Agenda item

Retention of 2no. landscape bunds and associated proposed landscaping (part retrospective)

Members discussed:

•           If there was a need for a bund and whether other methods of security could be used.

•           The benefits of having a natural screen that blends in with the area.

DECISION – Grant, subject to planning conditions.

CONDITIONS

1.         The development hereby permitted shall be fully implemented in accordance with the following plans and documents (including any mitigation/enhancement contained therein):

-           103-270720 (Proposed Landscape Plan)

REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved details and in the interest of proper planning.

2.         Notwithstanding any information submitted with this application, details of a soft landscape strategy for the bunds, including a broad 3m wide native hedgerow and tree planting area adjacent to the existing bund to the western side for its entire length, wrapping around the northern end to meet the unmade access road, and a long-term landscape management plan, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority within two months of this approval.

The soft landscape details shall include native hedgerow species with whips 0.60-0.90m in height and trees size with 10-12cm in girth, quantity of trees and species mix of rich native wildflowers seeding for bunds. Landscape plans to include detailed schedule of plants/hedgerows/trees (scientific names), details of species, sizes, quantities/density of plants and implementation schedule of landscape proposals. 

The landscape strategy as approved shall be implemented on and adjacent to the existing bund in the next planting season following the approval of the details and the long-term landscape management plan shall be implemented for the lifetime of the development.

REASON:  To ensure the development is adequately landscaped in the interest of visual amenity and the character of the area as a whole in accordance with policies NBE2 and NBE9 of the adopted Hart Local Plan - Strategy and Sites 2016-2032, saved policy GEN1 of the Hart District Local Plan (Replacement) 1996-2006, policy DNP6 of the Dogmersfield Neighbourhood Plan 2016-2032 and the NPPF 2019.

3.         Following the implementation of the soft landscaping works hereby approved, any vegetation which dies or becomes damaged or otherwise defective within the five-year period, following the completion of the development, shall be replaced not later than the end of the following planting season, with planting of similar size, species, number and positions.

REASON: To ensure the development is adequately landscaped in the interest of visual landscape and the character of the surrounding countryside, in accordance with          policy NBE2 of the adopted Hart Local Plan - Strategy and Sites 2016-2032, policy GEN1 of the saved Hart District Local Plan (Replacement) 1996-2006 and section 15 of the NPPF.

4.         No work shall take place in relation to the construction of the bund in the south-eastern corner of the site, until and unless detailed plans of the existing and proposed surface water drainage proposals for this part of the site have been first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

The bund shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and shall have no impact on surface water drainage in this area of the site.

REASON: To minimise the risk of surface water flooding on the site and adjoining land in accordance with policy NBE5 of the adopted Hart Local Plan - Strategy and Sites 2016-2032 and the section 14 of the NPPF.

INFORMATIVE

The Council works positively and proactively on development proposals to deliver sustainable development in accordance with the NPPF. In this instance: The applicant was advised of the necessary information needed to process the application and once received, the application was acceptable and no further engagement with the applicant was required.