Agenda item

Proposed construction of a stable barn and 40m x 20m all-weather outdoor arena

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 hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 2092_01RevA and 2092_04RevC, received on 21 May 2018; and,  2092_03RevC and 2092_05RevC, received on 24 May 2018.

3.      The stables and outdoor horse arena hereby approved shall be used for private purposes only and shall not at any time be used for livery, riding school purposes, events, gymkhanas or any commercial purpose.

4.      There shall not at any time be any floodlighting or illumination of the outdoor arena or any part of the application site.

5.      The external materials of construction to be used on the walls and roof of the development shall be as described on the approved plans only and shall not be varied unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6.      The development shall be constructed to comply with the levels and finished floor levels as indicated on the approved plans only and shall not be varied unless otherwise previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

7.      Prior to the commencement of development, a scheme of landscaping, which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land, and details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development and details of new tree/shrub planting (as illustrated on the approved plans) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

8.      All planting or seeding comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the first use of any part of the approved development or the completion of the development, whichever is the sooner; and any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority gives written approval to any variation.

9.      Prior to the approved stable barn being first brought into use, wheel washing facilities to be used for the cleaning of the wheels of vehicles before departing the site shall be placed in situ and made available for use in accordance with details which shall be first submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved wheel washing facilities shall thereafter be retained in perpetuity.

10.    Prior to any part of the approved development being first brought into use, that part of the vehicular access between the highway boundary and the gated access shall be hard surfaced in tarmacadem, concrete or similar hard surfacing material.

11.    Run-off from the approved development shall be directed to soakaways, in accordance with details which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the completion of the development or any part of it being first brought into use, whichever is the sooner, unless an alternative scheme is otherwise previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reasons

1.      Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

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

3.      To ensure the satisfactory implementation of the proposal which is only suitable for private purposes, in accordance with Policies GP2 and CF7 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policy EMP7 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

4.      To avoid any adverse effects from illumination in the countryside in order to protect the rural and tranquil character of the site, in accordance with Policies GP2 and CF7 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policies EMP7 and NE5 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

5.      To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development, in accordance with Policies GP2 and CF7 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policy EMP7 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

6.      To ensure the satisfactory implementation of the proposal, having regard to the visual impacts of the development, in accordance with Policies CF7 and E27 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policies EMP7 and NE3 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

7.      In order to assist the development in integrating into an area of open and prominent countryside, in accordance with Policies CF7 and E27 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policies EM7 and NE3 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).  The scheme is required prior to the commencement of development in order to ensure that any site preparation or protection measures can be undertaken at the appropriate stages.

8.      In order to ensure that the required planting scheme achieves its objective in respect of assisting the development in integrating into an area of open and prominent countryside, in accordance with Policies CF7 and E27 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policies EM7 and NE3 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

9.      To prevent loose material being dragged onto the public highway, in the interests of highway safety, in accordance with Policy CF7 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policy EMP7 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

10.    To prevent loose material being dragged onto the public highway, in the interests of highway safety, in accordance with Policy CF7 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policy EMP7 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).

11.    To minimise surface water run-off onto the adjoining highway, in accordance with Policy E8 of the Burnley Local Plan, Second Review (2006) and Policy CC4 of Burnley's Local Plan, Submission Document (July 2017).