Agenda item

The Committee received a presentation by the Planning Officer detailing the main issues in respect of the application and recommended that planning permission be granted. It was noted that the item had been deferred from 02/11/11 to allow further consultation with Grittleton Parish Council and local residents. Attention was also drawn to the late observations provided with the report.

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions to the Planning Officer. Clarification was sought regarding the issue of parking and construction materials.

Cllr Jane Scott, the local Member, spoke in support of the application.

After discussion,

Resolved:

That Planning Permission be GRANTED for the following reason:

The proposal has now been significantly reduced from the original scheme and is considered to an appropriate form of development which would preserve this part of the Grittleton Conservation Area and the adjoining listed buildings to the west.  Subject to the imposition of appropriately worded planning conditions the proposal is considered to comply with Policies C3 HE1 HE4 and H8 of the North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011 and the guidance contained in PPS5.      

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. No development shall commence on site until 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: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C3; HE1; HE4; H8

3. No development shall commence on site until a sample wall panel, not less than 1 metre square, has been constructed on site, inspected and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The panel shall then be left in position for comparison whilst the development is carried out.  Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved sample.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C3; HE1; HE4; H8

4. No development shall commence on site until details of all eaves, verges, windows (including head, sill and window reveal details), doors, rainwater goods, chimneys, dormers and canopies 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: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C3; HE1; HE4; H8

5. No development shall commence on site until details of the finish to external timber, including any paint or stain to be used on the external walls and window joinery have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details prior to the development being first brought into use / occupied.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C3; HE1; HE4; H8

6 (a) No retained tree shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed, nor shall any retained tree be topped or lopped other than in accordance with the approved plans and particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority. Any topping or lopping approved shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998 (Tree Work).

   (b) If any retained tree is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, another tree shall be planted at the same place and that tree shall be of such size and species and shall be planted at such time, as may be specified in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

   (c) No equipment, machinery or materials shall be brought on to the site for the purpose of the development, until a scheme showing the exact position of protective fencing to enclose all retained trees beyond the outer edge of the overhang of their branches in accordance with British Standard 5837 (2005): Trees in Relation to Construction, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, and; the protective fencing has been erected in accordance with the approved details. This fencing shall be maintained until all equipment, machinery and surplus materials have been removed from the site.  Nothing shall be stored or placed in any area fenced in accordance with this condition and the ground levels within those areas shall not be altered, nor shall any excavation be made, without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

In this condition “retained tree” means an existing tree which is to be retained in accordance with the approved plans and particulars; and paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall have effect until the expiration of five years from the first occupation or the completion of the development, whichever is the later.

REASON: To enable the Local Planning Authority to ensure the retention of trees on the site in the interests of visual amenity.

POLICY: C3; HE1

7. The extension (building) hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the dwelling known The Old Hall, The Street, Grittleton, Wiltshire.

REASON: The additional accommodation is sited in a position where the Local

Planning Authority, having regard to the reasonable standards of residential amenity, access, and planning policies pertaining to the area, would not permit a wholly separate dwelling.

POLICY: C3; HE1; HE4; H8

Informatives:

1. The applicant is requested to note that this permission does not affect any private property rights and therefore does not authorise the carrying out of any work on land outside their control. If such works are required it will be necessary for the applicant to obtain the landowners consent before such works commence.

If you intend carrying out works in the vicinity of the site boundary, you are also advised that it may be expedient to seek your own advice with regard to the requirements of the Party Wall Act 1996.

2. Please be advised that nothing in this permission shall authorise the diversion, obstruction, or stopping up of any right of way that crosses the site. You are advised to contact the PROW officer.