Agenda item

16/07283/FUL: Kingscroft Farm, Weston Lane, West Winterslow, Salisbury, SP5 1RL

Meeting of Southern Area Planning Committee, Thursday 13 October 2016 6.00 pm (Item 93.)

Erection of 2 New Dwellings

Minutes:

Public Participation

Rob Williams spoke in support to the application.

Mike Taylor - representative of Winterslow Parish Council spoke in support of the application.

The Development Control Team Leader introduced the application for the erection of two new dwellings at Kingscroft Farm. The application was recommended for refusal as the application site was situated outside of the defined limits of development as set out within Core Policies CP1, CP2 and CP23 of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy and the associated policies maps.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officers. It was noted that whilst the Winterslow Neighbourhood Plan (NHP) was emerging it was not known when it would be adopted.

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

The Unitary Division Member; Councillor Chris Devine spoke in support of the application, noting that whilst he accepted the Officers recommendation he supported the parish councils views about localism. The village had been fully involved with the development of a Village Design Statement and the NHP reflected their desires for development in the village.

Councillor Devine proposed the application be approved against Officers recommendation as he felt that there was a justifiable exception to Core Policy 2. This was seconded by Councillor Mike Hewitt

The Committee discussed the application, noting that Officers were right to resist applications based on emerging NHPs, however there was clear support from the village for the development. The Committee had in the past approved other sites outside Neighbourhood boundaries. In Winterslow the settlement boundary was split in two parts, with the site in between the two areas. A pair of two well designed buildings were probably more preferable that a large scale development.

Resolved

That application 16/07283/FUL be APPROVED against the Officers recommendation with 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 development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: DRG No. 885-20-01A (Block Plan) 29/09/2016 DRG No. 885-20-02 (Unit 1 Floor Plans & North and West Elevations) 25/07/2016 DRG No. 885-20-03 (Unit 1 Roof Plans & South and East Elevations) 25/07/2016 DRG No. 885-20-04 (Unit 2 Floor Plans & North and West Elevations) 25/07/2016 DRG No. 885-20-05 (Unit 2 Roof Plans & South and East Elevations) 25/07/2016 DRG No. 885-20-06 (Location Plan) 25/07/2016 DRG No. 885-20-07 (Visibility Splay) 28/09/2016 REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
3	The development hereby permitted shall not be first 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.
4	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.
5	No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first occupied until the accesses, turning areas 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	No part of the development shall be first occupied until the visibility splays detailed on the approved plans have been provided with no obstruction to visibility at or above a height of 900mm above the nearside carriageway level. The visibility splays shall be maintained free of obstruction at all times thereafter. Reason: In the interests of highway safety
7	No development shall commence on site until details of the external materials to be used for the walls and roof of the development 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: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area
8	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: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, to ensure that the development can be adequately drained.
9	No development shall commence on site until a scheme of hard and soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, the details of which shall include:- - location and current canopy spread of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land; - full details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; - a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities; - means of enclosure; - all hard and soft surfacing materials; REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission
10	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 building(s) or the completion of the development whichever is the sooner; 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. All hard landscaping shall also be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with a programme to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. REASON: To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

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