Agenda item

Proposal:                   Change of use of land from agricultural to burial site 

Location:                    Land at Folkingham Farm, unclassified country road (extending from Aveland Way), Aslackby, Sleaford

Case Officer:             Phil Jordan

Recommendation:   To approve the application subject to conditions

Proposal:        Change of use of land from agricultural to burial site

Location:        Land at Folkingham Farm, Unclassified country road (extending from Aveland Way, Aslackby, Sleaford

Decision:        To approve the application subject to conditions

Noting comments made during the public speaking session by:

Together with:

·         No comment from the SKDC Arboricultural Consultant

·         No objection from the Environment Agency

·         No comments from SKDC’s Environmental Protection Services

·         Comments from Heritage Lincolnshire

·         No comment received from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

·         Comments from Aslackby and Laughton Parish Council

·         No objection from Lincolnshire County Council Highways and SUDS Support

·         No objection and comments from Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board

·         4 representations received as a result of public consultation, together with two further representations, both sent from the same resident, that were received following the publication of the agenda

·         Provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework and the South Kesteven Core Strategy and supplementary planning documents

·         Site visit observations

·         Comments made by members at the meeting

It was proposed, seconded and agreed that the application be approved for the summary of reasons set out in the case officer’s report and subject also to the following conditions:

Time Limit for Commencement

1       The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Approved Plans

2       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following list of approved plans:

          i. Drawing No. F2891 - 01A received 22 January 2019

          Unless otherwise required by another condition of this permission.

Before the Development is Occupied

3       Before any part of the development hereby permitted is brought into use, the parking and turning area shall have been constructed in accordance with the approved details on Drawing No. F2891 - 01A received 22 January 2019 and shall be retained as such and for no other purpose thereafter.

4       Before the end of the first planting/seeding season following the first use of any part of the development hereby permitted, all soft landscape works shall have been carried out in accordance with the approved soft landscaping details on Drawing No. F2891 - 01A received 22 January 2019.

Ongoing Conditions

5       Notwithstanding the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 2, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that Order with or without modification), no gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure shall be constructed within or on the boundary of the curtilage of the site without Planning Permission first having been granted by the Local Planning Authority.

6       The green burial site, hereby permitted, must be operated in strict accordance with the details in the site management plan dated 5 April 2019 from JHG Planning Consultancy Ltd.

7       Within a period of five years from the first use of the development hereby permitted, any trees or plants provided as part of the approved soft landscaping scheme, die or become, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective, shall be replaced in the first planting season following any such loss with a specimen of the same size and species as was approved in condition above unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority.