Agenda item

Construction of two open round barrows and a grass covered barrow for the placement of cremation urns, access path and landscaping.

Matthew Lymn Rose of A W Lymn The Family Funeral Service (The Applicant), spoke in support of the application.

The Principal Planning Officer provided an update to the committee in respect of paragraph 7.14 of the report, which stated that the Section106 legal agreement would ensure that if planning permission were to be granted, works could not commence on the current proposal until the previous proposal was substantially complete, but that it should read that if planning permission were to be granted, the current proposal could not be brought into use until the previous planning permission was substantially complete.

She added that the site location plan on page 19 of the public document pack was incorrect and then presented the correct plan to the committee.

She then went on to introduce the report.

RESOLVED:

To Grant Planning Permission, subject to the signing of a Section 106 legal agreement and subject to the following conditions:

Conditions

 1       The development must be begun not later than three years beginning with the date of this permission.

 2       The development hereby permitted shall be completed in accordance with the following drawings and documents, received 22nd December 2023;-

Application forms

Drawing no. 2019-18-05 Elevations

Drawing no. 2019-18-04 Sections

Drawing no. 2019-18-02 C Proposed site plan and site location plan

 3       No development shall be commenced until details of the materials identified below have been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. Development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details.  Facing stonework, Internal pathway and circulation area.

Reasons

 1       In order to comply with Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 2       For the avoidance of doubt

 3       In the interests of visual amenity

Reasons for Decision

Appropriate facilities associated with cemeteries and burial grounds are an appropriate form of development within the Green Belt, subject to not conflicting with the purposes of including land within it e.g. openness considerations. The scheme has been re-designed to the minimum built-form necessary. However, there is still some built-form and the proposal does still have some impact on the openness of the Green Belt, albeit now limited. However, the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt, due to this impact on the openness of the Green Belt. Very special circumstances exist which outweigh other policy considerations. These relate mostly to the need for such a facility within the area but also the link to the existing cemetery permission and the need for a rural location. As such, the proposal complies with paragraphs 152 and 153 of the NPPF.The proposal does not have an unacceptable impact on the visual amenity or landscape character of the area, residential amenity, highway safety, designated heritage assets, ecological considerations or ground water.As such, the proposal complies with the NPPF, Policies A, 1, 3, 10, 11 and 17 of the ACS, Policies 6, 19, 26, 30, 32, 57 and 61of the LPD and Policies ISF1, ISF2, ISF3, BE1, BE5, NE3, NE4 and NE5 of the Calverton Neighbourhood Plan.

Notes to Applicant

Planning Statement - The Borough Council has worked positively and proactively with the applicant in accordance with paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework. During the processing of the application there were no problems for which the Local Planning Authority had to seek a solution in relation to this application.

The proposed development lies within a coal mining area which may contain unrecorded coal mining related hazards. If any coal mining feature is encountered during development, this should be reported immediately to The Coal Authority on 0845 762 6848. Further information is also available on The Coal Authority website at www.coal.decc.gov.uk.Property specific summary information on past, current and future coal mining activity can be obtained from The Coal Authority's Property Search Service on 0845 762 6848 or at www.groundstability.com

The applicant is advised that all planning permissions granted on or after 16th October 2015 may be subject to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Full details of CIL are available on the Council's website. The proposed development has been assessed and it is the Council's view that CIL is not payable on the development hereby approved as the development type proposed is zero rated in this location.