Agenda item

The following person spoke in favour of the proposal:

Mr Edward Drew, applicant’s agent

The Committee received a presentation by the Case Officer which set out the main issues in respect of the application.  She introduced the report, which recommended approval subject to conditions and drew Members’ attention to the late items.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions, after which the Committee received a statement from a member of the public as detailed above, expressing his views regarding this planning application.

On hearing the views of Cllr Sheila Parker, an adjoining local Member, who spoke on behalf of Cllr Dick Tonge, the local Member and after discussion,

Resolved:

To grant planning permission for the following reason:

The proposal for an agricultural workers dwelling has been justified within the guidelines as set out in PPS7 and as such is not considered as inappropriate development within the green belt. The dwelling would be located in an area which is well related to the farming enterprise and where the new building could be designed to sit relatively unobtrusively within the landscape.  It is considered that the proposal meets the criteria as set out in policies NE1, NE4, NE5, NE6, H4 and C3.

and subject to the following conditions:-

1.      The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission, or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.

REASON:  To comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.      No development shall commence on site until details of the following matters (in respect of which approval is expressly reserved) have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority:

(a)      The scale of the development;

(b)      The layout of the development;

(c)      The external appearance of the development;

(d)      The landscaping of the site;

(e)      The means of access to the site.

The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON:  The application was made for outline planning permission and is granted to comply with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Article 3(1) of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995.

3.      The development hereby permitted shall be implemented in accordance with the submitted plans and documents listed below. No variation from the approved plans should be made without the prior approval of the local planning authority. Amendments may require the submission of a further application.

Plan; Location plan scale 1:2500, dated 3^rd August 2010.

REASON: To ensure that the development is implemented as approved.

4.      The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working, or last working, in the locality in agriculture or in forestry, or a widow or widower of such a person, and to any resident dependants.

            REASON: The site is in an area where residential development for purposes other than the essential needs of agriculture or forestry is not normally permitted and this permission is only granted on the basis of an essential need for a new dwelling/residential accommodation in this location having been demonstrated.

5.      There shall be no works to, or removal of, any trees or shrubs within the site without the prior written approval of the local planning authority.

REASON: To protect the wildlife and the ecological interest of the site.