Agenda item

Public participation:

Mr M Lyons spoke in support of the application

Mr N Knowles, on behalf of Fovant parish Council, spoke in objection to the application

The Planning Officer introduced the report.  Members had attended a site visit prior to the meeting.  During the debate the issues of the condition of the byway and working hours were discussed.  As a separate matter unrelated to the planning application the Committee requested that the poor condition of the byway be brought to the attention of the relevant WC Highways Officer.

It was

RESOLVED

That planning permission be GRANTED for the following reason:

Subject to the land owner entering into an appropriate legal agreement with Wiltshire Council to make the relevant financial contributions in respect of affordable housing provision (SWCS Core Policy 3) and recreational open space (saved policy R2), it is recommended the application be approved, for the following reason:

The proposed development accords with the provisions of the Development Plan, and in particular Policies G1 & G2 (General Criteria for Development), D2 (Design), H16 (Housing Policy), C5 (Landscape Conservation), C12 (Protected Species) & R2 (Recreational Open Space) of the saved policies of the adopted Salisbury District Local Plan (including the saved policies listed in Appendix C, of the draft South Wiltshire Core Strategy) and the advice contained within PPS3 and PPS9 insofar as the proposed development is considered acceptable in principle and compatible in terms of the siting, scale, design, materials and character of the immediate and wider surrounding area. The proposed development would not unduly affect the amenity of neighbours, and would not adversely affect the natural beauty of the surrounding AONB. The proposal would not be prejudicial to Highway safety and would not have an adverse impact on nature conservation interests.

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. This development shall be in accordance with the submitted drawing[s] deposited with the Local Planning Authority on 09.11.2011 & 14.11.2011, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt

3. No development shall commence on site until details of the external materials to be used for the walls and roof(s) on 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: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: D2, C5

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No.2) (England) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending those Orders with or without modification), no development within Part 1, Classes A-E (inclusive) 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.

POLICY: G2, D2, C5

5. The access to each plot shall have a minimum width of 3 metres, shall be constructed 4.5m back from the carriageway edge and their sides shall be splayed outwards at an angle of 45 degrees towards the carriageway edge. Any gates shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open away from the highway only.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

6. The development hereby permitted shall not be first brought into 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.

7. No construction or demolition works shall take place on Sundays or public holidays or outside the hours of 8.00am to 6.00pm weekdays and 8.00am to 1.00pm Saturdays.

REASON:  To safeguard the amenities of neighbouring properties.

Policy: G2

8. No burning of waste shall take place on site during the demolition and construction phase of the development.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of neighbours

Policy: G2

9. The development hereby approved shall be completed in accordance with the recommendations given in sections 5, 6(iv) and 6(v) of the Bat Survey report (David leach Ecological Surveys, October 2011). The bat roosts and their access points will be maintained solely for use by bats for the lifetime of the development.

Reason: To mitigate against the potential impact(s) of the proposed development on protected species (bats).

Policy: C12, PPS9

10. Further details of the size of the roof void which is to be made available for occupation/use by brown long-eared bats within the new garages shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by the local planning authority prior to the commencement of development. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the details thereby approved.

Reason: To mitigate against the potential impact(s) of the proposed development on protected species (bats).

Policy: C12, PPS9

11.  Prior to commencement of the development hereby approved a scheme for the treatment of the side boundaries of the site shall be submitted to the local planning authority for approval in writing.  The scheme shall be implemented as approved prior to the first occupation of either of the two approved dwellings.

REASON:  To safeguard the amenities of neighbouring properties.