Agenda item

To consider a Reserved Matters Planning Application seeking consent for scale, appearance and landscaping matters, following Outline Planning Approval on Application 2014/096/OUT for the erection of 14 dwellings and formation of access road.

Applicant:  Seven Capital (Woodrow) Ltd

(Report attached – Site Plan under separate cover)

Reserved Matters application seeking consent for scale, appearance and landscaping, following Outline Planning Approval Reference 2014/096/OUT for the erection of 14 dwellings and formation of access road.

Applicant:  Seven Capital (Woodrow) Ltd

Reverend Mike Spencer addressed the Committee under the Council’s public speaking rules.

RESOLVED that

having regard to the Development Plan and to all other material considerations, Planning Permission be GRANTED, subject to the Conditions and Informatives set out on pages 24 to 27 of the main agenda report but with Conditions 2, 3, 4 and 6 being amended to read as detailed below:

2)         The development hereby approved shall be implemented in accordance with the following plans and documents:

·         Site Location Plan drawing no. 16-132-PL05A;

·         Planning Layout drawing no. 16-132-PL-01 Rev C;

·         Type A 4 Bed Detached House Type Plans and Elevations, drawing no. 16-132-PL-03 Rev A;

·         Type B 3 Bed Semi-terraced House Type Plans and Elevations, drawing no. 16-132-PL-02 Rev B;

·         Type Ad 4 Bed Detached House Type Plans and Elevations, drawing no. 16-132-PL-04 Rev A;

·         Arboricultural Method Statement dated January 2017, Ref 9376_AMS.001 Rev A and Tree Protection Plan drawing no. 9376 TPP 01 Rev B;

·         Planting Plan drawing no. 6054/ASP 1 Rev D;

·         Updated Ecological Appraisal and Bat Survey Report dated 11^th April 2014 and 13^th October 2016;

·         Locations of bird and bat boxes document and drawing received 10^th January 2017.

            Reason:  To accurately define the permission for the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the development is satisfactory in appearance in order to safeguard the visual amenities of the area, in accordance with Policy B(BE).13 of the Borough of Redditch Local Plan No.3.

3)         The dwellings and hard surfacing to the driveways shall be constructed in the following materials:

Facing Brick                     - Forterra Clumber Red Mixture

Main Roof/Garage Tile   - Forticrete Gemini Mixed Russett

Vertical Hanging Tile      -  Marley Eternit Plain Tile : Smooth Grey

Concrete Block Paving-  Smooth Grey

            Reason:  to ensure that the development is satisfactory in appearance, to safeguard the visual amenities of the area, in accordance with Policy B(BE).13 of the Borough of Redditch Local Plan No. 3

4)         the Condition wording

            ‘ in accordance with the methods detailed in the Arboricultural Method Statement dated November 2016 and the Tree Protection Plan drawing 9376 ‘

            be amended to read as follows:

            ‘ the Arboricultural Method Statement dated January 2017, ref 9376_AMS.001 Rev A and the Tree Protection Plan drawing no. 9376 TPP 01 Rev B.

6)         Prior to first occupation of the dwellings, 8 Schwegler bat and bird boxes shall be erected in accordance with the details and positions outlined in the Locations of bird and bat boxes document and drawing received 10^th January 2017, at a height of 4 metres, and shall remain for the lifetime of the development.

            Reason:  To enhance the habitat of bats and birds which are protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and in accordance with Paragraph 118 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

(Officers reported on additional information received from the Applicants in relation to amended plans, proposed external materials, landscaping and ecology matters that necessitated amendments to a number of the Conditions recommended in the main agenda report, all as detailed in the published Update Report, copies of which were provided to Committee Members and the public gallery prior to commencement of the meeting.)