Decision
URL: https://democracy.ribblevalley.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1268
Decision Maker:
Outcome: Recommendations Approved
Is Key Decision?: No
Is Callable In?: No
Purpose:
Content: Councillors M French and M Sutcliffe left the meeting and took no part in the debate or the vote. Mr M Byrne spoke in support of the application. Councillor R Corney was given permission to speak and spoke against the application. RESOLVED THAT COMMITTEE: Grant planning permission with the following condition(s): 1. The development must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission. REASON: Required to be imposed by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. 2. The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in conformity with the following submitted plans and reports received by the Local Planning Authority unless prohibited by any other condition. Plans • Block Location Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 101 • (Amended) Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 06 REV D (received 07.07.2025) • (Amended) Proposed Side Access Detail Drawing No: 1749 – 12 REV E (received 07.07.2025) • Proposed First Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 07 • Proposed Front Elevation Drawing No: 1749 - 08 • (Amended) Proposed Side Elevation Drawing No: 1749 – 09 REV A (received 07.07.2025) • Proposed Rear Elevation Drawing No: 1749 – 10 • Proposed Cycle Storage Drawing No: 1749 – 13 (received 07.07.2025) • (Amended) General Design Statement July 2025 (received 09.07.2025) • Katana Planning: Planning Statement May 2025 REASON: For the avoidance of doubt as the proposal was the subject of agreed design improvements and/or amendments and to clarify which plans are relevant to the consent. 3. The development hereby approved shall be carried out in complete accordance with the sound mitigation / attenuation measures detailed within the section titled: "Action Required to Comply with Approved Documents" of the submitted noise sound insulation scheme titled "Acoustic Insulation Assessment and Specification" dated 10 May 2024 and carried out by PD Construction Consultants. The approved sound mitigation/attenuation measures shall be installed in strict accordance with the approved details prior to the use hereby approved first becoming operative and thereafter retained. REASON: In order that the Local Planning Authority may ensure that the activities associated with the proposal are appropriate to the locality and to protect the residential amenities of nearby residents / occupiers. 4. Refuse storage for the development hereby approved shall be provided in accordance with the details as shown on (Amended) Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 – 06 REV D (received 07.07.2025) prior to the use hereby approved first becoming operative and thereafter retained. All refuse and recycling bins shall be stored within the confines of the application property at all times, save for when they need to be presented on the street on bin collection day(s). REASON: To ensure the provision of satisfactory facilities for the storage of refuse and recycling and in the interests of public safety. 5. Cycle storage for the development hereby approved shall be provided and retained in accordance with the details as shown on (Amended) Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 06 REV D (received 07.07.2025) and Proposed Cycle Storage Drawing No: 1749 – 13 (received 07.07.2025) prior to the use hereby approved first becoming operative and thereafter retained. REASON: To allow for the promotion of sustainable forms of transport and aid social inclusion. 6. Details of the proposed mechanical extraction to serve the property’s bin store area shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the use hereby approved first becoming operative and thereafter retained. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. REASON: In order that the Local Planning Authority may ensure that the detailed design of the proposal is appropriate to the locality and that any externally mounted equipment is not of detriment to the residential amenities of nearby occupiers or visual amenities of the area. 7. The house in multiple occupation hereby approved shall have no more than six bedrooms as marked on approved plans (Amended) Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 06 REV D (received 07.07.2025) and Proposed First Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 07, with each of the bedrooms occupied as single rooms only and not exceeding one bedspace. The areas hereby approved as kitchen / dining and cycle storage / laundry room space shall not be laid out with bed-space provision. REASON: Occupation above that listed above would result in overly intensive use of the property to the detriment of the amenity of future occupiers and nearby neighbours as well as the character and function of the immediate area. 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) or any subsequent re-enactment, the approved use shall only be used as a small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) for up to six occupants. REASON: To clarify the permitted use of the property. Occupation above that listed above would result in overly intensive use of the property to the detriment of the amenity of future occupiers and nearby neighbours as well as the character and function of the immediate area. 9. Communal space for the development hereby approved shall be provided and retained in accordance with the details as shown on (Amended) Proposed Ground Floor Plan Drawing No: 1749 - 06 REV D (received 07.07.2025) prior to the use hereby approved first becoming operative and thereafter retained. REASON: To ensure that future occupants have appropriate communal space provision. Councillors M French and M Sutcliffe returned to the meeting.
Date of Decision: July 24, 2025