Agenda item

Public participation

Charles Manning spoke in support of the application.

Cllr John Scragg spoke in objection to the application

The officer introduced the report which recommended planning permission be delegated to the Area Development Manager to approve subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement.

He explained that after negotiation the external finish had been amended so as to be predominately painted render, in keeping with the neighbouring property, No. 5 Chestnut Road. The Committee’s attention was drawn to the known intermittent parking problems on Chestnut Road, and it was explained that planning proposals can only address the direct impacts of development and cannot be expected to remedy a pre-existing situation. The proposal made adequate provision to meet the needs of the development proposed for off street parking against the Council’s adopted standards.

There were no technical questions asked.

Members of the public then had the opportunity to address the committee as detailed above.

The local member, Cllr Linda Packard spoke in objection to the application, noting the lack of a bay window being out of character and appearance with other properties in the area and the revised driveway arrangements resulting in a loss of a parking space.

In the debate that followed the Committee noted that there were other one off developments near the proposal and that the design was to the satisfaction of the officer.

Resolved:

To DELEGATE authority to the Area Development Manager to grant the application, subject to completion of a Section 106 legal Agreement, for the following reason:

The proposed development, by virtue of its location, siting, scale, massing, design and materials, is acceptable in principle and will not harm the character or appearance of the site or its setting.

The proposal will not result in detriment to residential amenity or highway safety and as such accords with Policies C3 and H3 of the adopted North Wiltshire Local Plan 2011 and Sections 6 and 7 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

And 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 inspected on site 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.

3.     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.

4.     No part of the development hereby permitted shall be first occupied until the access and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5.     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.

6.     The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

          788/CAM/2013/1 rev A – Proposed Plans and Elevations

          Received 16 July 2013

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