Agenda item

The Officer introduced the report and pointed out that the plans had been revised as requested, the encroachment of the site into the countryside had been reduced and hedgerows had been added to screen the site.

 

Public Participation:

 

1.         Mr Wenn spoke in objection to the application

 

Councillor Christopher Newbury arrived at this point.

 

2.         Mrs Smith-Bendall spoke in support of the application

Councillor Julie Swabey, Unitary Member for Ethandune, raised concerns about the application.

Councillor Francis Morland, Unitary Member for Southwick (neighbouring Ward) raised concerns about the application.

The Committee discussed various issues including the lack of clarity of Governmental Guidance and Regulations with regards to Gypsies and Travelers’ planning applications.

The Committee then sought clarification from the Planning Officers on the conditions included in the report and discussed some further conditions to be included.

 

Resolved 

 

That planning permission be GRANTED

 

For the following reasons:

 

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and there are no objections to it on planning grounds.

 

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.

 

2     The site shall not be permanently occupied by persons other than gypsies and travellers as defined in paragraph 15 of ODPM Circular 01/2006, or any other subsequent legislation or guidance which defines persons' gypsy or traveller status.

 

       REASON: Planning permission has only been granted on the basis of a demonstrated unmet need for accommodation for gypsies and travellers and it is therefore necessary to keep the site available to meet that need.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: CF12

 

3     The occupation of the site hereby permitted shall be carried on only by Mr F Hughes, the applicant, and his resident dependants.

 

       REASON: Planning permission has only been granted on the basis of the personal circumstances and status of the applicant.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: CF12

 

4     No more than 2 caravans, as defined in the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 and the Caravan Sites Act 1968, of which no more than 1 shall be a permanently stationed mobile home, shall be on the site at any time.

 

       REASON: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004) POLICY CF12.

 

5     The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied or first brought into use until the area between the nearside carriageway edge and a line drawn 2.0 metres parallel thereto over the entire site frontage has been cleared of any obstruction to visibility at and above a height of 900mm above the nearside carriageway level. That area shall be maintained free of obstruction at all times thereafter.

 

       REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a

 

6     The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the first five metres of the 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.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a

 

7     Any gates shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only.

 

       REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a

 

8     No development shall commence, and no caravans brought onto site, or the site occupied for residential purposes, until details have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and implemented for the following:

 

       i)  the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the day room, hardstandings, access drives, parking and amenity areas;

       ii) the landscaping of the site (a scheme showing the species, plant sizes, numbers and densities) including details of any supplementary planting to reinforce the existing hedgerows;

       iii) any new boundary treatment, fencing or gates

       iv) refuse storage facilities

       v) electricity generation

       vi) lighting

       vii) details of septic tank

 

       REASON: In the interests of amenity of the area and neighbours.

      

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004) POLICY CF12.

 

9     All soft landscaping comprised in the approved details of landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding season following the first occupation of the site. All shrubs, trees and hedge planting shall be maintained free from weeds and shall be protected from damage by vermin and stock. Any trees or plants which, within a period of five years, die, are removed, or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

 

       REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – POLICY CF12.

 

10   There shall be no burning of waste on the site.

 

       REASON: In the interests of amenity and environmental protection.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004) POLICY CF12.

 

11   The use of the site shall be limited to residential and the keeping of horses and horse trading and for no other purposes including any other commercial use.

 

       REASON: In the interests of amenity of the area and neighbours.

      

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004) POLICY C38.

 

 

 

12   The dayroom hereby approved shall at no time be used for overnight accommodation.

 

       REASON: To secure appropriate development in this rural location.

 

       West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004) POLICY H19.