Agenda item

Public participation:

Mr Diccon Carpendale, the agent, spoke in support of the application

Mr Damian Cardoza, the applicant, spoke in support of the application

Mr Rodney Coward, of Mere Parish Council, spoke in support of the application

The Planning Officer presented the report which recommended refusal and drew attention to the late list of additional information.

A debate ensued regarding the design and principle of the proposed development in the countryside, economic significance and the unusual circumstances of the applicant with regard to the reason for the application.

Resolved:

That subject to the submission of a Unilateral Undertaking requiring:

i)                    non-separation of title between the existing residential dwelling and the new additional residential dwelling; and

ii)                  provision of a financial contribution to secure public recreational open space facilities in accordance with Local Plan policy R2

That the application be approved for the following reasons:

The site is situated outside of a development boundary, remote from existing settlements, where new residential development would not normally be permitted. However, it is considered that the applicants have demonstrated that there are exceptional personal circumstances which justify the new residential accommodation in this location, and the character of the countryside would be preserved due to the visual benefits provided by the replacement of the existing barn with a more appropriately designed building, which would accord with polices C2 and C6 of the Salisbury District Local Plan.

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 Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2)     This decision relates to documents/plans submitted with the application, listed below:

Plan Ref….MP-002….                                Date Received….28.05.10….

Plan Ref….05155-2….                                 Date Received….10.09.10….

REASON: For the avoidance of doubt.

3)     Before development is commenced, a schedule of materials and finishes, and, where so required by the Local Planning Authority, samples of such materials and finishes, to be used for the external wall[s] and roof[s] of the proposed development shall be 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 the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C6

4)     No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Hard landscaping works shall be carried out as approved prior to first occupation of the residential accommodation hereby permitted. All planting, seeding or turfing comprised in the approved details of soft landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting and seeding seasons following the completion of development, whichever is the sooner, and any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of development 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 the Local Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

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

POLICY: C6

5)     Visibility shall be provided at the site access, with nothing over 1.0m in height above the adjacent carriageway level being planted, erected or maintained in front of the splay lines shown on the submitted plan numbered 05155-2.

REASON: In the interests of highways safety.

POLICY: G2

6)     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), there shall be no additions/extensions to the building hereby permitted.

REASON: In the interests of the amenity of the area and to enable the Local Planning Authority to consider individually whether planning permission should be granted for additions/extensions or external alterations.

POLICY: C6

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 garages, sheds, greenhouses and other ancillary domestic outbuildings shall be erected anywhere on the extended residential curtilage hereby permitted.

REASON: To safeguard the character and appearance of the area.

POLICY: C6