Agenda item

Use of site as residential care home/nursing home (Class C2).

Full Planning Application – APP/2018/0025

Use of site as residential care home/nursing home (Class C2), together with retention of extension to hardstanding and landscape treatment.

1 The Paddock, Highfield Avenue, Burnley

Decision:  That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

Conditions:

1.      The development must be begun within three years of the date of this decision.

2.      The development shall be carried out in accordance with the application drawings, namely: Location Plan received 16 Jan 2018; Proposed Site Plan drawing number 17/017/4b, received 8 March 2018.

3.      For the avoidance of doubt, the layout of 22 en-suite bedrooms shown on the  submitted layout drawing number 17/017/2b, dated 19/4/17, shall not be construed to permit any form of accommodation other than the use described in this grant of permission.

4.      The premises shall be used for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in need of care (other than a use within class C3 (dwelling houses)) or a nursing home and no other purpose, including any purpose within Class C2 Residential Institutions, of the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 or in any provision equivalent to that Class in any Statutory Instrument revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification.

5.      The maximum number of people for whom provision is made under Condition 4 shall be 16. The building shall be laid out in a manner appropriate to its use for a purpose hereby granted and a drawing shall be deposited with the Local Planning Authority prior to first occupation of the building for that purpose.

6.      Full details of the method of illumination of the external areas of the site shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before development is occupied and the lighting shall only be implemented wholly in accordance with the approved details.

7.      Before the development comes into use the provision for cycle parking shall be implemented in accordance with the submitted details shown on the submitted drawing 17/017/4ba.

8.      Before the development is brought into use, the new hedge (identified on drawing 17/017/4b, received 8 March 2018) shall be provided in the position shown on that drawing,  in accordance with  details to be submitted beforehand to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall include a  planted area at least 14 metres by 1 metre in extent and plant species sufficient to provide a continuous hedge, with the expectation that it will grow to a height of 2.4 metres within 3 years of planting.

Reasons

1. Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2. To ensure that the development remains in accordance with the development plan.

3. To ensure that there is no doubt about the meaning of this planning permission and the form of accommodation for which it is granted.

4. To enable the Local Planning Authority to consider any future change having regard to Policy CF14 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review, currently saved, and any other material considerations.

5. In the interests of the amenities of neighbouring residents in accordance with Policy CF14 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review, currently saved, and because that information was not included in the application.

6. In the interests of the amenities of neighbouring residents in accordance with Policy CF14 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review, currently saved.

7. In the interests of promoting cycling as a sustainable and non-polluting mode of transport.

8. In the interests of the amenities of future residents of the development, nearby residents and the visual amenities of the area generally, accordance with Policy GP6 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review, currently saved.