Agenda item

P18/2555/FUL - Former Goring Heath Poultry Farm 54526, Goring Heath, RG8 7RU

Erection of a training building, 5 huts and the renovation of disused fire station, ablutions block and parking (amended plans and supporting information received 12th December 2018, reducing ridge and eaves height of training barn by 2m. Site section and amended site plan received 1st April 2019, removing spoil bunds and adding additional landscaping detail).

Minutes:

Peter Dragonetti, the local ward councillor, stood down from the committee for consideration of this item.

 

The committee considered application P18/2555/FUL, for the erection of a training building, 5 huts and the renovation of disused fire station, ablutions block and parking (amended plans and supporting information received 12th December 2018, reducing ridge and eaves height of training barn by 2m. Site section and amended site plan received 1st April 2019, removing spoil bunds and adding additional landscaping detail) at the former Goring Heath Poultry Farm 54526, Goring Heath, RG8 7RU

 

Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and the site’s planning history were detailed in the officer’s report which formed part of the agenda pack for this meeting.

 

Marc Willis, the agent, spoke in support of the application.

 

Damion Morphy, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

 

Claire Whitehead, a local vet, spoke in support of the application.

 

Peter Dragonetti, the local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the application.

 

The committee had some concerns regarding the number of women’s toilets included in the proposal and were of the view that this part of the development could be more inclusive. There was also some concern regarding the impact of the development upon the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the need for more sustainability in the development.

 

A motion moved and seconded, to refuse planning permission was declared lost on being put to the vote.

 

A motion moved and seconded, to grant planning permission was declared carried on being put to the vote.

 

RESOLVED; to grant planning permission for application P18/2555/FUL subject to the following conditions:

 

1.    Commencement within three years.

 

2.    Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, a scheme for the landscaping of the site and its management shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented prior to the first use of the development and thereafter maintained.

 

3.    Prior to the commencement of any site works an arboricultural method statement to ensure the satisfactory protection of retained trees during the construction period shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

4.    Prior to the commencement of the development a phased contaminated land risk assessment shall be carried out by a competent person in accordance with Environment Agency Guidance and Approved Codes of Practice. Details of each phase shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

5.   Prior to the commencement of the development details of how the spoil arising from works will be disposed of shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the spoil shall be disposed of in accordance with the agreed details.

6.   Prior to commencement of the construction works within the site, a full schedule of all external materials shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.

 

7.   All parts of the site, including all approved buildings, shall only be used for the specific training purposes specified within the application submission. Any variation shall require planning permission from the local planning authority.

 

8.   Details of any external lighting shall be submitted to the local planning authority and agreed prior to commencement of the approved scheme.

 

9.   The development hereby approved shall be implemented strictly in accordance with all of the recommendations made in section 6 of the supporting Phase 1 Ecological Assessment (Wessex Ecology, Contract No: 14-16). This condition shall be discharged through the receipt of a letter from the project ecologist, giving evidence that the recommended working methods and site enhancements have been implemented.

 

10.Prior to the first occupation of the development, the existing means of access onto B4526 shall be improved and laid out and constructed strictly in accordance with the local highway authority’s specifications and all ancillary works specified shall be undertaken.

 

11.The vision splays shown on drawing no. PVD/535-05-5, shall not be obstructed by any object, structure, planting or other material with a height exceeding or growing above 0.9m as measured from carriageway level.

 

12.Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with drawing no. PVD/535-05-5, and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed to be compliant with sustainable drainage (SuDS) principles, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles associated with the development at all times.

 

13.The off-site highway works shown on drawing no. PVD/535-05-5, or as otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority shall be implemented in full before the first occupation/use of the development or in accordance with a programme of implementation agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

Informatives

 

1.    Female WC provision and

2.    Encourage the use of sustainable materials.

 

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

 

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