SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Report Of The Head Of Planning To the Planning and Highways Committee Date Of Meeting: 10/02/2015 LIST OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR DECISION OR INFORMATION *NOTE* Under the heading “Representations” a Brief Summary of Represent ations received up to a week before the Committee date is given (later representations will be reported verbally). The main points only are given for ease of reference. The full letters are on the application file, which is available to members and the public and will be at the meeting. Case Number 14/04474/FUL (Formerly PP -03845277) Application Type Full Planning Application Proposal Development of land to provide mixed use development comprising of 98 dwellin gs (23 x 1-bed apartments, 39 x 2 -bed apartments, 27 x 3-bed townhouses and 9 x 4 -bed townhouses) and office space (Use Class B1, 731 square metres) in range of buildings (maximum of 5 storeys high), associated car parking, landscaping and associated works, including new roads and pedestrian routes Location Site Of Richardsons Cutlery Works Alma Street Sheffield S3 8SA Date Received 09/12/2014 Team City Centre and East Applicant/Agent Nick Brown Architects Recommendation Grant Conditionally subject to a Legal Agreement Subject to: 1 The development shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this decision. Page 17 Reason: In order to comply with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning Act. 2 The development must be carried out in complete accordance with the following approved documents: Reason: In order to define the permission. 3 Details of all proposed external materials and finishes, including samples when requested by the Local Planning Authority, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before that part of the development is commenced. Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In order to ensure an appropriate quality of development. 4 Large scale details, including materials and finishes, at a minimum of 1:50 of the items listed below shall be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before the relevant phase of the development commences: Windows and window reveals Doors and garage doors Eaves and verges External wall construction Brickwork detailing Balconies and balustrades Roofs Rainwater goods Photovoltaic panels Thereafter, the works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: In order to ensure an appropriate quality of development. 5 A sample panel of the proposed masonry shall be erected on the site and shall illustrate the colour, texture, bedding and bonding of masonry and mortar finish to be used. The sample panel shall be approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the building works and shall be retained for verification purposes until the completion of such works. Reason: In order to ensure an appropriate quality of development. 6 No development shall commence until a report has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority confirming how: - A minimum of 10% of the predicted energy needs of the completed development shall be obtained from decentralised and renewable or low carbon energy; and Page 18 - Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 has been achieved, or a report demonstrating how the development will attain an equivalent standard. Any agreed renewable or low carbon energy equipment, connection to decentralised or low carbon energy sources or additional energy efficiency measures shall have been installed before each phase of the development is occupied and a post-installation report shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority to demonstrate that the agreed measures have been installed. Thereafter the agreed equipment, connection or measures shall be retained in use and maintained for the lifetime of the development, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In order to ensure that new development makes energy savings in the interests of mitigating the effects of climate change, in accordance with Sheffield Development Framework Core Strategy Policy CS65. 7 Notwithstanding the details on the approved plans, before the development is commenced, or an alternative timeframe to be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, full details of the following inclusive access facilities for disabled people to move around the site and use the commercial and mobility units, shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority: a) Details of access and facilities (including seating) for disabled people in the external areas and spaces of the site; b) Commercial Units: Full details of access facilities for disabled people to enter the commercial buildings (including the provision of a level threshold and appropriate width entrance doors); c) Full details of the mobility house/apartment units and parking provision - including confirmation and evidence that the dwellings will comply with the Council's Mobility Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance. These buildings shall not be used unless all inclusive access facilities have been provided in accordance with the approved plans. Thereafter such inclusive access and facilities shall be retained. (Reference should also be made to the Code of Practice BS8300). Reason: To ensure ease of access and facilities for disabled persons at all times. 8 No development shall commence until the improvements (which expression shall include traffic control, pedestrian and cycle safety measures) to the highways listed below have either; a) been carried out (details of which shall have been given prior approval by the Local Planning Authority), or Page 19 b) arrangements have been entered into to ensure the works are implemented before any of the apartments are occupied. Highway Improvements: - Review/promotion of Traffic Regulation Orders in the vicinity of the development site that might be desirable as a consequence of development (waiting/loading restrictions) entailing advertising, making and implementing the Traffic Regulation Order subject to usual procedures (including provision and installation of regulatory traffic signs and road markings in accordance with traffic signs, Regulations and General Directions 2002). - A review of tactile paving and lowered kerb locations in the vicinity of the development site (and provision of new facilities where necessary) to assist pedestrians crossing the road and to fit with new pedestrian desire lines created by the development. - Any other accommodation works to traffic signs, road markings, lighting columns, and general street furniture necessary as a consequence of development. - Footway resurfacing and kerbing works (including street lighting) along the Russell Street and Alma Street frontage to the site in accordance with the Urban Design Compendium. Reason: To enable the above-mentioned highways to accommodate the increase in traffic, which, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, will be generated by the development. 9 Before the development is commenced, full details and status of the proposed access arrangements for the scheme, including swept paths for large service vehicles, geometric standards, materials/specifications, any drainage implication, any tactile paving, demarcation of highway boundary shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and thereafter implemented and retained. Any changes to the layout and status shall have first been approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of highway safety and the amenities of the locality. 10 Before the development is commenced, or an alternative timeframe to be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, full details of suitable and sufficient cycle parking accommodation within the site shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and the buildings shall not be used unless such cycle parking has been provided in accordance with the approved plans and, thereafter, such cycle parking accommodation shall be retained. Reason: In the interests of delivering sustainable forms of transport, in accordance with Unitary Development Plan for Sheffield and Core Strategy Policies. Page 20 11 There shall be no gates or barriers erected at the means of access to the site. Reason: To ensure access is available at all times. 12 No development shall commence until full details of the following shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. - Construction method statement. - Site safety/hoardings. - Any temporary site access for construction traffic. - Location of site compound and temporary car parking arrangements for contractors. - Haulage routes. - Any times when construction works and movement of construction traffic will be restricted. Reason: In the interests of traffic safety and the amenities of the locality. 13 The gradient of shared pedestrian/vehicular access shall not exceed 1:12 . Reason: In the interests of the safety of road users. 14 No demolition and/or construction works shall be carried out unless equipment is provided for the effective cleaning of the wheels and bodies of vehicles leaving the site so as to prevent the depositing of mud and waste on the highway. Full details