Agenda item

COU/2022/0005 - New Hall House, New Hall Street, Burnley

Minutes:

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

 

Proposed Change of Use of land to operate a car sales site with a porta cabin office

 

New Hall House, New Hall Street, Burnley, Lancashire

 

Decision

 

That the application be approved subject to the following conditions.

 

Conditions and reasons for conditions

 

 

1.       The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years from the date of thispermission.

 

Reason: In accordance with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2       The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans; 2261 001 static office and site location plan (6/1/22), 2261 002 rev A(17/6/22).

 

Reason: To ensure the development is implemented in accordance with the approved plans and to avoid ambiguity.

 

3.               The surface water from the approved hardstanding/car park should be collected within the site and drained to a suitable internal outfall. Prior to commencement of the development details of the drainage strategy shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be implemented in accordance with the approveddetails.

 

Reason: In the interest of highway safety to prevent water from discharging onto the public highway.

 

4.               Before the access is used for vehicular purposes, any gateposts erected at the access shall be positioned 5m behind the nearside edge of the highway and visibility splay fences or walls shall be erected from the gateposts to the existing highway boundary, such splays shall be 45° to the centre line of the access. The gates shall open away from the highway. Should the access remain un-gated 45° splays shall be provided between the highway boundary and points on either side of the drive measured 5m back from the nearside edge of thehighway.

 

Reason: To permit vehicles to pull clear of the carriageway when entering the site and to ensure adequate inter-visibility between highway users when exiting, in the interests of highway safety.

5.               No building or use hereby permitted shall be occupied or the use commenced until the parking area serving the car sales as detailed on plan 002 Rev A (rec 17/6/22) have been surfaced or paved. The car parking spaces and manoeuvring areas shall be clearly marked out and shall thereafter be kept free of obstruction and available for the parking cars at alltimes.

 

Reason: To allow for the effective use of the parking areas.

 

6.               No external lighting shall be installed on site unless details of such lighting, including the intensity of illumination and predicted lighting contours, have been first submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: In order to protect the amenity of surrounding uses in accordance with policies SP4 and NE5 of Burnley’s adopted Local Plan.

 

7.               The use hereby permitted shall only be open for customers between thefollowing hours:

 

09:00 - 17:00pm Mon - Saturday

09:00 - 16:00 Sundays and Bank Holidays

 

Reason: In order to protect the amenity of surrounding uses in accordance with policies SP4 and NE5 of Burnley’s adopted Local Plan

 

8.               All vehicles for sale shall be within the car sales area only. No vehicles shall be placed for sale within the surrounding public highway network, or elsewhere within thesite.

 

Reason: To ensure that the use does not unacceptably impact upon the availability of on street and on-site parking, in the interest of highway safety.

 

9.               The number of car sales plots operated from the site shall be limited to 45 and the number of plots shall not be increased at any time without the prior written approval of the Local PlanningAuthority.

 

Reason: To ensure adequate manoeuvrability within and around the site in the interests of highway safety.

 

10.            The parking facilities shall include provision of an electrical supply suitable for charging an electric motor vehicle.

 

Reason: To support sustainable transport objectives and to contribute to a reduction in harmful vehicle emissions.

 

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