Agenda item

Mark Pettitt, planning agent, and Jon Eavis, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Roger Budgen, St Paul Malmesbury Without Parish Council, spoke with regard to the application.

The planning officer, Alex Smith, introduced the report which recommended that planning permission be refused for the reasons set out in the report. The Committee’s attention was drawn to the late observations and the receipt of a revised plan to correct an error in the display of the height of the eaves.

Key issues included: the planning history on the site; the layout of the site and the position of the proposal; the relationship of the proposals to existing building and listed buildings; that other properties could be considered undesignated heritage assets; that the proposal, in the views of the officers, did not accord with core policy 48; the views of the drainage officer, and the risk of surface water flooding; the views of the parish council in support of the application; the relative impact of the proposals on the streetscene;

In response to technical questions, the planning officer stated: that the proposals did include the removal of an external metal staircase; that the policy does recognise that some non-listed buildings can still be considered heritage assets and protection sought; that previous permissions were not extant; that there had been no objections raised to the proposals from the community.

Members of the public then addressed the Committee as detailed above.

The local member, Councillor John Thomson, spoke with regard to the application.

A motion to refuse was moved, in accordance with the officer’s recommednation by Councillor Sturgis seconded by Councillor Crisp.

The Committee then debated the application. It was discussed: Berry for permission, understands the reasons for the refusal, but it is now a more residential area and allows the safeguarding of the listed building. Should be considered in the round.

Having been put to the vote, the motion to refuse was lost.

A new motion to permit the application was moved by Councillor Chuck Berry, subsequently seconded by Councillor Philip Whalley as the potential benefits of the proposals outweighed the less than significant harm to the heritage assets.

Having been put to the vote, the meeting;

Resolved

To grant planning permission 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 development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

·        Site Location Plan – 150122-01 – Received 14th April 2016;

·        Proposed Site Plan – 150122-04 Rev A – Received 15th July 2016

·        Proposed Barn A Plans - 150122-02 Rev F – Received 13th October 2016;

·        Proposed Barn B Plans - 150122-03 Rev C – Received 15th July 2016;

·        Proposed Garage Layout - 150122-05 Rev A – Received 15th July 2016.

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

3.  No development shall commence on site until the exact 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:  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.

4. 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 :-

•        a detailed planting specification showing all plant species, supply and planting sizes and planting densities;

•        finished levels and contours;

•        means of enclosure;

•        car park layouts;

•        other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas;

•        all hard and soft surfacing materials;

REASON: 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 a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development and the protection of existing important landscape features.

5. No dwelling shall be occupied until the parking spaces and garages together with the access thereto, have been provided in accordance with the approved plans.  Those areas shall be used only for the parking of vehicles at all times thereafter.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety and the amenity of future occupants.

6. No development shall take place until a Flood Evacuation Plan has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The Plan shall provide a clear procedure for emergency measures to evacuate the site in the event of flooding of the adjoining highway.  Thereafter, the measures of the plan shall be implemented in strict accordance with approved details, in the event of a flood to the highway of Main Street.

REASON: To ensure that sufficient measures are in place for the evacuation of the site, in the event of adverse weather conditions.

7. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending those Orders with or without modification), no development within Part 1, Classes A, B or E shall take place on the dwellinghouses hereby permitted or within their curtilage.

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 enlargements.