Proposal: Resurface existing car park and layout additional coach and car parking

Applicant: Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Agent: Sharon Harrington of Southend Borough Council

Councillor Walker withdrew from the rest of the meeting.

Mr Locker spoke as an objector to the application.

Resolved:-

That PLANNING PERMISSION be GRANTED, subject to the following conditions:

01 The development hereby permitted shall begin no later than three years from the date of this decision. 

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

02 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: MW4328 (Block Plan dated 01/03/2020), MW4328 (Site Location Plan dated 01/03/2020), Lifstan Way Current Layout Plan

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

03 Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, full details of the hard and soft landscape works to be carried out at the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. All planting in the approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out in the first available planting season following the first use of the development hereby approved. Any trees or shrubs dying, removed, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years of planting shall be replaced with trees or shrubs of such size and species as may be agreed with the Local Planning Authority. Hard landscaping shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved scheme prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved. The details submitted shall include:

i.         proposed finished levels or contours; 

ii.        hard surfacing materials and means of enclosing the site (including elevations of any boundary treatments);  

iii.       details of the number, size and location of the trees, shrubs and plants to be planted together with a planting specification and details of the management of the landscaping site.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the surrounding area and the amenities of neighbouring occupiers in accordance with Policies DM1, DM3 and DM5 of the Development Management Document (2015) and Policies KP2 and CP4 of the Core Strategy (2007).

04 Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, full details of the drainage infrastructure and a drainage strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved drainage infrastructure and strategy shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved scheme prior to the first use of the development hereby approved and be retained as such thereafter.

Reason: To ensure satisfactory drainage of the site in accordance with Policy KP2 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Development Management Document (2015) Policy DM14.

05 Prior to the first use of the development hereby approved, the applicant shall sign up to the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warning Direct Service and shall be retained as such in perpetuity.

Reason: To ensure the development is safe and to ensure compliance with the National Planning Policy Framework (2019) and Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP1 and KP2.

06 No external lighting shall be installed unless and until details of all external illumination of the site including the luminance and spread of light and the design and specification of the light fittings has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. All illumination shall be designed in accordance with the Institute of Lighting Professionals “Guidance Note 01/20: Guidance notes for the reduction of obtrusive light”. All illumination within the site shall be retained in accordance with the approved details. There shall be no other lighting of the external areas of the site.

Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the adjoining residents and to ensure that the development complies with the National Planning Policy Framework (2019), Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management Document (2015) Policies DM1 and DM3 and the advice contained within the Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

07 Construction works associated with the development hereby approved shall only be undertaken between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm Saturdays and at no other time whatsoever.

Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the adjoining residents and to ensure that the development complies with the National Planning Policy Framework (2019), Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management Document (2015) Policies DM1 and DM3 and the advice contained within the Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

08 No closed circuit television (CCTV) shall be installed until full details of the CCTV have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The CCTV shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the surrounding area and to ensure that the development complies with the National Planning Policy Framework (2019), Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management Document (2015) Policies DM1 and DM3 and the advice within the Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

09 Notwithstanding the information submitted and otherwise approved, the development hereby approved shall not be first used unless and until a strategy setting out in full the management arrangements for the car park hereby approved, including the hours of operation and measures to ensure coach engines are switched off whilst parked, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved management plan shall be implemented within prior to the first use of the development hereby approved.

Reason: In the interests of the residential amenity of the adjoining residents and to ensure that the development complies with the National Planning Policy Framework (2019), Core Strategy (2007) Policies KP2 and CP4, Development Management Document (2015) Policies DM1 and DM3 and the advice within the Design and Townscape Guide (2009). 

10 Notwithstanding the information submitted with the application, no development shall be undertaken unless and until tree protection measures in accordance with British Standard BS 5837 have been implemented to protect the trees surrounding the development site and these shall be retained throughout the development.

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the surrounding area in accordance with policies DM1 and DM3 of the Development Management Document (2015) and Policies KP2 and CP4 of the Core Strategy (2007).

11 Surface water draining from the areas of hardstanding hereby approved shall be passed through an oil separator or a series of oil separators prior to being discharged into any watercourse, soakaway or surface water sewer. The separator(s) shall be designed and constructed to have a capacity compatible with the area being drained, shall be installed prior to the occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and maintained throughout the lifetime of the development. Clean roof water or vehicle wash downs and detergents shall not pass through the separator(s) and should be drained instead to foul sewer or sealed systems.

Reason: To reduce the risk of pollution and to ensure satisfactory drainage of the site in accordance with Policy KP2 of the Core Strategy (2007) and Development Management Document (2015) Policy DM14.

Informatives

01 You are advised that as the proposed extension(s) to your property equates to less than 100sqm of new floorspace 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.

02 You should be aware that in cases where damage occurs during construction works to the highway in implementing this permission that Council may seek to recover the cost of repairing public highways and footpaths from any party responsible for damaging them. This includes damage carried out when implementing a planning permission or other works to buildings or land. Please take care when carrying out works on or near the public highways and footpaths in the borough.

03 The applicant is reminded that this permission does not bestow compliance with other regulatory frameworks. In particular your attention is drawn to the statutory nuisance provisions within the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended) and also to the relevant sections of the Control of Pollution Act 1974. The provisions apply to the construction phase and not solely to the operation of the completed development. Contact 01702 215005 for more information.

04 If construction works are to be considered outside of normal hours especially overnight it is recommended that the applicant applies for a prior consent application under section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974. A consent enables the applicant to conduct the works without the worry of enforcement provided they comply with it. The applicant will have to submit details of any noisy works including type of plant and machinery to be used, proposed daily start and finish times, consultation with nearby residents and businesses and duration and time scales of the works. The applicant should contact the Regulatory Services Team at Southend-on-Sea Borough Council for details.

05 The applicant is encouraged to provide electric vehicle charging points at the site in accordance with Policy DM15 which encourages their provision wherever practical and feasible.