Agenda item

Public Participation

Ms Jean Greenwood spoke in objection to the application.

Mr Carl Drury, agent, spoke in support of the application.

Mr Keith Hudson, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

The planning officer presented the report to the committee which recommended the application be approved. Attention was drawn to three letters of support for the application which had arrived after the completion of the committee report.

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

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their views to the Committee.

The Local Member, Cllr Jeffrey Ody, then detailed some of the objections and potential solutions for the application, and that the issue for the Committee was to determine on balance if the mass increase and side door access caused unacceptable levels of amenity loss for neighbours.

A debate followed whereby the committee discussed the changes in floorspace, scale and design of the planned development and side access to the property.

At the end of the discussion it was,

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED for the following reason and subject to conditions below.

The decision to grant planning permission has been taken on the grounds that the proposed development would not cause any significant harm to interests of acknowledged importance and having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and the following policies and proposals in the Kennet Local Plan 2011 namely: policy PD1.

In accordance with paragraph 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Wiltshire Council has worked proactively to secure this development to improve the environmental, social and economic conditions of the area.

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 provision of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2        The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the extensions hereby permitted shall match in material, colour and texture those used in the existing dwelling.

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

3        The extension hereby permitted off the northern elevation of the existing dwelling shall not be occupied at any time other than for the purposes ancillary to the residential use of the main dwelling, known as The Little House, 24 The Fairway, Devizes and it shall remain within the same planning unit as the main dwelling.

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.

4        The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Application Form, Design & Access Statement, Drawings Nos. 12.24TF.P.01, 12.24TF.P.02, 12.24TF.P.03, 12.24TF.P.04, 12.24TF.P.05, all received on 08.01.2013. Drawing No. 12.24TF.P.SITE.01A, received on 29.01.2013.

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