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N/13/00244/FUL - 8 Willowbrook and Ashgrove House, Purton, SN5 4AG

Minutes:

Public Participation

Mr John Playfair spoke in objection to the application.

Mrs Barbara Kersey spoke in objection to the application.

Mr Mark Beggs spoke in objection to the application.

Mr Simon Chambers spoke in favour of the application.

Councillor Geoff Greenaway spoke in objection to the application.

 

The area development manager presented a report which recommended permission be granted subject to conditions. The proposed development was for a physical expansion of the site, but not to increase staff or resident numbers, but to allow for single occupier rooms in accordance with the spaces currently permitted by Wiltshire Council. The access to the building and the use of the building were considered by officers to be acceptable.

 

The committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer. There were no technical questions.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to address the committee with their views, as stated above.

 

The local councillor, Councillor Jacqui Lay, then spoke in objection to the application.

 

A discussion followed during which it was established no Section 106 agreements had been sought or offered and that the footway was used at present.

 

Resolved:

 

For Application N/13/00244/FUL

 

That planning permission be GRANTED for the following reason:

In accordance with paragraph 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Wiltshire Council has worked

proactively to secure this development to improve the environmental conditions of the area. The proposed

conversion is considered to be acceptable in the context of the surrounding area and would preserve the

character and appearance of this part of the Malmesbury Conservation Area. The property has been

marketed for a period of over 24 months without success and therefore the change of use is considered to

be acceptable in this instance and is in accord with policies C3 and H3 of the North Wiltshire Local Plan

2011.

 

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 be implemented in accordance with the submitted plans and

documents listed below. No variation from the approved plans should be made without the prior approval of

the local planning authority. Amendments may require the submission of a further application.

Plans

LPC/3142/1

Location Plan

LPC/3142/EX/1 – Existing Plan

LPC/3142/EX/2 – Existing Elevation

LPC/3142/2A – Proposed Site Layout

LPC/3142/3A – Proposed Ground Floor Plan

LPC/3142/4A – Proposed First Floor Plan

LPC/3142/5A – Proposed Elevations

Received 29.01.13

REASON: To ensure that the development is implemented as approved.

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.

4. No part of the development hereby approved shall be first brought into use until the parking area shown

on the approved plan, LPC/3142/3A, has been consolidated, surfaced and laid out in accordance with the

approved details. The use of the car parking spaces shall only be for the use staff car parking. There shall

be no deliveries, visitor parking via this car parking space. This area shall be maintained and remain

available for this use at all times thereafter.

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

safety.

5. Pursuant to condition 4, no part of the development hereby approved shall be first brought into use until

details of a sign saying ‘Staff Parking Only’ has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local

Planning Authority. The sign shall be erected on site in a position agreed in writing with the Local Planning

Authority and shall be retained on site in perpetuity.

REASON – To ensure the parking spaces remain available for staff parking at all times.

6. The extension (building) hereby permitted shall not be occupied at any time other than for purposes

ancillary to the use of the site known as property known as Ashgrove House Nursing Home.

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 / additional unit.

7. 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

brought into use until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved

scheme.

REASON: To ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

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