Minutes:
RESOLVED: That having regard to the following planning application permission be granted and plenary power be given to the Corporate Director -Communities to issue a decision notice if no adverse representations are received from Natural Resources Wales to the revised Flood Consequence Assessment and subject to any conditions recommended by Natural Resources Wales and also subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director – Communities:-
Code No. Proposal
P/15/60/FUL Land at the Rhiw Multi Storey car park Walkway bridge and entrance Bridgend
Subject to the following changes in respect of the above consent:-
Condition 1: The plan numbers should be re-worded accordingly:
The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plan numbers 3924-A-00-01 (Rev C) 02 (Rev D) 03 (Rev C) 04 (Rev C) 05 (Rev B) 06 (Rev C) 07 (Rev C) 08 (Rev C) 09 (Rev C) 10 (Rev C) 11 (Rev C) and 13 (Rev B)
Reason: To avoid doubt and confusion as to the nature and extent of the approved development.
Condition 2 should be re-worded as follows:
No development shall take place, including any works of demolition/site clearance, until a Demolition and Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and agreed in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The agreed Statement shall be adhered to throughout the demolition and construction periods. The Statement shall provide for:
i. The routeing and timing of HGV construction traffic to/from the site in order to avoid congestion on the Rhiw or unnecessary turning and reversing manoeuvres on the Rhiw / Water Street / Queen Street
ii. the provision of temporary demolition/construction traffic signing scheme;
iii. the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors;
iv. loading and unloading of plant and materials;
v. storage of plant and materials arising from demolition or used in constructing the development;
vi. wheel washing facilities;
vii. measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction;
viii. temporary removal of existing Rhiw car park direction signing during the demolition of the car park and construction of the proposed car park supplemented by a scheme of “Rhiw car park closed” signs;
ix. the provision of temporary traffic and pedestrian management on The Rhiw/Water Street
x. a scheme for re-using existing materials of construction resulting from the demolition and construction works
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
The wording of Conditions 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15 should be amended to read as follows:
‘No development, apart from the demolition of the existing car park and the walkway bridge, shall begin…’
Condition 6 should be amended to read as follows:
'Apart from the demolition of the existing car park and walkway bridge, no development shall commence on any respective phase of the development (as agreed under Condition 3) until the following information has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority:
(i) Detailed specification and samples of, the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of each respective phase;
(ii) Details and finishes at a scale of 1:5 of the following, where relevant:
(a) window units,
(b) typical external doors (including fire doors),
(c) the proposed plant screening,
(d) decorative metal ventilation grills,
(e) security gates,
(f) the car parking louvres and cladding panels,
(g) the cantilever support.
Condition 15 should be amended to read as follows:
No development shall commence until a scheme for the provision of a Refuse/Recycling collection Management Plan for the new residential units has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. All refuse/recycling collection vehicle movements to the residential units shall be made in accordance with agreed Refuse/Recycling collection Management Plan once the residential development is brought into beneficial use and retained thereafter in accordance with the Management Plan.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
The following additional Conditions should be added to the report:
16. No development, apart from the demolition of the existing car park and the walkway bridge, shall commence until a scheme for the provision of a vehicle height restriction barrier and traffic calming on the car park access has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The barrier and speed reducing features shall be implemented in accordance with the agreed scheme prior to the new car park being brought into beneficial use and retained thereafter.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
17. The revised highway access to the car park and emergency vehicle turning area shall be laid out in permanent materials in in accordance with the approved layout prior to the car park being brought into beneficial use.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
18. The proposed car park access shall be laid out with a vision splay of 2.4m x 17m before the car park is brought into beneficial use and retained as such thereafter.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
19. No structure, erection or planting exceeding 0.9 metres in height above adjacent carriageway level shall be placed within the required vision splay areas at any time unless it is in accordance with a detailed scheme to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning prior to work commencing on the construction of the new car park. Any works within the vision splay shall be undertaken in accordance with the agreed scheme and prior to the car park being brought into beneficial use.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety
20. The individual parking spaces in the new multi storey car and undercroft car park serving the residential apartments shall be clearly demarcated in permanent materials in accordance with the approved layout prior to the new multi storey car and undercroft car park serving the residential apartments being brought into beneficial use and shall be retained as such and retained for parking purposes in perpetuity.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.
21. Notwithstanding the submitted plans, no development, apart from the demolition of the existing car park and the walkway bridge shall commence until a revised scheme for the car park pedestrian access onto The Rhiw, including a widened entrance, details of any doorways, hard landscaping and external finishes has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The revised scheme shall be implemented as agreed prior to the new car park being brought into beneficial use.
Reason: In the interests of highway safety.