Agenda item

R/2023/0387/FF Installation of a swale to the southern boundary land rear of Waxwing Close and play area Galley Hill Estate Guisborough

Minutes:

The officer summarised the officer report which had been pre-circulated.

 

Members sought clarification around the following matter;

 

  • Was the swale part of the original development plan and was it a known issue at that time?
  • Was the application retrospective and had it been brought to our attention as a complaint?
  • Who was the applicant?
  • Why wasn’t it a covered pipe?
  • The Local Lead Flood Authority has commented and therefore would be willing to accept the proposal with a recommendation that records were maintained and the proposal monitored given their slight concern. Would like to see this included in the conditions given climate change concerns;
  • As the swale will run into the normal systems would like to see a condition regarding its management and the cleaning of the culvert;
  • Would it not have been included when the development was approved in 2013?
  • This was the cheap option, had any consideration been given to a pipe/culvert option?
  • There appeared to have been no maintenance to date so how confident were we that this would improve?
  • Litter would be collected once a month, how confident were we that this would be sufficient?

 

Members debated the application and made the following comments:

 

  • There was a special Task and Finish Group looking at these issues and we should ensure that the conditions were adequate and appropriate;
  • The cheaper option of a covered pipe might not be the better scheme;
  • The area was overgrown now so how confident were we that the swale would be maintained?
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Following the debate members resolved to grant planning permission subject to the folowing conditions:-

 

1.The development shall not be begun later than the expiration of THREE YEARS from the date of this permission.

         

REASON: Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

2.The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

         

Location Plan received by the Local Planning Authority on 22/11/23

Proposed Swale Design (Dwg No. 22076-LE-ZZ-ZZ-DR-D-0001 Rev P04) received by the Local Planning Authority on 22/02/24

Boundary Treatment Detail (Dwg No. GH:G:BTD Rev C) received by the Local Planning Authority on 22/11/23

Detailed Landscape Proposals (Dwg No. 3566/4 Rev C) received by the Local Planning Authority on 14/06/24

         

REASON: To accord with the terms of the planning application.

 

3.Notwithstanding the details submitted as part of the application, final detailed design details including cross-sections and levels of the swale and land to be restored adjacent to 26 Kingfisher Drive shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The plans shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority within 3 months of the decision date.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained thereafter.

         

REASON: To ensure the development is carried out respects the character and appearance of the area in accordance with Policy SD4 of the Local Plan.

 

4.All planting, seeding or turfing detailed on Drawing No. 3566/4 Rev C (Detailed Landscape Proposals - Swale) of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the granting of this planning permission of the development.  Any trees or plants which within a period of five 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.

         

REASON: To ensure the satisfactory implementation of the approved scheme in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality.

 

5.The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted Sustainable Drainage System (SUDS) Maintenance Plan received by the Local Planning Authority on 07/09/23. 

         

REASON: To ensure the swale is maintained in a manner in accordance with Policy SD7 of the Local Plan.

 

 

At this point Councillor Pallister left the meeting.

 

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