Resolved:  That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

01  The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than three years from the date of this decision.  (C01A)

Reason:  Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. (R01A)

02.  The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: A1000C, A1001C, A1002C, A1010F, A1011C, A1020F, A1021C, A1022C, A1030C, A3000C, A3001D, A3002C, A3003E, A3010E, A3011E, PJC-0649-003

Reason:  To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Development Plan. (R01D)

03.  The materials used for the external surfaces of the proposed side extension and balcony shall match those used on the existing dwelling unless differences are shown on the drawings hereby approved or are required by other conditions attached to this permission

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the Leigh Conservation Area, in accordance with policies This is as set out in Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1 and the Southend Design and Townscape Guide (2009).  

04.  The proposed door to the existing utility area on the southern side of the property shall be constructed from timber in accordance with details previously submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the Leigh Conservation Area, in accordance with policies This is as set out in Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1 and the Southend Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

05.  The materials used for the external surfaces of the proposed outbuilding shall be painted timber featheredged weather board, timber fascia, painted timber or aluminium windows and doors and a wildflower green roof unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the Leigh Conservation Area, in accordance with policies This is as set out in Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1 and the Southend Design and Townscape Guide (2009).  

06.  The boundaries treatments and means of enclosure installed at the application site in association with this permission shall be as set out on approved drawing No. PJC-0649-003 unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To safeguard the visual amenities of the Leigh Conservation Area, in accordance with policies This is as set out in Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1 and the Southend Design and Townscape Guide (2009).  

07.  Three replacement trees shall be planted at the site by the end of the first planting season following completion of the development (end of March).The replacement trees shall comprise  1 x Swedish whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia ‘Brouwers’), 1 x Scots pine (pinus sylvestris)  and 1 x bird cherry (prunus padus) and shall be heavy standard (5-6m in height and 18-20cm girth) at time of planting and be planted in the locations shown on approved plan No PJC-0649-003. The trees shall be supplied, planted and maintained in accordance with ‘BS 8545 2014 Trees: From Nursery to Independence in the Landscape Recommendations’. Any tree that fails within 3 years of planting shall be replaced with the same specification.

Reason: To mitigate for the loss of existing preserved trees and to safeguard the visual amenities of the Leigh Conservation Area, in accordance with policies. This is as set out in Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1 and the Southend Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

08.  No site clearance, preparatory work or development shall take place in association with this development until the protection measures set out in the submitted Arboricultural report titled ‘Arboricultural Impact Assessment for 29 Hadleigh Road by  PJC Consultancy dated 14th August 2017’ have been implemented in full. These measures shall be maintained and the consent implemented in accordance with the approved protection measures for the extent construction period as associated with this consent.

Reason: To make sure that the trees on the site are adequately protected during building works in the interests of visual amenity and in accordance with the Core Strategy (2007) policies KP2 and CP4, policy DM1 of the Development Management Document (2015) and advice contained in the Design and Townscape Guide (2009).

09.  The outbuilding hereby permitted shall solely be used for purposes incidental to the use of the main dwelling No 29 Hadleigh Road and for no other purpose including as habitable accommodation.

Reason : To safeguard the visual and residential amenities of the surrounding area in accordance with Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP2 and CP4 and Development Management DPD (2015) Policy DM1.

Informative

01.  You are advised that as the proposed development equates to less than 100 sqm of  additional floorspace so the development benefits from a Minor Development Exemption under the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended) and as such no charge is payable. See www.southend.gov.uk/cil for further details about CIL.