Agenda item

Proposal: Erection of 18no. fixed self-storage units

Location: Secure Self Storage (a1) Ltd, Great North Road, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, NG33 5JJ

Recommendation: To authorise the Assistant Director – Planning & Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions

Proposal: Erection of 18no. fixed self-storage units

Location: Secure Self Storage (a1) Ltd, Great North Road, Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, NG33 5JJ

Recommendation: To authorise the Assistant Director – Planning & Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions

 

Noting comments in the public speaking session by:

 

District Ward Councillor             Councillor David Bellamy (Statement)            

 

Together with:

 

·       Provisions within SKDC Local Plan 2011-2036 and National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

·       Comments received from Colsterworth Parish Council.

·       Comments received from Lincolnshire County Council Highways and Sustainable Drainage.

·       Comments received from National Highways.

·       No comments received from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue

 

The following comments were made by public speakers:

 

·       Concern was raised around hours of operation and visiting times to the site. It was felt these should be restricted to daytime.

·       That a field to the south of the proposed site was an allocate site given planning permission in 2019 for residential properties.

·       That the amenity of residents future and present was paramount.

·       The Parish Council were concerned around noise and light causing disturbance at night, which could cause a fear of crime.

 

During questions to officers and debate, the following comments were made:

 

·       Whether security and the sites proximity to the A1 could be considered.

 

The Development Management Planner confirmed the boundary treatment, and security gates would remain on site. Users of the site would be given an access code to gain entry to the site. This was the same arrangement as previously.

 

·       Clarification was sought around why the site was seeking planning permission, if it’s previous use was a storage site.

 

It was confirmed the storage structures being proposed to build were operational development and would be block work built with steel cladding.

 

·       One Member sought clarification around a housing estate to the south of the site, the housing estate was not shown on the plans within the reports.

 

The ordinance survey that the Planning department based their mapping on for reports had not been updated and therefore, did not include this residential development. The Committee were shown visual plans of the housing development. There was already sound mitigation between the housing development and the proposed site, due to noise from the A1.

 

·       It was suggested whether hours of operation, noise and access could be conditioned, given the residential development nearby.

 

The site had an existing lawful development certificate which confirms its existing lawful use meaning it was unrestricted as a self-store site, with 24/7 operation. The site had been a lawful storage site since 2002, where the outline planning application would have previously assessed noise mitigation.

 

·       One Member felt the proposed site would encroach onto the residential development running parallel.

·       A query was raised on whether there would be a traffic management plan put into place and whether this would provide any safety mechanism for users re-joining the A1.

 

It was clarified the traffic management plan was for the duration of construction only. Upon completion of the development, National Highways had not requested a permanent traffic management plan. 

 

It was proposed, seconded and AGREED to authorise the Assistant Director – Planning & Growth to GRANT planning permission, subject to conditions:

 

Time Limit

 

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

 

Reason: In order that the development is commenced in a timely manner, as set out in Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

 

Approved Plans

 

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

 

i.               Amended Proposed Site Plan – dwg no. DB/RB/26/238/01 rev A – received 13/04/26

ii.              Proposed Floor and Elevation Plan – dwg no. DB-RB-26-238-02 – received 16/03/26

iii.             Site Location Plan – received 16/03/26

 

Unless otherwise required by another condition of this permission.

 

Reason: To define the permission and for the avoidance of doubt.

Before the development is commenced

 

3. No part of the development hereby approved shall commence until a Construction Traffic Management Plan has been submitted and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority (in consultation with the Highway Authority for the A1 Trunk Road). The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the agreed Construction Traffic Management Plan.

 

Reason: To mitigate any adverse impact from the development on the A1 Trunk Road in accordance with DfT Circular 01/2022

 

 

 

Before the development is occupied

 

3.    Before any part of the development hereby permitted is occupied/brought into use, the external elevations shall have been completed using only the materials stated in the planning application forms and approved drawings unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory appearance to the development and in accordance with Policy DE1 of the adopted South Kesteven Local Plan.