Minutes:
55.1 Item 6A
Application DC/20/01517
Proposal Planning Application. Erection of extensions to provide additional facilities including reception, banquet hall, wellness centre and additional bedrooms. Change of use of agricultural land to create new car parking and formal gardens, including the removal of the existing overspill car parking and associated landscaping works.
Site Location LAYHAM- Marquis of Cornwallis, Upper Street, Layham, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 5JZ
Applicant The Marquis Layham
55.1 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the change of use of the land, the listed buildings, the proposed site layout, the heritage view of harm, the location of the substation, the proposed repositioning of the access point, and the public benefits.
55.2 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions on issues including: the location of the substation, the external lighting, the surface water runoff, and the variety of trees to be planted.
55.3 Members considered the representation from John Curran of Layham Parish Council.
55.4 Members considered the representation from Richard Crandfield who spoke as an Objector.
55.5 The Objector responded to Members’ questions on issues including the public benefit of job creation.
55.6 Members considered the representation from Linda Keenan who spoke as a Supporter.
55.7 The Supporter responded to Members’ questions on issues including the proximity of their residence with the site.
55.8 Members considered the representation Steven O’Leary from who spoke as the Applicant.
55.9 The Applicant responded to Member’s questions on issues including the external lighting, the landscaping, the provision of of the car parking on site, the public benefit of job creation, and the location of the substation.
55.10 Members considered the representation from Councillor John Ward, Ward Member, who spoke in favour of the application.
55.11 Members debated the application on issues including: The location of the substation, the restrictions on construction hours, the timeframe of construction, the heritage harm, and environmental conditions for construction.
55.12 Councillor David Busby proposed that the application be approved as detailed in the officer recommendation. Councillor Lee Parker seconded the proposal.
55.13 By 9 votes to 1
55.14 It was RESOLVED: -
That the application is GRANTED planning permission and includes the following conditions: -
· Time limit
· To be in accordance with the approved plans and documents
· Hard and soft landscaping scheme
· Landscaping time limit
· Biodiversity Enhancement Layout
· External lighting
· Detailed joinery sections for all glazed panels, windows and external doors at 1:2 or 1:10 as appropriate
· Detailed joinery sections for all eaves and verges at 1:10
· Sample panels of brickwork not less than 1msq to be constructed and retained on site for the duration of construction. Photographs submitted and opportunity given for the Heritage Officer to attend site.
· Manufacturer’s literature for timber cladding
· Manufacturer’s literature and detailed drawings of balcony handrail at 1:10
· Manufacturer’s literature for rainwater goods
· Manufacturer’s literature for roof cladding
· Detailed drawings of ridgeline vent stacks at 1:20
· Manufacturer’s literature and details of all external hard surfaces and boundary treatments
· Highways Access
· Highways Visibility
· Footway link
· Parking
· Refuse Bin storage
· Construction Management Plan
· SUDS
· Construction Surface Water Management Plan (CSWMP)
· Level of internal amplified sound to be restricted
· Noise Management Plan
· No amplified music outside
· Barriers to mitigate impact of noisy operations
· Restriction on construction working hours
· Machinery to operate on site to be BS:5228 compliant
· Mobile plant to be fitted with non-audible reversing alarm
· Method statement for piling works
· Waste to be recycled or removed from site
· No burning on site
· Bulk carrying vehicles to be sheeted
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