Agenda item

There was a four minute adjournment to allow for a refreshment break.

Public Participation

Mr Nigel Lewis spoke in objection of the application.

Louise Rendal spoke in support of the application

Wendy Jobbins, Sherrington Parish Meeting, spoke in objection of the application.

The Area Development Manager outlined the report which recommended the application for approval subject to conditions. The site description and an overview of the proposed development were also given. The site is a Grade 2 listed thatched cottage with a modern flat roofed extension and a detached flat roofed annex outbuilding. The proposal was in two parts, firstly, to replace the modern flat roofed bathroom extension with a thatched roof extension. The second to replace the annex outbuilding. 

The Area Development Manager outlined the relevant planning policy which included:

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004)

The National Planning Policy Framework.

Some weight was also afforded to the Emerging Wiltshire Core Strategy, however as it was yet to be formally adopted by the Council, only limited l weight could be given to the policy.

The Area Development manager outlined the comments and objections received through consultation, which included comments of ‘no objection’ from Cranbourne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Comments were received from the Parish Council, Wiltshire Fire and rescue Service which were outlined in the report. 

Seven letters of objection had been received and five letters in support which had been outlined in the report.

The Area Development manager drew attention to the relevant planning considerations which were summarised as being:

Dormer extension to main listed building: Impact on character of listed building, impact on special character and appearance of the Conservation Area, Impact on neighbouring amenity.

Replacement outbuilding: Impact on the setting of the listed building; impact on special character and appearance of the Conservation Area, impact on neighbouring amenity, impact on the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, impact on ecology.

Councillors Davis and Payne left the room and the meeting was adjourned for ten minutes.

On commencement it was noted that Councillors Davis and Payne would not take part in the vote on the application.

Members were invited to ask technical questions of the site. The questions focused on removing the permitted development rights to ensure that the roof lights, which have been removed form the design, would not be able to be replaced later on. 

Members of the public were invited to speak on the application as listed above.

Cllr Newbury, as the local member, spoke in objection to the application noting that the increase of the height of the roof of the annex outbuilding would mean the building would be more visible The members then entered into debate which focused on removing the permitted development rights.

At the end of the debate, the Committee;

Resolved:

That Planning Permission be APPROVED 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 development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans:

          1140/1/001, 1140/1/002, 1140/1/005   received on 21st November 2013

          1140/1/003 Rev A, 1140/1/004 Rev A   received on 24th March 2014

REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans that have been judged to be acceptable by the local planning authority.

3. No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roofs 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 and to protect the setting of the listed building.

4. No works shall commence on site until details of all new external window and door joinery and/or metal framed glazing have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted details shall include depth of reveal, details of heads, sills and lintels, elevations at a scale of not less than 1:10 and horizontal/vertical frame sections (including sections through glazing bars) at not less than 1:2.  The works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of preserving the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and the setting of the listed building.

5. Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied the first floor window in the north elevation of the approved dormer extension shall be glazed with obscure glass only and the window shall be permanently maintained with obscure glazing in perpetuity.

REASON:  In the interests of residential amenity and privacy.

6. The outbuilding hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the main dwelling, known as Cress Cottage 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.

7. 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 that Order with or without modification), no windows, doors, rooflights, dormers or other form of openings other than those shown on the approved plans, shall be inserted in the roof or side elevations above ground floor ceiling level of the outbuilding hereby permitted, and no extensions shall be added to it, without the prior grant of planning permission from the local planning authority.

REASON: 

In the interests of residential amenity and privacy and to protect the character and appearance of the area and the setting of the listed building.