Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Tolmie-Thompson, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Malcolm Cullimore, Chairman of Donhead St Andrew Parish Council, spoke in support of the application.

The Area Development Manager introduced a report which recommended permission be refused. The key issues were stated to include the principle of development, the design and scale of the proposals and impact upon neighbour amenity.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer.

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their views to the public, as detailed above.

The Local Member, Councillor Tony Deane, then spoke in support of the application.

A discussion followed, where the impact from the proposal if screened by hedges was assessed, and the design including the proposed dormer windows was raised.

After debate, it was,

Resolved:

To GRANT planning permission subject to the following conditions:

1)    The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of 26th June 2012.

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)    The bat roost and associated access points within the roof space of the garage hereby permitted shall be maintained in perpetuity. The roof space of the garage shall be designated as a bat roost and shall not at any time be occupied as or converted to habitable accommodation.

REASON: In the interest of preserving protected species.

3)    The development hereby permitted shall not be first occupied until the first five metres of the splayed access, measured from the edge of the carriageway, has been consolidated and surfaces (not loose stone or gravel). The access shall be maintained as such thereafter.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

4)    The gradient of the access shall not at any point be steeper than 1 in 15 for a distance of 6.5 metres from its junction with the public highway.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5)    Any gates to close the access shall be set back a minimum distance of 6.5m from the carriageway edge.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

6)    No construction or demolition work shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays or outside the hours of 07:30 to 18:00 on weekdays and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays.

REASON: In the interest of public amenity.

7)    No burning of waste shall take place on the site during the demolition or construction phase of the development.

REASON: In the interest of public amenity.

8)    A new bat roost will be constructed in accordance with the recommendations for mitigation in section 5.0 and Appendix iii of the Bat Update Report (David Leach Ecological Surveys, June 2012) and all bat mitigation features will be maintained solely for use by bats for the lifetime of the development. The house shall not be occupied until a record has been submitted to and approved by the council to confirm that the aforementioned mitigation has been implemented to the satisfaction of a professional bat ecologist.

REASON: In the interest of preserving protected species.

9)    The existing dwelling known as Brickyard Corner House shall be demolished and all of the demolition materials and debris resulting there from shall be removed from the site within 3 months of the date of first occupation of the new dwelling house hereby approved.

REASON:  The application site lies within the countryside where both Local and National policies restrict the creation of new dwellings unless the need is sufficiently proven in policy terms.

10)The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

DRG No. 130108-01  (March 13)                 28/03/2013

DRG No. 130108-10  Rev A (March 13)    28/03/2013

DRG No. 130108-12 Rev C (June 13)       16/09/2013

DRG No. 130108-13 Rev C (July 13)         30/07/2013

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

INFORMATIVE:  The permission should be read in conjunction with the Discharge of Condition Application letter dated 26/04/2013 which discharged conditions 2, 3, 4 and 12 of the original planning application S/2012/0223/FULL.