Agenda item

17/05690/FUL - 8 Rowan Court, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 6HS

Minutes:

Public Participation

 

Colin Goodwood, agent, spoke in support of the application

 

Kate Sullivan, as planning officer, outlined the report for a car port. It was recommended that the application be refused.

 

The key planning issues identified in the officer’s presentation were outlined to include: the materials to be used in the proposals; how the proposals is not considered permitted development; the relationship of the site to adjacent properties and the views from the street; and the objection raised by the Town Council;

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. In response to the questions, the following matters were confirmed: the position of the gazebox, the parking provision and amount of hardstanding; the potential impact of the gazebox on vehicle movements to and from the existing access; that consideration of any future applications for similar gazeboxes would be decided on their own merits.

 

Members of the public had the opportunity to present their views to the Committee, as detailed above. Councillor Jonathon Seed read out the statement submitted by the local ward member, Councillor John Hubbard who was unable to attend the meeting.

 

At the start of the debate Councillor Gordon King, subsequently seconded by Councillor Edward Kirk, moved that permission should be granted for the proposal subject to appropriate conditions.

 

In the debate that followed, issues discussed included: the need to delegate authority to officers to finalise the conditions to address issues including the panel material, lighting and screening.

 

Following the conclusion of the debate, the meeting;

 

Resolved

 

To delegate authority to the Head of Development Management Services to grant planning permission subject to conditions to be determined by officers, including conditions to address issues of the internal and external lighting, mechanical openings and vinyl coverings to be used; and to ensure the retention of appropriate boundary treatments.

 

The wording of these conditions was delegated to officers and subsequently agreed as:

 

 

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:

 

Revised site location plan - received 04.07.2017; Block plan - received 04.07.2017; proposed plans - received 04.07.2017; proposed gazebox view - received 04.07.2017

 

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

 

3

Prior to commencement of the development hereby approved, details pursuant to any internal and external lighting, mechanical openings and vinyl coverings shall be submitted to and for the written approval of the Council. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

Reason: To define the terms of the permission and in the interests of amenity.

 

4

The hedged boundary at and around the site frontage shall be retained and maintained for the lifetime of the development hereby approved. If the retained hedge is removed, uprooted, destroyed or dies, another hedge shall be planted at the same place, of a size and species and planted to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: In order to secure a level of screening and safeguard street scene amenity.

 

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