Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Greg Ball spoke in support of the application.

Mr Kevin Dibel spoke in support of the application. 

The Planning Officer presented his report to the Committee which recommended that permission be refused.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. Clarification of the speed limit on the road leading from the access was raised. The ownership of a verge was also questioned. The dimensions of the site were requested. The history of Highways concerns at the site was also raised.

An item of late correspondence was circulated at the meeting.

The Local Member, Cllr Mike Hewitt, spoke in support of the application. The need to accept the R2 Policy was raised and the Housing Policy Boundary was discussed. The location of a viaduct was also raised.

Members discussed the specific needs of the disabled child and the location of two other houses outside of the Housing Policy Boundary. The impact of the Core Strategy was also discussed.

Further discussion continued to discuss the suitability of the site.

Resolved:

To delegate the granting of planning permission to the Area Development Manager, subject to 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.

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

Design and Access Statement dated April 2014 received 10/04/14

LP/1321/01 dated March 2014 received 10/04/14

BP/1321/02 dated March 2014 received 10/04/14

GFP/1321/03 dated March 2014 received 20/05/14

FFP/1321/04 dated March 2014 received 20/05/14

EL/1321/05 dated May 2014 received 21/05/14

EP/1321/06 dated March 2014 received 21/05/14

AD/1321/07 dated March 2014 received 10/04/14

SL/1321/08 dated March 2014 received 10/04/14

VS/1321/09 dated March 2014 received 10/04/14

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

(3) The first-floor dormer windows in the north elevation shall be glazed with obscure glass only and fixed with a ventilation stay restricting the opening of the window, prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted and shall be permanently maintained in perpetuity.

REASON:  In the interests of residential amenity and privacy.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), the garage hereby permitted shall not be converted to habitable accommodation.

REASON:  To secure the retention of adequate parking provision, in the interests of highway safety.

(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending that Order with or without modification), there shall be no additions/extensions or external alterations to any building forming part of the development hereby permitted.

REASON:  In the interests of the amenity of the area and to enable the Local Planning Authority to consider individually whether planning permission should be granted for additions/extensions or external alterations.

(6) The development hereby permitted shall not be first occupied until the first 4.5 metres of the existing access, measured from the edge of the 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.

(7) No development shall commence on site until visibility splays have been provided between the edge of the 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 the points on the edge of the carriageway 160 metres to the South and 160 metres to the North from the centre of the access in accordance with the approved plans.   Such splays shall thereafter be permanently maintained free from obstruction to vision above a height of 0.9 metres above the level of the adjacent carriageway.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

(8) A recessed entrance having a minimum width of 4.5 metres shall be constructed 4.5 metres back from the carriageway edge and its sides shall be splayed outward at an angle of 45 degrees toward the carriageway edge. The area between the entrance and the edge of carriageway shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) for which details shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety

(9)Any gates shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only, in perpetuity.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

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

REASON: In the interests of residential amenity.

INFORMATIVE: This permission shall be read in conjunction with an Agreement made under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 and dated ?.