Agenda item

E/10/1047/FUL Full planning application for: Demolition of existing farmhouse and erection of replacement farmhouse with new outbuilding range/garaging and farm office At: Knight Leaze Farm, URCHFONT SN10 4RA

Minutes:

The Committee received a presentation from the Area Development Manager which set out the main issues in respect of the application. 

 

The Committee then received statements from the following members of the public expressing their views regarding this planning application.

 

Public Participation:

 

1.                  Mr M Bodman spoke in support of the application.

2.                  Mr D Rowsell spoke in support of the application.

3.                  Mr S Holt (Urchfont Parish Council) spoke in support of the application.

 

Following a detailed discussion of a number of issues,

 

Resolved

 

Planning Permission is granted, subject to the conditions set out below, for the following reasons;

 

Although the size of the replacement dwelling does not comply with the requirements of policy HC25 of the Kennet Local Plan, the Council are satisfied that the design and proposed quality of the new dwelling will enhance the landscape character and the appearance of the area, and will be in accordance with policy NR7 of the Kennet Local Plan. Consequently, planning permission is justified on this occasion.

 

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 occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working, or last working, in the locality in agriculture or in forestry, or a widow or widower of such a person, and to any resident dependants.

 

REASON:

The site is in an area where residential development for purposes other than the essential needs of agriculture or forestry is not normally permitted and this permission is only granted on the basis of an essential need for a new dwelling/residential accommodation in this location having been demonstrated.

 

3

No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the external walls, windows 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.

 

4

No development shall commence on site until a scheme of landscaping for the new curtilage boundaries has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted details of which shall include details of all fencing,  indications of all existing trees and hedgerows on the land;  details of any to be retained, together with measures for their protection in the course of development; and all species, planting sizes and planting densities for new planting.,

 

REASON:

To ensure a satisfactory landscaped setting for the development.

 

5

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 dwelling 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.

 

6

No development shall commence on site until details of the proposed ground floor slab levels have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved levels details.

 

REASON:  In the interests of visual amenity.

 

7

Within three months of the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved, the existing dwelling on the site, as shown on drawing number 06, shall be demolished and all of the demolition materials and debris resulting there from shall be removed from the site.

 

REASON: 

To protect the character and appearance of the area, which is in open countryside, and permission has only been granted on the basis that the dwelling hereby approved is a replacement for the existing unattractive farmhouse, the retention of which would conflict with policies HC25 and NR7 of the Kennet Local Plan.

 

8

INFORMATIVE TO APPLICANT:

The amended plans show the curtilage of the site outside of the nearby routes of the public rights of way. Please be advised that nothing in this permission shall authorise the diversion, obstruction, or stopping up of these rights of way.

 

9

This decision relates to documents/plans submitted with the application, listed below. No variation from the approved documents should be made without the prior approval of this Council. Amendments may require the submission of a further application.  Failure to comply with this advice may lead to enforcement action which may require alterations and/or demolition of any unauthorised buildings or structures and may also lead to prosecution.

 

Plan Refs Amended 1:2500 location plan, received on 11th June 2010; Drawing Numbers 01-06, received with the planning application and the Design and Access Statement received with the planning application.

 

 

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