Agenda item

Public Participation

Mrs Bueno De Mesquita spoke in objection to the application.

Mr Chris Brayne spoke in objection to the application on behalf of Codford Parish Council.

The Area Development Manager outlined the report which recommended the application for approval. The Area Development Manager outlined the site description and access to the site. This amounted to the erection of a wooden stable and store located approximately within the centre of the site, to the north of the existing gated access and the nearby mature tree. The site was said to be occupied with a dismantled building that appeared to have formerly stood on the site. The proposed stable would measure 8.8 metres (length) by 6.1 metres (width) with a pitched roof height of 4.2 metres and would contain two stables and one store and with 7 solar panels on the roof.

The various consultative parties’ comments were then highlighted which included objections from Codford Parish Council. No objections were received from Highways, Environmental Protection, or the AONB Landscape Advisor.

The Area Development manager drew attention to the relevant planning policy which included the West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration (2004): namely;

- C1 Countryside;

- C31a Design;

- C38 Nuisance;

- E10 Equestrian;

The Area Development Manager then cited the relevant planning considerations which were summarised as being: change of use for equestrian facilities, the location, scale and design of the proposals, and the combined effect of these factors on the local area and neighbour amenity.

Members were then invited to ask technical questions of the application. These consisted of clarification on the animal welfare suitability of the design. Members debated the dimensions of the stable and the size of the land in comparison to the suggested guidelines. Members questioned the AONB findings and the impact on neighbour amenity, and questioned the sites suitability and desirability for use as a stable.

Members of the public were invited to speak on the application as detailed (above).

Cllr Newbury then spoke as the local member against the application citing the scale of the development, visual impact on the surrounding area, the relationship to neighbouring properties, as principle reasons for his objection.

The Committee then entered into debate on the application and discussed the acceptable dimensions of the stable. Members debated conditioning the use of the site and questioned conditioning any permitted development rights that may arise as a result of the applications approval. At the end of the debate 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.     No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the external walls and roof 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. 

3.     No horse manure or any other materials shall be burnt on site. 

REASON: In order to minimise nuisance and safeguard the amenities of the area.

4.     The development hereby permitted shall only be used for the private stabling of horses and the storage of associated equipment and feed and shall at no time be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever, including for livery, or in connection with equestrian tuition or leisure rides.

REASON: In the interests of highway safety and/or to protect the living conditions of nearby residents.

5.     No development shall commence on site until details for the storage of manure and soiled bedding (including the location of such storage) and its disposal from site (including frequency) have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Before the development is first brought into use, the works for such storage and disposal shall be completed in accordance with the approved details and shall subsequently be maintained in accordance with the approved details. No storage of manure and soiled bedding shall take place outside of the storage area approved under this condition.

REASON: In the interests of public health and safety, in order to protect the natural environment and prevent pollution.

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

         Drawing reference P-01 B received on 03 February 2013

         Drawing reference P-02 received on 11 September 2013

REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

7.     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended) (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending those Orders with or without modification), no development within Schedule 2 of that Order that relates to the extension or alteration of this building shall take place without the prior grant of planning permission by the local planning authority.

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 any extensions or alterations to this stable building.