Decisions

1.      The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this planning permission.

2.      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no building, structure or other alteration permitted by Class E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order shall be erected, constructed or made on the application site.

3.      The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match, in type, colour and texture, those on the existing dwelling-house at 43 Northampton Road, Broughton.

4.      The building hereby approved shall remain ancillary to the occupation of 43 Northampton Road, Broughton, NN14 1NR and shall only be used for the parking of vehicles or domestic storage associated with the host property and/or a home office for sole use by the occupiers of 43 Northampton Road, Broughton, NN14 1NR.

5.      The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the approved plans and details listed below.

(Members voted on the officers’ recommendation to approve the application)

(Voting: For: Unanimous)

The application was therefore
APPROVED

1.      The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this planning permission.

2.      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no extension, building, structure or other alteration permitted by Classes A, B and E of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Order shall be erected on the application site.

3.      No development above building slab level shall commence on site until details of the types and colours of all external facing and roofing materials to be used, together with samples, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the approved details.

4.      The dwellings hereby permitted shall not be occupied until cycle parking facilities have been provided within the rear gardens in accordance with the details to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.

5.      No development above slab level shall take place on site until a scheme for boundary treatment has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The dwellings shall not be occupied until the approved scheme has been fully implemented in accordance with the approved details.

6.      Works audible at the site boundary will not exceed the following times unless with the written permission of the Local Planning Authority or Environmental Health.  Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 hrs, Saturday 08.30 to 13.30 and at no time whatsoever on Sundays or Public/Bank Holidays. This includes deliveries to the site and any work undertaken by contractors and sub-contractors.

(Members voted on the officers’ recommendation to approve the application)

(Voting: For 4; Against 1)

The application was therefore
APPROVED

1.      The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this planning permission.

2.      The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the approved plans and details listed below.

3.      In the event that unexpected contamination is found at any time when carrying out the development hereby approved, it must be reported immediately to the Local Planning Authority.  Development works at the site shall cease and an investigation and risk assessment undertaken to assess the nature and extent of the unexpected contamination.  A written report of the findings shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, together with a scheme to remediate, if required, prior to further development on site taking place. Only once written approval from the Local Planning Authority has been given shall development works recommence.

4.      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no building, structure or other alteration permitted by any class or part of Schedule 2 of the Order shall be erected, constructed, or made on the application site.

5.      Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no change of use permitted by Class L of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Order shall take place on the application site.

6.      No development shall commence unless and until the local planning authority has been provided with either:

a)      A licence issued by Natural England pursuant to Regulation 55 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 authorising the specified activity/development to go ahead; or

b)      Written confirmation from Natural England that the application site has been registered with the Great Crested Newt Low Impact Class Licence scheme; or

c)      A statement in writing from a suitably qualified ecologist to the effect that they do not consider that the specified activity/development will require a licence.

7.      Prior to commencement of the use hereby approved a scheme for the protection and enhancement of biodiversity within the site shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall include details relating to the source and control of external lighting including hours of operation, provision of hibernacula/suite of bat boxes/ wood piles, access surfacing, and drainage. Development shall thereafter be carried out in strict accordance with the approved scheme with any proposed biodiversity enhancements to be installed retained thereafter.

8.      The use hereby approved shall not commence until the proposed vehicular access (including gradient, width, surfacing type, surface water control,  visibility splays, position and opening mechanism of gates) has been implemented in accordance with drawing no. PL111A Rev 1 received by the Local Planning Authority on 27th November 2020 and retained in that form thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

9.      Notwithstanding the requirements of condition 8, the proposed vehicular access and visibility splays shall be surfaced with a hardbound surface for the first 15 metres as measured from the highway boundary to the proposed access gates, beyond which the vehicular access shall only be surfaced with a loose gravel (where required) and retained in that form thereafter.

10.    Notwithstanding the requirements of condition 8, no development shall commence on-site unless and until a scheme for the disposal of foul and surface water drainage associated with the development hereby approved has been submitted and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted drainage scheme shall demonstrate a preference towards the use of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) with respect of surface water which protects existing biodiversity habits (including Great Crested Newt Habitat and their populations) and includes details relating to flow rate/management, and on-going maintenance of the drainage scheme. These details shall also include drainage provision associated with the proposed aco-drain at the point of access which abuts the highway as shown on drawing no. PL111A Rev 1 received by the Local Planning Authority on 27th November 2020. The proposed use shall not commence until the approved drainage scheme has been implemented in full, which shall be retained and maintained thereafter in accordance with the approved details.

11.    The dwelling house hereby approved shall at all times remain ancillary to the use of the site as a horse rehabilitation centre hereby approved and shall not be occupied by anyone other than the operator of the horse rehabilitation centre use. On cessation of the horse rehabilitation centre use, occupation of the dwelling-house shall permanently cease and the building shall be permanently removed from the site.

12.    All works to trees shall only be carried out in accordance with the RJ Tree Services Ltd 'Tree Survey, Impact Assessment and Method Statement' dated August 2020.

13.    Notwithstanding the details shown on drawing no. PL108C received by the Local Planning Authority on 27th November 2020, the use hereby approved shall not commence unless and until a passing place in the same location as that shown on the aforementioned plan has been provided to the dimensions of 12 metres long by 2.3 metres wide (minimum) and constructed to a standard capable of supporting a fire engine (approximately 12 tonnes) which shall be retained in that form thereafter throughout the operation of the use hereby approved.

14.    No development above building slab level shall commence on site until details of the types and colours of all external facing and roofing materials to be used, together with samples, have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the approved details.

15.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a full, non-verbose or repetitive, Construction Management Plan shall be submitted to and be approved in writing by the local planning authority. The submitted plan shall include the following elements;

- Delivery / removal hours to be limited to between 10:00 - 16:00.

- Supply of pre-journey information on routeing and site restrictions to contractors, deliveries and visitors. To include a map suitable for printing and being distributed to drivers visiting the site during the works.

- Details of debris management including location of wheel wash, programme to control debris spill/ tracking onto the highway to also include sheeting/sealing of vehicles and dust management.

- Details of temporary construction accesses and their remediation post project.

- Provision for emergency vehicles.

- Measures to control noise/and or vibration during the development.

- Full details of measures to protect existing trees located within the highway from damage during site clearance, demolition and construction phases, in accordance with BS 5837:2012 'Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction'.

          The approved Construction Management Plan shall be adhered to throughout the demolition and construction period and the approved measures shall be retained for the duration of the demolition and construction works hereby approved.

 (Members voted on the officers’ recommendation to approve the application)

(Voting: For: Unanimous)

The application was therefore
APPROVED

(KEY DECISION)

a)    That the Council’s forecast outturn position for 2021/22 and the associated risks and considerations be noted;

b)    That it be noted and approved into the budget the final allocation of Public Health Grant for 2021/22 of £17.6m which was notified to the Council on 16 March 2021 and after the budget was set.

c)    That the current deliverability assessment of 2021/22 saving proposals in Appendix A be noted;

d)    That the transfer of the forecast overachievement of Business Rates against budget to the business rates reserve as referenced in paragraph 7.3 be approved;

e)    That it be noted that the Covid Local Support Grant arrangements have now been extended by the Government to cover the period up to 30th September and approve that the final determination of the grant allocation for the voucher scheme is delegated to the Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services and Education in consultation with the Director of Children’s Services with any grant funding not required to support the voucher scheme to be used to support individuals and families in line with the requirements of the grant being delegated to the Leader of the Council in consultation with the Director of Place and Economy to be used as part of the provision for Emergency Planning.

f)     That a virement of £50k be approved from contingency to the Place and Economy Directorate in relation to Highways as set out in paragraph 7.49;

g)    That approval be given to a virement of £400k from contingency to enabling and support services to allow budget realignment within overall available resources, as set out in paragraph 7.56 of the report.

(Reason for Decision – to note the forecast financial position for 2021/22 as at Period 2 and consider the impact on this year and future years budgets.)

(KEY DECISION)

a)    That the purpose, importance and potential contents of the Corporate Plan be noted.

b)    That the indicative process and timetable set out in Appendix 1 be approved.

(Reason for Decision:

To enable the timely development and adoption of a Corporate Plan for North Northamptonshire Council.)

(KEY DECISION)

That approval be given to the following changes into the capital programme totalling £2.877m:-

a)    East Kettering (Hanwood Park) Off-site Junctions (Junctions D and E) £2.843m funded from Section 106 (S106) contributions; and

b)    Xpress Merge electoral register scheme £34k funded from capital receipts.

c)     

(Reasons for Decision:

·         The local authority has a legal obligation to deliver S106 related works in accordance with the signed S106 agreement;

·         The recommended course of action will allow the timely progression of capital works;

·         The recommended course of action will enable one electoral register for North Northamptonshire. This is a directive from the Cabinet Office.

(KEY DECISION)

That approval be given to the S106 funding to be utilised to deliver the scheme, as outlined in section 6.1.1 of the report, and for the scheme to be placed on the North Northamptonshire Council’s Capital programme.

(Reason for Decision:

The schemes have been identified as being required mitigation for the consented development at Hanwood Park which has been  the subject of previous planning committee approval. The schemes are funded wholly by the developers S106 contributions with no capital requirements on the part of the Authority.)