Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing single family dwelling and construction of new building with 4 apartments (3 No 1 bed/2 person and 1 No 2 bed/4 person) together with associated amenity areas, parking, refuse and cycle stores at 41 Western Road, Borough Green.

RESOLVED:  That planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the submitted details, conditions, reasons and informatives set out in the report of the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health, subject to

(1)    the amendment of Condition 4 to read:-

4. Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, arrangements for the management of all demolition and construction works shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  The management arrangements to be submitted shall include (but not necessarily be limited to) the following:

·         The days of the week and hours of the day when the demolition and construction works will be limited to and measures to ensure these are adhered to;

·         Procedures for managing all traffic movements associated with the demolition and construction works including (but not limited to) the delivery of building materials to the site (including the times of the day when those deliveries will be permitted to take place and how/where materials will be offloaded into the site) and for the management of all other construction related traffic and measures to ensure these are adhered to; and

·         The specific arrangements for the parking of contractor’s vehicles within or around the site during construction and any external storage of materials or plant throughout the construction phase.

The development shall be undertaken in full compliance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of residential amenity and highway safety in accordance with policy CP24 of the Tonbridge and Malling Borough Core Strategy 2007.

(2)  the addition of Condition 7:

7. No development, other than demolition of the existing house, shall take place until details of the finished floor level of the approved building in relation to the existing ground levels have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, and the work shall be carried out in strict accordance with those details.

Reason:  To ensure that the development does not harm the visual amenity of the locality. 

(3)    the addition of Informatives

2. The applicant is advised that the use of bonfires during the demolition and construction phase of development could lead to justifiable complaints from local residents.  Furthermore, the disposal of demolition waste by incineration is contrary to Waste Management Legislation.  As such, bonfires should not be had at the site during demolition or construction.

3. The applicant is asked that in preparing the demolition and construction management plan pursuant to Condition 4, due regard and sensitivity is given to the use of the adjacent site as a Funeral Directors and that all reasonable steps are taken to ensure that disturbance does not arise.

[Speakers: Borough Green Parish Council (Mr S Perry) and Mr M Betts – Agent]