Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Licensing Committee held 20th March 2023

The council suggests the following further sections should be included in order to accurately assess impact to the environment:

·         Transport impact outside the site, sustainable travel options and benefits, construction traffic, and their respective air pollution impacts.

·         Daylight Sunlight Overshadowing on existing residential and commercial buildings.

·         Views from the Booths Mere which include Lime Walk and Delmar Road to Birch Grove. Water and flooding should include overflow onto neighbouring land by Booths Mere.

·         The ecology surveys should be broadened to include more species, and assessment of ground conditions given the proximity to Mere.

·         The impact of utilities installations to and within the site.

Leylandii hedge on south and west sides of the garden to be reduced in height down to 5 meters keeping pivacy but allowing more light to other properties affected by this hedge. Marked in yellow on the plans. Two conifers on south boundry to be topped in line with hedge down to five meters marked in green on the plan again to allow light back to neighbouring properties.

T1 – Large Sycamore – 3 low limbs under 150 mm in diameter over the roof; remove back to the trunk. Reduce the longer limbs in the mid canopy overhanging the garage by approximately 2.5 metres.

Mixed trees at the rear of the paddock area 1.Beech – Reduce longer limbs on the field side of the tree by upto 4 metres. Shape other lower limbs on the field side by upto 3 metres. 2.Beech – Reduce the lower 50% of the canopy by upto 3 metres, prune other secondary limbs to balance as required. 3.Beech – Reduce the lower 50% of the canopy by upto 3 metres, prune other secondary limbs to balance as required. 4.Beech – Reduce the lower 50% of the canopy by upto 3 metres, prune other secondary limbs to balance as required. 5.Sycamore – Remove one low limb. 6.Beech – Reduce longer limbs over the field by 3 metres. 7.Leaning Beech – Reduce the tree back to inside the line of the other trees (leaving the tree as a stump) 8.5x Beech – Reduce lateral limbs on the field side by 2.5-3 metres.

Oak, left side of property, reduce in height by 4 m and reduce all the lateral branches by approximately 50% to produce a framework of branches. Reason: The tree has been dying back for a few seasons. Harder pruning may encourage the tree to regenerate with a smaller crown. Scots Pine left boundary, reduce both sections of the large limb that extends over the neighbouring property by 2.5 – 3 m to reduce overhang Reason: To reduce overhang

The application seeks to approve alterations to the filed ground floor retail plan by way of changes to the till points.

Late Night Refreshment – Monday – Sunday – 23:00 – 00:00

Supply of Alcohol – Monday – Sunday – 10:00 – 00:00