SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL PLACE 7 REPORT TO CITY CENTRE SOUTH AND EAST PLANNING DATE 16/01/2012 AND HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ITEM SUBJECT APPLICATIONS UNDER VARIOUS ACTS/REGULATIONS SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS SEE RECOMMENDATIONS HEREIN THE BACKGROUND PAPERS ARE IN THE FILES IN RESPECT OF THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS NUMBERED. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS N/A PARAGRAPHS CLEARED BY BACKGROUND PAPERS CONTACT POINT FOR Lucy Bond TEL 0114 2734556 ACCESS Chris Heeley NO: 0114 2736329 AREA(S) AFFECTED CATEGORY OF REPORT OPEN 2 Application No. Location Page No. 10/03826/FUL Goit And Wheel Pit Works Kelham Island And Kelham Goit Bridge Street 5 Sheffield S3 8RY 11/01623/FUL Mylnhurst Preparatory School And Nursery Button Hill 34 Sheffield S11 9HJ 11/01759/FUL Former RAF Norton Aerodrome Norton Avenue 50 Sheffield S12 2LA 11/01840/FULR Royal Works 60 Priestley Street 72 Sheffield S2 4DD 11/02111/LU1 The Meersbrook Garage 1 - 7 Meersbrook Road 89 Sheffield S8 9HU 11/03115/FUL Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home 139 Derbyshire Lane 97 Sheffield S8 9EQ 11/03214/FUL 500 Queens Road Highfield 108 Sheffield S2 4DT 11/03291/CHU 191 London Road Sheffield 133 S2 4LJ 3 11/03469/FUL Brook House 557 Ecclesall Road 142 Sheffield S11 8PR 11/03493/FUL Gilder Group Ltd Bochum Parkway/Dyche Lane 152 Sheffield S8 8BR 11/03710/FUL Aspects Of Home 995 Abbeydale Road 165 Sheffield S7 2QD 4 SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Report Of The Head Of Planning To The SOUTH Planning And Highways Committee Date Of Meeting: 16/01/2012 LIST OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR DECISION OR INFORMATION *NOTE* Under the heading “Representations” a Brief Summary of Representations 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 10/03826/FUL Application Type Full Planning Application Proposal Installation of power generating water wheel and associated works Location Goit And Wheel Pit Works Kelham Island And Kelham Goit Bridge Street Sheffield S3 8RY Date Received 30/11/2010 Team CITY CENTRE AND EAST Applicant/Agent City Development Division Recommendation Grant Conditionally Subject to: 1 The development must be begun not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this decision. 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; KIMH/01, AI/RLC/xxxx/3, A1/RPDT/KMH/5 – Details Sheet 1, A1/RPDT/KMH/7, A1/RPDT/KMH/4, KMH/01, A3/RDPT/KMH89 received 30th November 2010 and Plans 1108/GA/01, 1108/GA/02, 1108/GA/03 received 22nd November 2011 unless otherwise authorised in writing by the Local Planning Authority. In order to define the permission. 3 Prior to the commencement of the installation of the water wheel, further details, including samples, of the materials to be used in the construction of the enclosure to the wheel pit, as detailed on Plan 1108/G/02, to include a sample of the material to be used for the timber bench, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The enclosure shall be installed in accordance with the approved details prior to the first operation of the water wheel and shall thereafter be retained. To ensure an appropriate quality of development within the Kelham Island Conservation Area. 4 The development hereby approved shall be implemented in accordance with the Phasing Strategy confirmed by e-mail dated 4th January 2012, which confirms the following: Phase 1 Bank excavation (head goit); Clearance of silt/vegetation (river) Installation of additional sluice gate (goit inlet) Clearance of silt/restrictions in the tail goit. Phase 2 Wheel pit works - construction and installation of electro-mechanical equipment and supply connection; Remaining goit and river works including landscaping and installation of monitoring/control systems; Agreed mitigation works . In order to define the permission and the sequence of works. 5 Phase 2 of the development as defined in Condition 4 above shall not be begun until an assessment of the impact of the development on the passage of fish over the Kelham Weir, as well as details of mitigation measures to address the impacts identified, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be brought into use until any mitigation measures identified in the approved assessment have been implemented in accordance with a timescale to be approved by the Local Planning Authority. Such mitigation measures shall be retained at all times that the development is in use unless otherwise approved by the Local Planning Authority. To ensure that there is no detrimental impact on the ecology of the River Don or Kelham Goit in accordance with Policies GE13 and GE17 of the UDP. 6 6 Prior to the commencement of Phase 1 of the development, a report that provides additional assessment of the impact of the final scheme design on the reach of river identified as being depleted as a result of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This report shall identify appropriate measures to mitigate any impacts on ecology and, where necessary, provide compensatory habitat creation. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details and in accordance with a timescale to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority. To ensure that there is no detrimental impact on the ecology of the River Don or Kelham Goit in accordance with Policies GE13 and GE17 of the UDP. 7 Prior to the commencement of Phase 2 (wheelpit works) of the development, a ‘Depleted Reach Mitigation Plan’ shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Plan shall include the following assessments: (i) A River Habitat and fisheries habitat survey for weir pool and depleted reach under Q mean flow conditions (method ref: section 2, Kelham Goit Micro-hydro Scheme Ecological assessment, July 2010); (ii) A summary assessment of availability and extent of similar local habitats, providing potential for fish to redistribute should they be affected by the modified flow regime; (iii) An annotated Map of survey results, including 1 and 2 above; (iv) Further consideration of the ecological impacts to the weir pool / depleted reach, based on comparison of Q mean and Q90 survey results, to include the following specific points: a. The hydrology and morphology of the depleted reach; b. The proportion of the weir pool/depleted reach habitats that will be or have the potential to be lost'; c. The impact, if any, on the ‘natural flushing’ of the spawning gravels (Autumn); d. The impact, if any, that a reduction in flows may have on the canoeists that use the river; e. Impact on breeding habitats for amphibians; A mitigation plan shall also be submitted to address the impacts that may arise from the additional assessment outlined above. Such mitigation works shall be implemented in accordance with a timescale to be approved by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved measures and agreed timetable. To ensure that there is no detrimental impact on the ecology of the River Don or Kelham Goit in accordance with Policies GE13 and GE17 of the UDP. 8 Development of any phase shall not be commenced until details of fish screening to be installed both at the inlet and outlet of Kelham Goit have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Water wheel mechanism shall not be activated until the approved fish 7 screens have been installed and they shall be thereafter be retained for the lifetime of the development. To protect fish from being killed of harmed as a result of being pulled into the water wheel mechanism in the interests of the ecology of the area. 9 The development hereby approved shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved Appendix B Flood Risk Assessment (FRA), Appendix B1 FRA Technical Appendix and email correspondence from Capita Symonds, dated 17 May 2011 and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA documents: 1) Notwithstanding detail included within the email correspondence from Capita Symonds, dated 17 May 2011, the opening height of the head goit sluice gates shall be set at a maximum of 0.785 m, as detailed in the FRA documents Appendices B and B1. 2) The trigger levels for the automatic closure of the penstocks within the head goit and wheel pit shall be set as detailed within the email correspondence from Capita Symonds dated 17 May 2011. 3) Debris screens shall be provided within the goit, as detailed within Appendix B. To reduce the risk of flooding and to prevent potential blockages affecting the flow through the goit. 10 Prior to the commencement of Phase 2 of the development hereby approved, further details of an interpretation board to describe the history of the water wheel and the details of the new hydro scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details shall include: (i) The location of the interpretation board; (ii) The height and design of the interpretation board; (iii) The text of the interpretation board. The interpretation board shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details prior to the first operation of the water wheel or in accordance with an alternative timescale to be agreed and shall thereafter be retained.