Agenda item

19/00835/FUL -Demolition of existing timber stables and storage building and construction of new stable block and outdoor arena with lighting columns and associated drainage works.

(In reaching its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the views of the Environmental Health Officer, four letters of objection, one letter of representation, two further letters of objection received following consultation on amended plans, and the views of the Applicant’s Agent, whom the Committee heard).

RESOLVED – That Planning Permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

1.    A3 (Standard 3 year time limit)

2.    PL (Approved plans)

(a)  Proposed site plan and elevations, drawing number 190125 03 Rev. D.

(b)  Proposed plans and elevations, drawing number 190125 04 Rev. A.

3.    The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Proposed Site Plan and Elevations (19_00835_FUL-PROPOSED_SITE_PLAN_ELEVATIONS-1660059) and the Amended Flood Risk Assessment (19_00835_FUL-AMENDED_FLOOD_RISK_ASSESSMENT-1660063 by Flood Risk Consultancy LTD – Revision C – December 2019) and the following mitigation measures it details:

(a)  A floodplain compensatory storage scheme providing 203.37m³ volume shall     be positioned to the south-west of the site and must be fully implemented in advance of the equestrian arena development.  The compensation shall be retained and maintained thereafter for the lifetime of the development.

REASON – To reduce the risk of flooding to the proposed development and future occupants and to ensure there is no net loss to floodplain capacity which could increase flood risk elsewhere.

4.    The floodlights associated with the outdoor arena hereby approved shall not be used between the hours of 21:00 and 07:00 daily.

REASON – In the interests of residential and visual amenity

5.    The stable building and riding arena hereby permitted shall be used only by the occupiers of the property known for the time being as Meadowside, Barmpton for purposes incidental to the use of the property and shall not be used a commercial enterprise. 

REASON – The Local Planning Authority considers the proposal to be suitable for use only by the applicants and any future occupiers of Meadowside for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling.  Any commercial use is likely to increase the number of traffic movements from the site over than generated by the existing dwelling and these additional traffic movements are likely to create conditions prejudicial to highway safety and residential amenity.

6.    The ecological mitigation and enhancement measures set out in Section 5 of the Naturally Wild Preliminary Ecological Appraisal ‘The Stables, Barmpton’ AP-19-02 dated August 2019 shall be implemented in full.  In addition, no development shall take place until precise details of the following have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority:

(a)   Details of bird and bat boxes to be installed on the site

(b)   Details of compensatory tree planting scheme

Thereafter the approved details shall be implemented in full prior to the stable block and arena hereby permitted being first brought into use, and the bird and bat boxes shall be maintained in accordance with the approved details for the lifetime for the development.  Any trees removed, dying, severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years of planting shall be replaced by trees or a similar size and species to those original approved and planted.

REASON – To comply with Core Strategy Policy CS15 (Protecting and Enhancing Biodiversity and Geodiversity)