Agenda item

Change of use of land and erection of 3 no. glamping domes, erection of service hut, bike store and construction of associated access track, car park, refuse/recycling facilities, associated landscaping, footpaths, fencing and ground-mounted solar panels at Burley Fields Farm, Bent Lane, Darley Dale, DE4 2HN.

The Principal Planning Officer gave a presentation showing details of the application and photographs of the site and surroundings.

 

The Committee visited the site prior to the meeting to allow Members to appreciate the proposal in the context of its surroundings.

 

In accordance with the procedure for public participation, Cllr. Jason Farmer (Darley Dale Town Council) and Ms Georgina Mosley (Applicant) spoke in support of the application.

 

Consultation responses were set out in section 5 of the report.

 

It was moved by Councillor Marilyn Franks, seconded by Councillor Peter Slack and

 

RESOLVED

 

That planning permission be approved with the following conditions:

 

1)    The development hereby permitted must be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. Reason: This is a statutory period which is specified in Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

2)    The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out other than in accordance with the following approved plans and subject to the following conditions or modifications.

 

Location Plan - 220224-01-01

Proposed Layout Plan - 220224-01-02

Proposed Drainage Plan - 220224-01-04

Dome Plan and Elevations - 220224-01-05

Bike Store Plan and Elevations 220224-01-08

Road and Access Plan - 220224-01-09

Proposed Lighting Plan - 220224-01-10

Bike Store Plan and Elevations - 220224-01-12

 

Reason:

For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of the proper planning of the area.

 

3)    A Landscape and Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (LBEP) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of the development. The aim of the LBEP is to enhance and sympathetically manage the biodiversity value of onsite habitats and should combine both the ecology and landscape disciplines. The plan should clearly demonstrate a net gain for biodiversity through use of a biodiversity metric. It shall be suitable to provide to the management body responsible for the site and shall include the following:

 

a)    Description and location of features to be retained, created, enhanced and managed.

b)    Aims and objectives of management.

c)    Appropriate management methods and practices to achieve aims and objectives.

d)    Prescriptions for management actions.

e)    Preparation of a work schedule (including a five-year work plan capable of being rolled forward in perpetuity).

f)     Details of the body or organization responsible for implementation of the plan.

g)    A monitoring schedule to assess the success of the enhancement measures.

h)    A set of remedial measures to be applied if conservation aims and objectives of the plan are not being met.

i)      Habitat enhancements for species, for example, bat and bird boxes.

j)      Requirement for a statement of compliance upon completion of planting and enhancement works. The LBEP shall also include details of the legal and funding mechanism(s) by which the long-term implementation of the plan will be secured by the developer with the management body(ies) responsible for its delivery. The development shall not be carried out or occupied other than in accordance with the approved details.

Reason:

To ensure that the development delivers biodiversity net gain in accordance with the requirements of policy PD2 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

4)    All excavations shall be covered overnight or else have an escape ramp to prevent entrapment of badgers, hedgehogs and other wildlife. All pipework greater than 150 mm shall be blanked off at the end of the day and chemicals shall be stored securely. Topsoil mounds shall be checked for badger activity prior to removal or re-use. An ecologist shall be contacted if any evidence of badger activity is found within the application area during development.

Reason:

To conserve local wildlife during construction in accordance with policy PD2 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017). Page 3 of 7 23/00459/FUL

 

5)    Notwithstanding the approved plans, no part of the development hereby approved shall be occupied until a scheme of hard and soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The landscaping scheme shall include the following details: i. Proposed trees, hedges and defined limits of shrubs and grass areas; ii. numbers of trees and shrubs in each position with size of stock, species and variety and grass seed mix; iii. types of enclosure (hedges, fences, walls etc); iv. regraded contours and details of changes in level; and v. access, access track, hard surface area for parking and any pedestrian paths.

Reason:

To ensure that the development incorporates appropriate planting and landscaping to conserve the site and its setting within the landscape in accordance with policies PD1, PD5 and PD6 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

6)    All hard and soft landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details (subject of condition 8). All hard landscaping works shall be completed prior to the first occupation of any part of the development and all planting shall be carried out within the first planting season following the first occupation of any part of the development. Any trees or plants, either existing or planted pursuant to the landscaping works which, within a period of five years of the completion of the development, die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the following planting seasons with others of similar size and species or in accordance with details which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:

To ensure that the development protects existing trees and hedges and incorporates appropriate replacement planting and landscaping which conserves the site and its setting within the landscape in accordance with policies PD1, PD5 and PD6 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

7)    The foul and surface water drainage shall be installed and operational before the first occupation of the development hereby approved. Reason: To protect the water environment in accordance with policy PD9 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

8)    The development shall not be occupied until the access track and parking areas have been laid out, constructed and are available for use. Thereafter the access and track shall be available for their designated use throughout the lifetime of the development hereby approved.

Reason:

In the interests of amenity and highway safety.

 

9)    No external lighting shall be installed (other than in accordance with the approved plans) other than in accordance with details which shall have first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:

To minimise the impact of the development upon the landscape and the setting of the Peak District National Park in accordance with policy PD5 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

10) The colour finish of the surfacing material for the glamping domes shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to installation. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and the surfacing material shall be installed before the first occupation of the development.

Reason:

To minimise the impact of the development upon the landscape in accordance with policy PD5 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

11) The electric vehicle charge points shall be installed and operational before the first occupation of the development.

Reason:

To ensure that the charge points are installed to mitigate the impacts of climate change in accordance with policy PD7 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

12) The glamping domes hereby approved shall be used solely for the purposes of temporary holiday accommodation and shall not at any time be occupied as permanent residential accommodation. No person shall occupy the glamping pods for a continuous period of more than 28 days in any calendar year or more than a total of 8 weeks in a calendar year and it shall not be re-occupied by the same person/s within 28 days following the end of that period. The owner shall maintain a register of occupants for each calendar year which shall be made available for inspection by the Local Planning Authority upon request.

Reason:

The development is not considered appropriate other than as a holiday facility because it is outside any settlement framework boundary and does not accord with the development plan policies for general housing, namely policies S1 and S4 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

13) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no tent, caravan or habitable building or structure shall be sited or erected on the site (other than those expressly authorised by this permission) without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority upon an application submitted to it.

Reason:

To ensure that the Local Planning Authority retains control over the extent and nature of the use and impacts to ensure that the development conserves the site and its setting within the landscape in accordance with policies PD1 and PD5 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

14) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no development required by the conditions of a site licence for the time being in force under the 1960 Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act shall be carried out or erected on the site without an application for planning permission having first been made to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:

To ensure that the Local Planning Authority retains control over the extent and nature of the use and impacts to ensure that the development conserves the site and its setting within the landscape in accordance with policies PD1 and PD5 of the Adopted Derbyshire Dales Local Plan (2017).

 

Voting

 

14 For

00 Against

01 Abstentions

 

The Chair declared the motion CARRIED.