The Chief Planning Officer submitted a report concerning an application for planning permission for the retention of condensing unit to eastern elevation of petrol service station and existing hard and soft landscaping (amendment to approved application 78835/FULL/2012).

It was moved and seconded that consideration of the application be deferred for further negotiations.

The motion was put to the vote and declared lost.

            RESOLVED: That planning permission be granted subject to the following:-

            Condition 3 be replaced with:

            Notwithstanding the submitted details, and within one month from the date of this planning permission, a scheme to further attenuate the audible effects of the condenser unit located on the eastern elevation of the Petrol Filling station kiosk shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include a BS 4142 assessment and ensure that any proposed acoustic treatment achieves a rating level of 10dB below background at the nearest residential receptor. The background noise should be measured at the quietest time that the plant would be operating, and there should be no distinguishable tonal or impulsive element. Thereafter, the scheme shall be implemented within one month of the date of approval by the Local Planning Authority, and retained thereafter.

            Reason: To ensure the amenity of surrounding residents are protected, having regards to Proposal L7 of the Trafford Core Strategy.

            Condition 4 be replaced with the following landscaping conditions:

(a)        Notwithstanding the details submitted to date, no development shall take place until revised details of both hard and soft landscaping works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The revised details shall provide for mature shrub and tree planting to screen the site, including the presence of delivery vehicles, storage trollies and refuse from the residential properties to the north east of the site; and to screen the condenser unit enclosure and any additional attenuation measures required as part of this planning permission from 228 Marsland Road and 19 Glenthorn Grove. The details shall include any proposed changes to existing ground levels, means of enclosure and boundary treatment, hard surfaced areas and materials, planting plans specifications and schedules (including planting size, species and numbers/densities), existing plants to be retained, and shall show how account has been taken of any underground services. Details shall also be provided as to the height to which the shrub and tree screen to the properties bounding the site shall be subsequently maintained.

(b)        The landscaping works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details within the next available planting season.

(c)        The tree and shrub screen to the properties bounding the site to the east and north east shall thereafter be retained at the height agreed under part (a) of this condition.

(d)    Any trees or shrubs planted or retained in accordance with this condition which are removed, uprooted, destroyed, die or become severely damaged or become seriously diseased within 5 years of planting shall be replaced within the next planting season by trees or shrubs of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

                Reason:  To ensure that the site is satisfactorily landscaped having regard to its location and the nature of the proposed development and having regard to Policies L4, L7, R2 and R3 of the Trafford Core Strategy and Policies DP2, DP7 and EM1 of the Revised Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS published 2008).

            No development shall take place until a schedule of landscape maintenance for a minimum period of 5 years has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The schedule shall provide for the retention of trees and shrubs at a height which shall first be first approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the implementation of this planning permission. It shall also include details of the arrangements for the implementation of the maintenance regime. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved schedule.

        Reason:  To ensure that the site is satisfactorily landscaped having regard to its location and the nature of the proposed development having regard to  Policies L4, L7, R2 and R3 of the Trafford Core Strategy and Policies DP2, DP7 and EM1 of the Revised Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS published 2008).