Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Mark Reynolds spoke in support of the application.

The Development Control Team Leader (Central Area) outlined the Officers report which recommended the application for approval. The site was outlined and the relevant planning history noted. A number of objections including local residents and highways were presented by the Development Control Team Leader (Central Area).

The application proposed to create a new dwelling within the grounds of the applicants existing semi detached property at 73 Ruskin Gardens, to form a line of three terraced houses with near identical proportions.

The Development Control Team Leader (Central Area) outlined the relevant planning policy for consideration including the West Wiltshire District Plan 1^st Alteration 2004, Policies: C31a- Design, C38 – Nuisance and H1 – Further Developments within Towns.

The Committee were then invited to ask technical questions of the application, of which there were none.

Members of the public were then given the opportunity to speak, as listed above.

Cllr Pip Ridout stated as the local member that although the application had overcome the previous barriers, the main concerns were those of the three vociferous objectors, who could not be ignored.

The Committee debated the application and agreed that the application met the criteria for development. It was;

Resolved:

To APPROVE the application 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.        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.

3.        The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied until the first three metres of the accesses, measured from the edge of the carriageway, has been consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel). The accesses shall be maintained as such thereafter.

           REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

4.        The development hereby permitted shall not be occupied or first brought into use until the area between the nearside carriageway edge and a line drawn 2 metresparallel thereto over the entire site frontage has been cleared of any obstruction to visibility at and above a height of 600mm above the nearside carriageway level. That area shall be maintained free of obstruction at all times thereafter.

           REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

5.        No development shall commence on site until visibility splays have been provided between the edge of the carriageway and a line extending from a point 2.4 metres back from the edge of the carriageway, measured along the centre line of the access to the junction to the north and 43 metres to the south from the centre of the access in accordance with the approved plans.   Such splays shall thereafter be permanently maintained free from obstruction to vision above a height of 600mm above the level of the adjacent carriageway.

           REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

6.        The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until sufficient provision for the parking of two vehicles has been provided for, in accordance with details as shown on plan reference 820/2 received on the 01 October 2013.  The garage shall remain as a permanent parking facility for the new dwelling and shall not be separately let or sold but retained in perpetuity for the provision of car parking.

REASON: To ensure that adequate provision is made for parking within the site in the interests of highway safety

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

           drawing number 820/1 received on the 01 October 2013

           drawing number 820/2 received on the 01 October 2013

reason: for the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

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

           INFORMATIVE:  the applicant is advised to contact Wessex water direct on 01225 526 000 with regard to the connection of water and waste supplies for this proposed development.