Property description

Royal Fox is very pleased to offer for sale this plot of land situated in a most desirable residential district and having the benefit of planning consent (Rossendale Borough Council Planning Office application no: 2009/0612) for two, 3 bedroom detached houses, with associated drive, internal garage and gardens.

Part 2 - Particulars Of Decision
Rossendale Borough Council hereby give notice that planning permission has been granted for the execution of works referred to in Part 1 hereof in accordance with the application and plans submitted subject to the following conditions and reasons:1The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission. Reason for Condition: Required by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase 2004 Act.2The development shall be carried out in accordance with drawing numbers 08-017-05-G, 08-017-06-C, 08-017-07-D & 08-017-08-D, and date stamped 11 Dec 2012, unless subsequently amended and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Reason for Condition:To ensure the development complies with the approved plans and for the avoidance of doubt.3Any construction works associated with the development hereby approved shall not take place except between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm Monday to Friday and 8:00 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays. No construction shall take place on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day or Bank Holidays. Reason for Condition: To safeguard the amenities of nearby residential properties, in accordance with PPG24 - Noise and policy DC1 of the adopted Rossendale District Local Plan.4The bin storage, cycle parking and solar panel details hereby approved shall provided prior to the development first being occupied and thereafter maintained for as long as the use remains in existence. Reason for Condition: To ensure sustainable development and to prevent the proliferation and untidy accumulation of bins in the interest of visual amenity pursuant to Policy DC1 - Development Criteria of the Rossendale District Local Plan.5The car parking spaces including the garages as shown on plan 08-017-05-F shall be provided and made available for use prior to the development hereby approved first being occupied and shall thereafter be maintained free of obstruction and available for use in perpetuity. Reason for Condition: To ensure adequate off-street parking within the site in the interest of highway safety pursuant to policy DC1 of the Rossendale District Local Plan.6Prior to the commencement of development on site, there shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their approval, a programme of archaeological work. The implementation of the programme of work must be carried out in full accordance with the agreed details and prior to the commencement of development on site. Reason for Condition: To ensure and safeguard the recording and inspection of matters of archaeological/historical importance associated with the site in accordance with RSS policy EM1 and policy DC1 of the Rossendale District Local Plan.7Prior to the commencement of development on site, samples of the natural stone and natural slate to be used in constructing the development, and details of the materials to be used in the hard-surfaced external areas, including driveways, to be constructed in a permeable surface shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be constructed in accordance with the approved samples and details and thereafter maintained in perpetuity. Reason for Condition: In the interest of visual amenity to accord with Policy DC 1 of the adopted Rossendale District Local Plan.8Prior to the commencement of development on site, a detailed scheme of landscaping shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Any planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the development hereby approved first being occupied and any trees or shrubs which within a period of 5 years of planting 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 consent to any variation. Reason for Condition: In the interests of visual amenity to accord with Policy DC1 of the Rossendale District Local Plan.9Prior to the commencement of development on site, a precautionary repeat ecological survey of the site should be conducted, as recommended in the bat report dated 28/10/2009, and should be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The development should be carried out in accordance with the approved re-survey document and the recommendations given in paragraphs 10.2 - 10.8 of the bat report dated 14/08/2009 unless otherwise amended having regard to the re-survey document. Reason for Condition: In the interests of safeguarding species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1984.

Part 2 - Particulars Of Decision (continued)
10Prior to the commencement of development on site:a. A Phase II site investigation shall be carried out and the results submitted to, and approved in writing by, the LPAb. Should the Phase II investigations indicate that remediation is necessary, then a Remediation Statement shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the LPA. The remedial scheme in the approved Remediation Statement shall then be carried out in accordance with approved details.c. Should remediation be required, a Site Completion Report detailing the conclusions and actions taken at each stage of the works including validation works shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the LPA prior to the first use or occupation of that part of the development hereby approved. Reason : To ensure the site is suitable for its end use and the wider environment and does not create undue risks to site users or neighbours during the course of the development, to accord with Policy E7 of the adopted Rossendale District Local Plan.

Summary Of Reasons For Approval
The scheme is acceptable in principle in relation to housing policy and contaminated land and would not be detrimental to neither visual or residential nor highway safety and therefore accords with PPS1, PPS3 and PPS23, RSS polices DP1-7&9, RT2 & 4 and EM1 and the following policies of the Rossendale District Local Plan DS1, DC1 and DC4 and the RBC - Interim Housing Policy Statement - July 2008.

Summary Of Policies
Summary of the policies and proposals in the Development Plan(s) which are relevant to the decisionRossendale District Local Plan DS1 - Urban BoundaryDC1 - Development CriteriaDC4 - MaterialsE1 - GreenlandsE4 - Tree PreservationRegional Spatial Strategy (adopted 2008)Policy DP 1 Spatial PrinciplesPolicy DP 2 Promote Sustainable CommunitiesPolicy DP 3 Promote Sustainable Economic DevelopmentPolicy DP 4 Make the Best Use of Existing Resources and InfrastructurePolicy DP 5 Manage Travel Demand; Reduce the Need to Travel, and Increase AccessibilityPolicy DP 6 Marry Opportunity and NeedPolicy DP 7 Promote Environmental QualityPolicy DP 9 Reduce Emissions and Adapt to Climate ChangePolicy L 2 Understanding Housing MarketsPolicy RT 2 Managing Travel DemandPolicy RT4 Management of the Highway NetworkPolicy EM 1 Integrated Enhancement and Protection of the Region's Environmental AssetsPolicy EM 17 Renewable EnergyDate: 12 February 2010Development Control Town Centre OfficesRawtenstall, BB4 7LZNeil BirtlesPrincipal Planning Officer

Notes
NotesThis permission refers only to that required under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and does not include any consent or approval under any other enactment, byelaw, order, regulation or Act. This consent does not constitute Listed Building Consent. Appeal If the applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the Local Planning Authority to refuse permission or approval for the proposed development, or to grant permission or approval subject to conditions, he or she may appeal to the Secretary of State in accordance with sections 78 and 79 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within six months of the date of this notice. (Appeals must be made on a form which is obtainable from The Planning Inspectorate, Customer Support Unit, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN or from the web site www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk). The Secretary of State has the power to allow a longer period for the giving of a notice of appeal but he will not normally be prepared to exercise this power unless there are special circumstances which excuse the delay in giving notice of appeal. The Secretary of Sate is not required to entertain an appeal if it appears to him that permission for the proposed development could not have been so granted otherwise than subject to the conditions imposed by the Council. Appeals that are pursued unreasonably may be the subject of an award of costs in accordance with the provision of Circular 8/93.Purchase NoticesIf either the Local Planning Authority or the Secretary of State refuses permission to develop land or grants it subject to conditions, the owner may claim that he can neither put the land to a reasonably beneficial use in its existing state nor can he render the land capable of a reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted. In these circumstances, the owner may serve a purchase notice on the Council in whose area the land is situated. This notice will require the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provision of Part VI of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Property Features :

• Plot Of Land
• Consent Granted
• App No 2009/0612
• 3 Years From 11/12/2009
• For 2 Detached Dwellings