AREA PLANS SUB-COMMITTEE ‘EAST’ 10 October 2018 INDEX OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS/ENFORCEMENT CASES ITEM REFERENCE SITE LOCATION OFFICER PAGE RECOMMENDATION 1 EPF/0282/18 12 Station Road Grant Permission 36 Epping (Subject to Legal Essex CM16 4HN Agreement) 2 EPF/1583/18 1 Buttercross Lane Grant Permission 46 Epping (Subject to Legal Essex CM16 5AA Agreement) 3 EPF/1847/18 55 High Street Grant Permission 60 Epping (Subject to Legal Essex CM16 4BA Agreement) 4 EPF/1556/18 Site at Bansons Lane Grant Permission 70 Ongar (Subject to Legal Essex CM5 9AR Agreement) 5 EPF/0429/18 Hydes Riding School Grant Permission 82 Abridge Road (With Conditions) Theydon Bois Essex CM16 7NS 6 EPF/1121/18 35 The Magpies Grant Permission 90 Epping Green (With Conditions) Epping Essex CM16 6QG 7 EPF/1406/18 1 Mount End Grant Permission 96 Mount End Road (Subject to Legal Theydon Mount Epping Agreement) Essex CM16 7PS 8 EPF/2212/18 15 Vicarage Lane Grant Permission 108 North Weald (With Conditions) Essex CM16 6ET Epping Forest District Council 123 Agenda Item Number 1 1 a 0 EFDC 1 2 1 103.3m 3 6 2 1 1 3 EFDC Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to Application Number: EPF/0282/18 prosecution or civil proceedings. Site Name: 12 Station Road Epping Essex Contains Ordnance Survey Data. © CM16 4HN Crown Copyright 2013 EFDC License No: 100018534 Scale of Plot: 1:500 Contains Royal Mail Data. © Royal Mail Copyright & Database Right 2013 Report Item No:1 APPLICATION No: EPF/0282/18 SITE ADDRESS: 12 Station Road Epping Essex CM16 4HN PARISH: Epping WARD: Epping Hemnall APPLICANT: Mr Alex Lal DESCRIPTION OF Demolition of existing dwelling, erection of a detached building PROPOSAL: comprising 9 self contained apartments incorporating revisions to vehicular access, associated car parking and on-site amenities RECOMMENDED Grant Permission (Subject to Legal Agreement) DECISION: Click on the link below to view related plans and documents for this case: http://planpub.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/NIM.websearch/ExternalEntryPoint.aspx?SEARCH_TYPE=1&DOC_CLASS_CODE=PL&FOLDER1_REF=605301 CONDITIONS 1 The development hereby permitted must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this notice. 2 The development hereby permitted will be completed strictly in accordance with the approved drawings nos: BRD/17/070/002-A, 003, 004, 005 3 No construction works above ground level shall take place until documentary and photographic details of the types and colours of the external finishes have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, in writing. The development shall be implemented in accordance with such approved details. 4 Prior to first occupation of the development hereby approved, the proposed upper storey window openings in the south eastern elevation shall be entirely fitted with obscured glass and have fixed frames to a height of 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed and shall be permanently retained in that condition. 5 The parking area shown on the approved plan shall be provided prior to the first occupation of the development and shall be retained free of obstruction for the parking of residents and visitors vehicles. 6 A flood risk assessment and management and maintenance plan shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority prior to commencement of development. The assessment shall include calculations of increased run-off and associated volume of storm detention using WinDes or other similar best practice tools. The approved measures shall be carried out prior to the substantial completion of the development and shall be adequately maintained in accordance with the management and maintenance plan. 7 Electric vehicle charging points shall be provided for use by residents of the development prior to first occupation and shall be retained therafter. 8 Prior to first occupation of the dwellings hereby approved measures to improve the ecological value of the site shall be implemented in accordance with details that have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 9 Prior to first occupation measures shall be incorporated within the development to ensure a water efficiency standard of 110 litres (or less) per person per day. 10 All construction/demolition works and ancillary operations, including vehicle movement on site which are audible at the boundary of noise sensitive premises, shall only take place between the hours of 07.30 to 18.30 Monday to Friday and 08.00 to 13.00 hours on Saturday, and at no time during Sundays and Public/Bank Holidays unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. And subject to the completion of a Legal agreement to secure appropriate financial contributions for the management and monitoring of visitors to the Epping Forest Special Area of Conservation and the impacts resulting from impacts on air quality. This application is before this Committee since an objection has been received from a local council, supported by at least one non-councillor resident, with material planning reasons; and since at least 5 expressions of objections material to the planning merits of the proposal have been received (Pursuant to The Constitution, Part Three: Scheme of Delegation of The Council) This application was deferred from the last meeting for a Member site visit. Description of Site: The application site consists of a large detached building situated on a corner plot at the junction of Station Road and Nicholl Road. The site currently benefits from a large area of parking to the front and an attached garage to the rear. The site is not in a Conservation Area or the Green Belt and is a short distance from the designated town centre of Epping and the immediate surrounding area is generally urban and residential in character. The property previously contained a small incidental surgery on the ground floor. Description of Proposal: The proposed development seeks to demolish the existing dwelling and erect a new building containing nine self-contained apartments. This would consist of six no. 1-bed units and three no. 2-bed units. The apartments would be served by a six bay car park to the front of the site with a further three bays situated to the rear, all of which would be accessed from Nicholl Road. The site would also contain a dedicated bin store, cycle store and an area of shared communal amenity space. The new building would be two-and-a-half storeys in height with three flats on each floor (the upper most ones being contained within the roof space). Relevant History: EPF/0265/05 - Single storey side extension to surgery to provide disabled persons' facilities – approved/conditions 21/03/05 EPF/1127/75 - Extensions and garage – approved/conditions 09/10/75 EPU/0133/72 - Extension to existing property and conversion to form four maisonettes – refused 21/11/72 Policies Applied: CP1 – Achieving Sustainable Development Objectives CP2 – Protecting the Quality of the Rural and Built Environment CP3 – New development CP6 – Achieving sustainable urban development patterns DBE1 – Design of New Buildings DBE2 – Effect on Neighbouring Properties DBE9 – Loss of amenity RP3 – Water quality RP4 – Contaminated Land ST1 – Location of Development ST2 – Accessibility of Development ST4 – Road Safety NC1- SPAs ,Sacs and SSSIs ST6 – Vehicle Parking The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has been adopted as national policy since July 2018. Paragraph 213 states that due weight should be given to relevant policies in existing plans according to their degree of consistency with the framework. The above policies are broadly consistent with the NPPF and should therefore be given appropriate weight. Epping Forest District Local Plan (Submission Version) 2017: On 14 December 2017, full Council resolved that the Epping Forest Local Plan Submission Version 2017 be endorsed as a material consideration to be used in the determination of planning applications and be given appropriate weight in accordance with paragraph 48 of the NPPF. Paragraph 48 of the NPPF provides that decision-takers may give weight to relevant policies in emerging plans according to: the stage of preparation of the emerging plan (the more advanced the preparation, the greater the weight that may be given); the extent to which there are unresolved objections to relevant policies (the less significant the unresolved objections, the greater the weight that may be given); and the degree of consistency of the relevant policies in the emerging plan to the policies in the NPPF (the closer the policies in the emerging plan to the policies in the NPPF, the greater the weight that may be given). In general terms it is considered that the Submission Version of the Plan is at an advanced stage of preparation and the policies are considered to be consistent with the NPPF. As regards unresolved objections, some policies within the Submission Version have more unresolved objections than others. All of these factors have been taken into consideration in arriving at the weight accorded to each of the relevant policies in the context of the proposed development listed below: SP 1 - Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development H 1 - Housing Mix and Accommodation Types T 1 - Sustainable Transport Choices DM 1 - Habitat Protection and Improving Biodiversity DM 2 - Epping Forest SAC and the Lee Valley SPA DM 9 - High Quality Design DM 10 - Housing Design and Quality DM 11 - Waste Recycling Facilities on New Development DM 18 - On Site Management of Waste Water and Water Supply DM 19 - Sustainable Water Use DM 21 - Local Environmental Impacts, Pollution and Land Contamination DM 22 - Air Quality Consultation Carried Out and Summary of Representations Received: 22 neighbouring properties were consulted and a Site Notice was displayed.