The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning and Development.

In introducing the application, the Major Projects Manager advised the Committee that he wished to amend the second sentence of recommended condition 4 (Enhancement of Biodiversity) to read:

The scheme shall consist of the enhancement of biodiversity through at least one integrated methods into the design and appearance of the extension/outbuilding by means such as swift bricks, bat tubes or bee bricks, and through the provision within the site curtilage such as bird boxes, bat boxes, bug hotels, log piles, wildflower planting and hedgehog corridors.

RESOLVED:

1.  That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report, as amended by the Major Projects Manager when introducing the application, with the amendment of condition 5 (Optimum Energy and Water Efficiency) to require the incorporation of renewable energy generation measures and investigation of the potential for an electric vehicle charging point.

2.  That the Head of Planning and Development be given delegated powers to finalise the wording of the amended conditions.

Voting:  11 – For  0 – Against  2 – Abstentions