Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Eric Mitchell spoke in support of the application.

Mr Michael Jeans (applicant) spoke in support of the application.

Parish Councillor Clive Hazzard (Mere) spoke in support of the application.

The Planning Officer presented his report to the Committee which recommended that the application be delegated to the Area Development Manager for approval.

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

Member discussed the location of the property.

An item of late correspondence was circulated at the meeting.

Resolved:

To delegate to the Area Development Manager to approve planning permission for approval subject to the signing of a unilateral undertaking, and with the conditions set out 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.

3. No development shall commence on site until a sample panel of stonework, not less than 1 metre square, has been constructed on site, inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The panel shall then be left in position for comparison whilst the development is carried out. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved sample.

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

4. No development shall commence on site until details of the design, external appearance and decorative finish of all railings, fences, gates, walls, bollards and other means of enclosure have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the development being occupied.

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

5. No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first brought into use until the access, turning area and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

6. 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 areal be maintained as such thereafter.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

7. The vehicular access area shall remain ungated.

Reason : in the interests of highway safety.

8. The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the area between the nearside carriageway edge and a line drawn 1.0 metre parallel thereto over the whole site frontage has been cleared of any obstruction to visibility at and above a height of 1.0 metre above the nearside carriageway

level. That area shall remain free of obstruction at all times thereafter.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

9. The development hereby approved shall not be first used until a detailed scheme of works to improve the vehicular access arrangements to the front of the property known as “Newlands”, has been agreed in writing by the LPA and has been implemented in full.

Reason: In the interest of overall highway safety

10. No development shall commence on site until a scheme for the discharge of surface water from the site (including surface water from the access area), 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.

11. No works shall commence on site until details of all new external window and door joinery have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: In the interests of preserving the character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of adjacent listed buildings.

12. The rooflights hereby approved shall be of the ‘conservation’ type with a single vertical glazing bar and mounted flush with the roof slope.

Reason: In the interests of preserving the character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of adjacent listed buildings.

13. The development hereby approved shall be carried out in complete accordance with the following list of documents plans and specifications:

Design & Access Statement, received 06/03/14

Location Plan, received 28/02/14

Plan ref No: MJ/2 Elevations, dated Feb 2014, received 28/02/14

Elevation plan for Car Port and Garage as proposed,