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F/18/19/PL Land adjacent to 3 Wicks Farm Cottages, Ford Lane, Ford BN18 0DQ

Meeting: 04/03/2020 - Planning Committee (Item 485)

485 F/18/19/PL Land adjacent to 3 Wicks Farm Cottages, Ford Lane, Ford BN18 0DQ pdf icon PDF 222 KB

Minutes:

F/18/19/PL – 1 No. new dwelling.  This application is a Departure from the Development Plan, Land adjacent to 3 Wicks Farm Cottages, Ford Lane, Ford

 

            In presenting the detail of this report, the Planning Team Leader also advised the Committee by way of a verbal report that:-

 

·         The Council’s Tree Officer had originally objected to the proposal. He was re-consulted and, subject to a pre-commencement condition, he was now satisfied with the proposal as it stood.

 

In response to a Member comment, it was confirmed that there was no defined gap between Yapton and Ford.

 

     The Committee then

 

RESOLVED

 

That the application be approved as detailed in the report, subject to the addition of a pre-commencement condition to read a follows\:-

 

Prior to the commencement of development the applicants will need to employ the services of an Arboricultural Consultant to carry out a tree survey exercise and then prepare an Arboricultural Implications Assessment (AIA) which must be inclusive of; a 'Tree Survey Schedule', a 'Root Protection Area (RPA) Schedule' and a 'Tree Constraints Plan' - with the trees accurately plotted on same.

 

In the event that a RPA of any tree which is proposed for retention overlaps the development then BS5837:2012 requires that an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) is submitted and also most importantly a Tree Protection Plan - to describe and illustrate the mitigation measures which are to be employed to ensure that the trees survive without detriment to their vigour and vitality and are given adequate protection both above and below ground.

 

All documents above including the Arboricultural Implications Assessment and Arboricultural Method Statement & Tree Protection Plan as required shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the works carried out in accordance with approved details.