Agenda item

22/00294/FUL - Change of use from agricultural land to touring caravan and camping site for 16 pitches with the erection of a toilet & shower block. Alterations to site entrance, boundary treatments, landscaping and other associated works (Retrospective Application) (amended plans received 22 August 2022).

(In reaching its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the objections from three households received, and the views of the Council’s Highways Engineer, and the views of an Objector, whom the Committee heard).

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

1.      A3 – Implementation Limit (Three Years)

2.      The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plan, as detailed below:

a.      Drawing Number 2745 – 6C Proposed Block Plan

b.      Drawing Number 2745 – 7C Proposed Site Plan

c.       Drawing Number 2745 – 8A Proposed Ground Floor

d.      Drawing Number 2745 – 9A Proposed Elevations

e.      Drawing Number 2745 – 10A Proposed Elevations

f.        Drawing Number 2745 – 11A Site Views

g.      Drawing Number 2745 – 12B Toilet and Shower Block Elevations

REASON – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the planning permission

3.      The proposed use hereby approved shall be for a maximum of sixteen pitches for touring caravans, motorhomes and tents only.

REASON - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of the amenity of the area

4.      No caravan, motorhome or tent shall be pitched or stationed on the land other than within the area shown outlined in red on Drawing number 2745-6C (Proposed Block Plan), so long as the use hereby approved continues.

REASON - For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of the amenity of the area

5.      All caravans, motorhomes and tents shall be occupied for holiday purposes only

REASON - To ensure the development accords with policy E4 Bi) (Economic Development in the Open Countryside) of the Darlington Local Plan 2016 -2036

6.      All caravans, motorhomes and tents shall not be occupied as a person’s sole, or main place of residence.

REASON - To ensure the development accords with policy E4 Bi) (Economic Development in the Open Countryside) of the Darlington Local Plan 2016 -2036.

7.      The owners/operators shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names of all owners/occupiers of individual caravans, motorhomes and tents and of their main home addresses, and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the local planning authority.

REASON - To ensure the development accords with policy E4 Bi) (Economic Development in the Open Countryside) of the Darlington Local Plan 2016 -2036

8.      There shall be no storage of unoccupied caravans, motorhomes and tents on site.

REASON - In the interests of the visual appearance and amenity of the site and local area.

9.      The development shall not be carried out otherwise than in complete accordance with the mitigation measures contained with Section 6.2 of the submitted Ecological Scoping Report (dated July 2022 and produced by Falco Ecology).

REASON - In order to meet biodiversity net gain requirements, set out in policy ENV8 of the Darlington Local Plan (2016 – 2038) and the National Planning Policy Framework 2021.

10.  The replacement hedge planting secured under condition 9 shall be planted during the next available planting season, or within such extended period as may be agreed in writing by, the Local Planning Authority, and thereafter any section of the hedge or whips removed, dying, severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased shall be replaced to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

REASON - To ensure a satisfactory appearance of the site and in the interests of the visual amenities of the area and biodiversity net gain.