Agenda item

Public Participation:

•      Joanna Harrison, local resident, spoke in objection to the application

•      DicconCarpendale, planning agent, spoke in support of the application

•      Caroline Leatham, applicant, spoke in support of the application

•      Charles Bowen, Hindon Parish Council, spoke in support of the application

The Planning Officer introduced the report which recommended refusal with reasons.  He explained that the planning application was to carry out alterations and the construction of a first floor rear extension. 

Members of the Committee were informed that the proposed extension, by reason of its positioning, would lead to the loss of historic fabric and the sense of the scale of the building, and its size and design, would harm the character and setting of the listed building and, in turn, the character of Hindon Conservation Area.

Members then raised a number of technical issues in relation to previous application refused for the property and materials to be used in the construction of the flat roof.

Members of the public then had the opportunity to address the Committee with their views, as detailed above.

The local member, Councillor Bridget Wayman, then spoke in support of the application.

The Committee then considered the application and debated a number of issues.  It was felt that the listing, although it encompassed the whole building, mainly focused on the facade of the building rather than the rear of the property, where the proposed extension would be built.  A number of members were aware that the applicants personal circumstances should not be a factor in determining the application even though they were sympathetic to the reasons for the application. 

Resolved:

That Planning Permission be GRANTED with officers delegated to agree the conditions in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and local member.  The agreed conditions are as detailed below:

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

REASON:  To comply with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICIES:  Saved policies H16, G2, D3, C5, CN8, CN11 and CN3 of the Salisbury District Local Plan (which are ‘saved’ policies of the adopted South Wiltshire Core Strategy).

3.The first floor window in the south western (rear) elevation serving the bathroom shall be glazed with obscure glass only prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted and shall be permanently maintained as such at all times thereafter.

REASON:  In the interests of residential amenity and privacy.

POLICY:  Saved policy G2 (General Criteria for Development) of The Salisbury District Local Plan (which is a ‘saved’ policy of the adopted South Wiltshire Core Strategy).

4. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plan:

Proposed rear elevation, proposed cross section, proposed first floor plan, proposed roof plan, proposed ground floor plan, site location plan, existing rear elevation, existing cross section, existing first floor plan, existing second floor plan, existing ground floor plan, elevation of bathroom window, typical section of proposed new sash window jamb and typical section through proposed new sash window:  Drawing reference:  2002 / 11 D  Date drawn:  December 2013  Date received by Wiltshire Council:  17/04/2013

REASON:  For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.