Agenda item

14/01088/FUL - Hersanmine, Scotts Hill, Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury, SP7 9EP

A site visit has been arranged for Committee Members at 15:00 on the day of the meeting.

Minutes:

Public Participation

Mr Barry Sullivan spoke in objection to the application.

Lisa Jackson, Mr Richard Lee and Mr Peter Lucas (applicant) spoke in support of the application.

Patricia Maxwell-Arnot spoke in objection to the application on behalf of Donhead St. Andrew Parish Council.

 

The planning officer presented his report to the Committee which recommended that planning permission be approved subject to conditions.

 

An additional correspondence was circulated at the meeting.

 

Members then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. These included questions on the current and proposed location of the access, the existing and proposed locations of windows and the location of neighbouring properties.

 

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

 

The Local Member, Cllr Tony Deane, spoke against the application on grounds including the scale of the development, its visual impact and its design.

 

A debate followed that discussed the location of the surrounding properties, the design of the proposed development and the proposed materials. Concern was raised at the potential for flooding in the area.

 

Debate continued to discuss potential privacy issues and the potential of conditions that could be enforced to prevent this. Members continued by discussing the future development of Wiltshire villages and if this design was suitable.

 

Resolved:

 

That Planning Permission be Granted subject to the following conditions:

 

  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.

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

 

 

 

Drawing number 10 dated 11.03.14, as deposited with the local planning authority on 13.03.14, and

Drawing number 11 dated 11.03.14, as deposited with the local planning authority on 13.03.14, and

Drawing number 12 dated 11.03.14, as deposited with the local planning authority on 13.03.14.

 

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

 
  1. 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. No burning of waste shall take place on the site during the construction phase of the development.

 

REASON: In the interests of neighbouring amenities

 

 
  1. The development hereby approved shall be carried out in strict accordance with the bat mitigation measures detailed within the submitted bat survey (Chalkhill environmental consultants, Sept 2012) and the submitted new bat roost provision details (Chalkhill environmental consultants, January 2014).

 

Reason: To ensure that appropriate mitigation is provided in respect of potential impacts on protected species

 
  1. The gradient of the access way shall not at any point be steeper than 1 in 15 for a distance of 5 metres from its junction with the public highway.

 

REASON:  In the interests of highway safety.

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

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

 
  1. The access shall remain ungated.

 

Reason: in the interests of highway safety.

 
  1. No development shall commence on site until a scheme for the discharge of surface water from the site (including surface water from the access/driveway), incorporating sustainable drainage details, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall not be first occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

Reason: To ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

 
  1. No development shall commence on site until a visibility splay has been provided at the vehicular access to the site between the edge of carriageway and a line extending from a point 2.4 metres back from the edge of the carriageway, measured along the centre line of the access, to a point on the edge of the carriageway 15 metres to the east, with nothing over 1.0 metre in height above the adjoining carriageway level being planted, erected or maintained in front (highway side) of the splay line. Nothing over 1 metre in height above the adjoining carriageway level shall be planted, erected or maintained within the area between the edge of the carriageway and the northern side of the new garage.

 

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

 

 

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