Agenda item

Erection of Two New Dwellings including garaging with office over and new pedestrian and vehicular access

Public Participation

Karen Chalmers (Applicant) spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Brown, vice chair of NHP steering cmmtt and Winterslow Parish Councillor spoke in Support of the application.

 

The Planning Officer drew attention to the late correspondence circulated at the meeting and introduced the application for erection of two new dwellings including garaging with office over and new pedestrian and vehicular access. The application was recommended for REFUSAL as it was sited outside of the housing policy boundary, however it has been identified as a possible site for development on the emerging West Winterslow Neighbourhood Plan (NHP).

 

The Committee had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officer, where it was noted that the development proposal was for 2 houses only and no further development on the site plan.

 

The Core Policy stated that there was sufficient housing in Winterslow at this present time.

 

The emerging NHP had 10 sites marked for development, which included three priority sites, and seven further sites in not order of preference. The NHP was yet to be adopted.

 

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

 

The Unitary Division Member Cllr Chris Devine noted that this was a justifiable exemption under CP2. Communities grow, the NHP steering group had achieved balance here, with sites across Winterslow. The proposal would create 2 modest family homes to enable the owners to keep the family together in the Village, and would release a modest family house on to the market.

 

Cllr Devine moved APPROVAL against Officers recommendation.

This was seconded by Cllr Hewitt. On the grounds that this was a justifiable exception to CP2.

 

The Committee then discussed the application. It was noted that the site was suitable for a development of two houses, however the NHP was in draft plan, and although it had the support of the parish council, the Committee should consider what was best for the community as a whole, and whether the application should wait until after the referendum, to adopt the NHP.

 

The Committee then voted on the motion of APPROVAL

 

Resolved

 

That application 17/00342/FUL; Land adjacent to Wilwyn Lane, West Winterslow, Wiltshire, SP5 1RQ be APPROVED against Officer’s 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:

 

DWG No: CW/P/10 Site Location Plan, Proposed Block and Roof Plan Sections, Proposed Ground Floor and First Floor Plan Plot 1 Date Received 13.01.17

DWG No: CW/P/12 Proposed Sectional Elevation Date Received 13.01.17

DWG No: CW/P/13 Proposed Garage Elevations, Proposed Elevations for Plot 2, Proposed Roof Plan, Ground and First Floor Plans Date Received 13.01.17

 

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 gate(s) 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. The development hereby permitted shall not be first occupied until a 2 metre wide pedestrian footway (to be dedicated as public highway) has been constructed across the entire site frontage and should link with adjacent existing dedicated highway land in front of Wilwyn. 

 

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 and hedgerow 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.

 

11. Construction works shall take place only between the hours of 0800hrs to 1700hrs, Monday to Friday, and only between 0800hrs to 1pm Saturdays. No construction works shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays.

 

INFORMATION

 

With regards condition 06 and the provision of a footpath, part of this footway would be within highway verge, the remainder would need to be dedicated as public highway. The developer should then contact the Council’s Highways department to discuss the provision of this footpath and any dedication/adoption process.