Agenda item

14/00096/FUL - 145 Chantry Gardens, Southwick, Trowbridge, BA14 9QP

Minutes:

Public Participation

Mr Roger Boor, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

Mr Francis Morland, on behalf of Southwick Parish Council, spoke in objection to the application.

 

The Area Team Leader presented a report which recommended that the application be approved. The application was a revision of a previously refused application, and the key issue was therefore stated to be whether the revisions overcome the previous reasons for refusal, while taking into account the judgements from a previous successful appeal decision from 2008 for four one bedroom flats on the site.

 

A site visit had taken place prior to the meeting, as agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 19 March 2014.

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the officer, and sought details of the entrances and exits of the proposed properties, and whether Highways considerations required an appropriate turning circle for vehicles on the site. It was noted that Highways officers had raised no objections following consideration of previously permitted developments on the site.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their views to the public, as detailed above.

 

The Local Member, Councillor Horace Prickett, then detailed the reasons he had called the item in for determination by the Committee, as laid out in the report papers.

 

A debate followed, where members discussed if the amenity areas for the proposed dwellings were sufficient, and whether the provision for parking was suitable.

 

At the conclusion of debate, it was,

 

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

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.

3

No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until the access and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

4

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 new dwelling shall not be occupied until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

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

5

Details of the cycle storage facilities shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before installation on the site.  The development shall subsequently be carried out before occupation of the new dwelling in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: In the interests of amenity

6

The first floor window serving the bathroom in the south west elevation to the new dwelling shall be obscure glazed prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted and shall be maintained as such at all times thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of amenity and privacy

7

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans:

           

DWG 01 received on 06/01/2014; DWG 02 received on 06/01/2014;

DWG 10A received on 26/02/2014; DWG 11B received on 26/02/2014; And  DWG 12A received on 26/02/2014         

 

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.

 

 

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