Agenda item

The Planning Officer introduced the report which recommended approval be granted subject to appropriate planning conditions.  He explained that the application was for the conversion of 51 Summerleaze into two flats and a two storey extension for two flats.

The Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the

officer.

The Local Member, Cllr Helen Osborne, then spoke in objection to the application.

The Committee then considered the application, whilst some Members felt the application was acceptable for the location others had concerns about parking issue, traffic congestion, visual impact and affects on neighbour amenities.

Resolved:

That planning permission be granted for the following reasons:

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and there are no objections to it on planning grounds.

Subject to the following condition(s):

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 shall be carried out in accodance with the hereby approved plans:

Drawing: 12-45-1 received on 12 October 2012;

Drawing: 12-45-1-1 received on 12 October 2012;

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Drawing: 12-45-2 received on 12 October 2012;

Drawing: 12-45-3 received on 12 October 2012;

Drawing: 12-45-4 received on 12 October 2012;

Drawing: 12-45-5A received on 12 October 2012;

REASON: In order to define he terms of this permission.

3 The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match in material, colour and texture those used in the existing building.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area. West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a.

4 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. West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a

5 No part of the development hereby approved shall be first occupied until the parking area shown on the approved plans has been consolidated, surfaced and laid out in accordance with the approved details. This area shall be maintained and remain available for this use at all times thereafter.

REASON: To ensure that adequate provision is made for parking within the site in the interests of highway safety. West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: T10

6 The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the flank boundary features have been reduced to not more than 0.6 metres for 1 metre back from the adjacent footway. These features shall be maintained at that height at all times thereafter.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

7 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. 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 flats 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. West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a and C32

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: To ensure that the development can be adequately drained. West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: U2

Informative(s):

1 The developer is advised to contact Wessex Water to ensure that any section 105a sewers (formally private sewers and lateral drains) that may be existing on the site are identified and then, as appropriate, suitable action is taken to ensure proper drainage and sewerage to serve residential property is provided. Wessex Water may be contacted on 01225 526000.

2 The consent hereby granted shall not be construed as authority to carry out works on the highway. The applicant is advised that a licence may be required from Wiltshire’s highway authority before any works are carried out on any footway, footpath, carriageway, verge or other land forming part of the highway.

3 The developer is advised that any details of landscaping should include frontage planting to compliment the built form and soften the hard landscaping / parking area. To discuss this further you are advised to contact the planning case officer on 01225 770249.