Permission with Conditions “Hl Hastings~ Town and Country Planning Acts Borough Council Development Management Team ‘Aquila House, Breeds Place Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3UY www hastings. gov.uk/planning Application Number: HS/FA/15/00984 File Number: Drawing Numbers: 12489_00-00-3-3, 12489_00-01-3-4, 12489_05-01-3-3, 12489_00-01-2-1, 12489_B_15_00-2-3, 12489_05-01-3-1, 12489-SPR-60-01-2_2, 12489-SPR-60-02-2_2, 12489_99-01-3-1, 12489_99-02-3-1, 12489_20-01-2-3, 12489_B_30_00-2-1 Applicant: Hastings Borough CounciliAmicus Horizon Limited Address: Summerfields Business Centre, Homtye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT Description: Demolition of single storey offices and redevelopment of site for 10 x 3 bed dwelling houses and 22 x 1 and 2 bed flats, access, parking and landscaping In pursuance of its powers under the Town and Country Planning Acts, and all other powers, the Council hereby permits the development described in the Plans and Application specified above, subject to the following conditions: 1 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. 2 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans 12489_00-00- 12489_00-01-3-4, _12489_05-01-3-3, _ 12489_00-01-2-1 12489_B_15_00-2-3, 12489_05-01-3-1, 12489-SPR-60-01-2_2, 12489-SPR-60-02-2_2, 12489_99-01-3-1, 12489_99-02-3-1, 12489_20-01-2-3, 12489_B_30_00-2-1 3 No development shall take place above ground until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the buildings hereby permitted have been submitted to/made available on site and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 4 No development shall take place until full details of the hard landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and these works shall be carried out as approved and thereafter retained. These details shall include proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas; hard surfacing materials; minor artefacts and structures (eg furniture, play equipment, refuse or other storage units, signs lighting etc.); proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (eg drainage, power, communications cables, pipelines etc. indicating lines, manholes, supports etc.); retained historic landscapefeatures and proposals for restoration, where relevant, All hard landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the programme agreed with the Local Planning Authority and thereafter retained. No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority a scheme of soft landscaping to the whole site (including the Biodiverse Garden), which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land including details of those to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development. New soft landscaping details shall include planting plans; written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment); schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate together with an implementation programme. All planting seeding or turfing comprised in the approved soft landscaping scheme shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development, or with the written agreement of the Local Planning Authority, in the first planting and seeding seasons following the occupation of any buildings or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation. The soft landscaping areas shown within the approved landscaping scheme shall be provided prior to occupation of any part of the development and thereafter retained. With the exception of internal works the building works required to carry out the development allowed by this permission must only be carried out within the following times:- 08.00 - 18.00 Monday to Friday 08.00 - 13.00 on Saturdays No working on Sundays or Public Holidays. No development shall take place until details of a surface water drainage scheme have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The surface water drainage scheme should be supported by an assessment of the site's potential for disposing of surface water by means of a sustainable drainage system. Where a sustainable drainage scheme is to be provided, the submitted details shall: i provide information about the design storm period and intensity, the method employed to delay and control the surface water discharged from the site and the measures taken to prevent pollution of the receiving groundwater and/or surface waters ii, be supported by a site investigation which incorporates ground water monitoring, preferably in winter, and soakage tests undertaken in accordance to BRE365 (when infitration is proposed). il, provide a management and maintenance plan of the development which shall include the arrangements for adoption by any public authority or statutory undertaker and any other arrangements to secure the operation of the scheme throughout its lifetime. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved surface water10. 4 12, 13, 14. drainage scheme and no occupation of any of the dwellings or flats hereby approved shall occur until those works have been completed. No occupation of any of the dwellings or flats hereby approved shall occur until the Local Planning Authority has confirmed in writing that itis satisfied, that the necessary drainage infrastructure capacity is now available to adequately service the development. Prior to occupation, a “lighting design strategy for biodiversity” for the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The strategy shall: a) identify those areas/features on site that are particularly sensitive for all bat species and that are likely to cause disturbance in or around their breedi g sites and resting places or along important routes used to access key areas of their territory, for example, for foraging; and will not disturb or prevent the above species using their territory or having access to their breeding sites and resting places. b) show how and where external lighting will be installed (through the provision of appropriate lighting contour plans and technical specifications) so that it can be clearly demonstrated that areas to be lit All external lighting shall be installed in accordance with the specifications and locations set out in the strategy, and these shall be maintained thereafter in accordance with the strategy. Under no circumstances should any other external lighting be installed without prior consent from the local planning authority. No development shall commence until the role and responsibilities and operations to be overseen by an appropriately competent person [ e.g. an ecological clerk of works /on-site ecologist] have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The appointed person shall undertake all activities, and works shall be carried out, in accordance with the approved details. No development shall take place (including demolition, ground works, vegetation clearance) until a construction environmental management plan (CEMP: Biodiversity) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The CEMP (Biodiversity) shall include the following. a) Risk assessment of potentially damaging construction activities, b) Identification of “biodiversity protection zones" ©) Practical measures (both physical measures and sensitive working practices) to avoid or reduce impacts during construction (may be provided as a set of method statements). 4) The location and timing of sensitive works to avoid harm to biodiversity features. ) The times during construction when specialist ecologists need to be present on site to oversee works. f) Responsible persons and lines of communication. 4) The role and responsibilities on site of an ecological clerk of works (ECoW) or similarly competent person. h) Use of protective fences, exclusion barriers and warning signs. The approved CEMP shall be adhered to and implemented throughout the construction period strictly in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority All ecological measures and/or works shall be carried out in accordance with the details contained in Land at Summerfields, Bohemia Road, Ecological Assessment Report by Ash Partnership dated December 2015. No works which include the creation of trenches or culverts or the presence of15, 16, 17. 18, 19. 20. 2 22. 23. pipes shall commence until measures to protect badgers from being trapped in ‘open excavations and/or pipe and culverts are submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The measures may include: a) creation of sloping escape ramps for badgers, which may be achieved by edge profiling of trenches/excavations or by using planks placed into them at the end of each working day; and b) open pipework greater than 150 mm outside diameter being blanked off at the end of each working day. No development shall take place above ground unti full details of all boundary walls/fences/railings/enclosures have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. All such boundary walls/fences/railings/enclosures shall be erected before the building to which it relates is occupied. No works or development shall take place above ground until full details of all proposed tree planting, and the proposed times of planting, have been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter all tree planting shall be carried out in accordance with those details and at those times. No development shall take place until temporary protective fences to safeguard the trees and/or hedges to be retained on the site have been erected in accordance with the current BS5837:2012: Trees in relation to design, demolition and ‘construction, standards and to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority. All such fences shall be kept in a sound, upright and complete condition until the development has been completed and/or the Local Planning Authority confirm in writing that the works have been sufficiently completed for the fencing to be removed. Prior to demolition works commencing on site a Traffic Management Scheme shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in consultation with the Highway Authority. This shall include details relating to storage compounds for plant/machinery/materials; wheel washing provision, welfare facilities and contractor parking. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved Traffic Management Scheme. The development shall not be occupied until a turing space for service/emergencyvehicles has been provided and constructed in accordance with details which have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and the turing space shall thereafter be retained for that use The development shall not be occupied until parking areas have been provided in accordance with the approved plans and the areas shall thereafter be retained for that use. The development shall not be occupied until a cycle parking area has been provided in accordance with the approved plans and the area shall thereafter be retained for that use. Prior to the landscaping of the Biodiverse Gardens, details of the management and responsibility of the Biodiverse Garden to be submitted in writing and approved by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, management of the garden to be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Prior to the commencement of development, details of appropriate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures as required by policy SC3 of the Hastings Local Plan, The Hastings Planning Strategy 2011-2028, shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and measures proposed shall be retained thereafter unless agreed in writing be the Local Planning Authority.24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. No development shall take place until the developer has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work, in accordance with a Written Scheme of Archaeological Investigation which has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved programme of archaeological work. The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the archaeological site investigation and post investigation assessment has been completed in accordance with the programme set out in the Written Scheme of Investigation approved under condition 24 and that provision for analysis, publication and dissemination of results and archive deposition has been secured, unless an alternative timescale for submission of the report is first agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Before the development hereby approved is occupied provision shall be made for the ability to connect to fibre-based broadband. No work shall be carried out on site for the development hereby approved until a detailed management plan for reducing construction waste during the building process in the form of site management, waste management and project design and planning has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved waste management plan shall be implemented throughout the period of work on site. Prior to commencement of development, a Phase 1 desk study shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Phase 1 desk study should assess all available historical and environmental information, include the findings of a site walkover and include a risk-based conceptual model of the site identifying the potential sources, pathways and receptors at the site (“preliminary risk assessment’). The requirements for a Phase 1 desk study can be found in the document Guidance for the Safe Development of Housing on Land Affected by Contamination, NHBC/EA/CIEH, R&D Publication 66: 2008. If the desk study indicates as part of a preliminary risk assessment that potential pollutant linkages are likely on the site then further intrusive investigations will be required (Phase 2 investigation) in line with CLR 11 ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Contaminated Land’ prior to the commencement of development. Where a Phase 2 survey is required, this shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of development. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the Phase 2 survey, ‘On completion of the works the developer shall provide written confirmation that all works were completed in accordance with the agreed details. Prior to the commencement of development, details of a dropped kerb between the access road and courtyard parking area shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details, ‘The reasons for the imposition of the said conditions are: 1 2. This condition is imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity.10, "1 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 18, 19, 20. 2 22. 23. 24, 25. 26. 27. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity and in order to ensure a satisfactory level of soft landscaping within the new development. To safeguard the amenity of nearby residents. To ensure adequate drainage provision and prevent increased risk of flooding. To protect features of recognised nature conservation importance. To protect features of recognised nature conservation importance, To protect features of recognised nature conservation importance. To protect features of recognised nature conservation importance. In the interests of the safety and wellbeing of badgers on the site. To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity. In the interests of the visual amenity and adequate screeening to neighbouring sites. In the interests of the health of the trees. In the interests of highway safety and for the benefit and convenience of the public at large. To ensure the safety of persons and vehicles entering and leaving the access and proceeding along the highway. To ensure the safety of persons and vehicles entering and leaving the access and proceeding along the highway. In order that the development site is accessible by non car modes and to meet the objectives of sustainable development. To protect and enhance the conservation and biodiversity of the garden. To ensure the development complies with policy SC3 of the Hastings Local Plan: The Hastings Planning Strategy To ensure that the archaeological and historical interest of the site is safeguarded and recorded to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework. To ensure that the archaeological and historical interest of the site is safeguarded and recorded to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework. To ensure the development complies with policy SC1 of the Hastings Local Plan: The Hastings Planning Strategy To ensure the development complies with policy SC3 of the Hastings Local Plan:28. 23. The Hastings Planning Strategy, To protect those redeveloping the site and any future occupants from potential landfill gases and soil contamination Reason: In order to secure a well planned development and in the interests of highway safety Notes to the Applicant You are advised: 1 Failure to comply with any condition imposed on this permission may result in enforcement action without further warning, Statement of positive engagement: In dealing with this application Hastings Borough Council has actively sought to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive manner, in accordance with paragraphs 186 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework. This permission is the subject of an obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Consideration should be given to the provision of a domestic sprinkler system. This permission relates only to that required under the Town and Country Planning Acts and does not include any consent or Approval under any other enactment or under the Building Regulations. Any other consent or approval which is necessary must be obtained from the appropriate authority. Dated: 09 August 2016 To: Kember Loudon Williams Ridgers Barn — - Bunny Lane Eridge “ Nr. Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN3 SHA for Eleanor Evans Planning Services Manager Application No. HS/FA/15/00984