North Lanarkshire Council Planning Applications for consideration of Planning and Environment Committee Committee Date : 18th April 2007 Ordnance Survey maps reproduced from Ordnance Survey with permission of HMSO Crown Copyright reserved APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE 18'h April 2007 Page Application No. Applicant DevelopmentlLocus Recommendation No. 28 N/07/00153/FUL McKernan Homes Construction of 8 Flats, Grant Ltd Stirling Road Kilsyth 34 N/07/00280/FUL Mr. & Mrs. G. Extension to a Grant Brown Dwellinghouse 18 Hayston Road Carrickstone Cumbernauld 39 N/07/00354/FUL Mr. & Mrs. E. Conversion of an Integral Grant Murphy Garage and Construction of a Garage 10 Brownsland Court Ga rtcosh 44 N/07/00418/FUL Mr. & Mrs. Slaven Alterations and Extension to Grant a Dwellinghouse 2 Hayle Gardens Moodiesburn. 49 C/06/01565/AMD Gateway Homes Erection of 132 Flatted Grant (P) Dwellinghouses (Part Retrospective)(Amendment to C/05/01919/FUL) Phases 3B and 3C Ballochney Road, Plains 58 C/06/01957/FUL Mr J Brad Change of Use of Industrial Grant Unit to Truck Shop and Welfare Facilities at 9 - 11 Palacecraig Street Kirkshaws, Coatbridge 65 C/07/00221/FUL Ms Karen Dick Siting of Mobile Snack Van Grant Carpark West Of J & W Carpets Locks Street Retail Park Locks Street, Coatdyke Coatbridge 70 C/07/00444/FUL GME Springs Extension to Workshop and Grant Relocation of Snack Bar at Unit 1 Block 6, Souterhouse Path Coatbridge 75 S1071003201CAAD Mr Strickland Certificate of Appropriate Grant Alternative Development at Request for Site Land South Of Garrion Visit & Hearing Cottage Garrion Bridge Overtown 81 S/07/00321/CAAD Mr & Mrs Burk & Certificate of Appropriate Refuse Mr & Mrs Bell Alternative Development at Request for Site Land Adjacent To Garrion Visit & Hearing Hurst And Garrion Mill Garrion Bridge Overtown 87 S/07/00326/OUT Mr S Wightman Erection of 2 Houses Refuse (P) Kirklee Road Request for Bellshill Site Visit & Hearing 94 S/07/00366/AMD Vodafone (UK) Ltd Amendment to Grant S/06/01793/FUL for the Addition of An Extra 14cm to Telecommunications Monopole with Associated Equipment at General Street BLPU Earn Avenue Righead Industrial Estate Bellshill C/06/01565/AMD If granted, Section 75 Agreement to be concluded S/07/ 00326/OUT If granted, refer to Scottish Ministers (Contrary to Development Plan) Application No: N/07/00153/FUL Date Registered: 31st January 2007 Applicant: McKernan Homes Ltd 1 Victoria Glade Dullatur Cumbernauld Agent Hardie Associates 78 Hopetoun Street Bat hgate Development: Construction of Flatted Residential Development (8 Flats) Location: The Covenanter Filling Station Stirling Road Kilsyth G65 OPT Ward: 66 Banton and Kilsyth East Councillor Tom Barrie Grid Reference: 27268 1 678 184 File Reference: N/07/00153/FUL Site History: None Development Plan: Kilsyth Local Plan 1999: Policy HG3 (Development Control in Housing Areas) Contrary to Development Plan: No Consultations: Scottish Environment Protection Agency (No Objections) Scottish Water (No Objections) Kilsyth Community Council (Objections) Representations: One letter of representation received, Newspaper Advertisement: Not Required Recommendation: Approve Subject to the Following Conditions:- 1. That the development hereby permitted shall be started within five years of the date of this permission Reason: To safeguard the residential amenity of the area. 2. That before the development hereby permitted starts, full details of all external materials to be used in construction, including walls, roofs, shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: In the interest of the amenity of the site and the general area. 1:2,500 Stirling Road KilGflh Residential Development (8 Flats) 3. That a visibility splay of 4.5m x 120m shall be provided at the connection of Stirling Road, inside which nothing measuring over 900mm shall be built or allowed to grow Reason: In the interests of traffic safety. 4. That the new access to the site will be a minimum of 6 metres wide and shall be constructed to the specification of North Lanarkshire Council , with the existing junction access being reinstated with a 2m wide footway. Reason: In the interests of traffic and pedestrian safety. 5. That a minimum of the first 10 metres of the access, and across its entire width, shall be paved to prevent deleterious material being carried onto the public road. In addition adequate site drainage shall be installed to ensure that no surface water runs onto the public road. Reason: To prevent deleterious material being carried onto the road. 6. That before any of the flats hereby permitted is occupied, 15 off-street car parking spaces shall be provided within the site, as described on the approved plans and shall, thereafter be maintained as car parking spaces Reason: To ensure the provision of adequate parking facilities within the site. 7. That before the development hereby permitted starts , full details of the design, location and finishing materials of the bin storage areas to be constructed on site shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the Planning Authority ;provision shall be allowed for two bins per flat or such other scheme as is approved in writing by the Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure there is adequate bin storage provision for the development hereby permitted. 8. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a scheme of landscaping , including boundary treatment , shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and it shall include:- (a) a details of any earth moulding and hard landscaping, grass seeding and turfing; (b) a scheme of tree and shrubs planting ; incorporating details of the location, number, variety and size of those to be planted (c) details of the phasing of this work Reason: To enable the Planning Authority to consider these aspects in the interests of the visual amenity of the site and surrounding area. 9. That within one year of the occupation of the development hereby permitted, all planting, seeding and turfing and earth moulding included in the scheme of landscaping and planting approved under the terms of condition 8, shall be completed and any trees, shrubs or areas of grass which die , are removed, damaged or become diseased, within two years of the completion of the development, shall be replaced within the following year with others of a similar size and species. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area. 10. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a management and maintenance scheme shall be submitted to , and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, and it shall include proposals for the continuing care, maintenance and protection of the proposed grassed, planted and landscaped areas plus all other communal areas. The approved scheme shall be implemented immediately following the completion of the development unless otherwise agreed with the Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of amenity by ensuring that landscaping and communal area maintenance is appropriate for the site. 11. That before the development hereby permitted starts, a site investigation survey shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the British Standards code of practice BS10175:2001 and a report of this survey shall be submitted to the Planning Authority. Reason: To ensure that any contaminants on site are removed or rendered harmless 12. That any remediation work identified by the site investigation required in terms of condition 11 above shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority. Within three months of any remediation works being carried out, a certificate( signed by an Environmental Engineer) shall be submitted to the Planning Authority confirming that the works have been carried out in accordance with the remediation strategy Reason: To ensure that the site is free of contaminants in the interests of amenity and the wellbeing of the surrounding area. 13. That before the development hereby permitted starts, full details of the locations and the design of the surface water drainage scheme to be installed within the application site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority, and for the avoidance of doubt the scheme shall comply with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency's principles of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) Reason: To safeguard the amenity of the area, and to ensure that the proposed drainage system complies with the latest SEPA guidance 14. That the SUDS compliant surface water drainage scheme approved in condition 13 above shall be implemented contemporaneously with the development in so far as is reasonably practical. Within three months of the construction of the SUDS, a certificate (signed by a Chartered Civil Engineer experienced in drainage works) shall be submitted to the Planning Authority confirming that the SUDS has been constructed in accordance with the relevant ClRlA manual and the approved plans thereafter the system shall be maintained in accordance with the details agreed under the terms of condition 13 above. Reason: To safeguard ground water from pollution and in the interests of the amenity and wellbeing of existing and future residents Background Papers: Application form and plans received 31 st January 2007 Letter from Scottish Water received 13th February 2007 Memo from Traffic & Transportation (Northern Area) received 27th February 2007 Memo from Head Of Protective Services received 14th February 2007 Memo from Community Services Section received 12'h February 2007 Letter from Kilsyth Community Council, C/o Mr A Machray, 19 William Wilson Court, Kilsyth, G65 9DP received 1st March 2007. Kilsyth Local Plan 1999 Any person wishing to inspect these documents should contact Mr Gavin Forrest at 01236 616466. DATE: lothApril 2007 APPLICATION NO. N/07/00153/FUL REPORT 1. Description of Site and Proposal 1.1 This application seeks permission for the erection of a flatted development, comprising of 8 units at the former square metres and is located within an area that is currently a mixed use area as there are various factories, mixed style housing and open space in the immediate vicinity.