Agenda item

(1)       The Head of Planning Applications Group informed the Committee that Sport England had withdrawn its objection to the proposal, and referred to a petition received from local residents objecting to the proposal prior to the submission of the amendments.  There would therefore be no need to refer the proposal to the Secretary of State if the Committee was minded to grant permission.

(2)       In agreeing the revised recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group, the Committee specified that there should be a restriction on the delivery of construction materials before the school opened and at the end of the school day. 

(3)       RESOLVED that: -

(a)       permission be granted subject to conditions, including conditions covering the standard time limit; the development being carried out in accordance with the permitted details; the submission of details of all materials to be used externally; a scheme of landscaping, including details of species, source, location of saplings to be planted as well as mitigation and visual impact information be provided, and hard surfacing, its implementation and maintenance;  an investigation of the landscaping to the northern boundary of the school, near to the proposed extension; measures to protect those trees to be retained; mitigation measures for potentially roosting, foraging and commuting bats; lighting being designed to have minimal impact on any bats; the development according with the recommendations of the Ecology Survey; no tree removal taking place during the bird breeding season;  replacement trees being planted to compensate for the ones lost as a result of the development; hours of working during construction being restricted to between the hours of 0800 and 1800 Mondays to Fridays and between the hours of 0900 and 1300 on Saturdays, with no operations on Sundays and Bank Holidays; measures to prevent mud and debris being taken onto the public highway; the submission of a Construction Management Plan, including access, parking and circulation within the site for contractors and other vehicles related to construction operations; details being submitted and approved, including the location of dropped kerbs, the extent of the parking restriction, the boundary of the adopted public highway and the extent of the footway along the back of the drop off parking bays; a scheme to deal with the risks associated with the contamination of the site being submitted and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority; a verification report demonstrating completion of works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of that remediation being submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority; no infiltration of surface water drainage into the ground being permitted other than with the express written consent of the County Planning Authority; the submission of a revised School Travel Plan within 6 months of the date of this permission, its implementation and ongoing review; and a restriction on the delivery of construction materials before the school opens and at the end of the school day; and 

(b)       the applicants be advised by Informative that any works carried out providing a dropped kerb crossing as part of the Dykes Pit housing development needs to be co-ordinated and not affected by the proposed drop off area.