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16/06342/FUL - Besants Garage, Main Road, Christian Malford, SN15 4AZ

Minutes:

Colin Read spoke in objection to the application in his capacity as a local resident and not on behalf of the parish council.

 

Mark Willis spoke in support of the application.

 

The planning officer introduced the application which was for the erection of a workshop building and stables, it was noted that the application was partly retrospective. The location of the site and photographs of the current development were shown alongside the plans for the site and details of the previously approved scheme. Members commented that it was difficult to compare the new plans with the previously agreed plans and it was explained that the span of the building had been enlarged, and there were changes to the dormer elevations and stepping down arrangements. It was confirmed that the application included a change of use for the adjacent land. The officer recommended that planning permission be granted, subject to the conditions outlined in the report.

 

In response to technical questions, it was confirmed that the application was dissimilar to an application previously refused for a residential element to the dwelling; the current application gave no provision for residential use. The planning officer detailed where the building was to be widened beyond the approved scheme however noted that the eaves and ridge height would remain the same.

 

Members of the public were then invited to speak as detailed above.

 

The local member, Cllr Howard Greenman, spoke in objection to the application.

 

Following statements from the public the planning officer confirmed that under condition 5, use of the workshop should only take place between 10am and 6pm on Sundays.

 

In the debate that followed, members expressed disappointment that the development had not been built in accordance with the previously approved plans. The Committee considered that the new proposals were significantly different and larger than the previous application and as such would cause more harm. It was considered that the height, mass and scale of the proposal would fail to conserve the setting of the neighbouring property which was a historic building. It was also noted that the Parish Council had objected to the application. Concern was also raised that the application was similar to an application that had previously been refused, however it was noted that this was refused on the grounds that it included a residential element.

 

Cllr Greenman, seconded by Cllr Crisp, moved that the application be refused on the grounds that the scale, bulk, massing and design would result in harm to the neighbouring residential amenity and property through overbearing impact and harm to the character and appearance of the area and damage to the neighbouring heritage asset.

 

Resolved:

 

To REFUSE planning permission for the following reason:

 

The proposed development, by reason of its scale, bulk, massing and design, will result in an unacceptable overbearing impact on the neighbouring property and consequent loss of residential amenity to occupiers. The proposal therefore conflicts with Core Policy 57 (vii) of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy and Paragraph 17 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

The proposed development, by reason of its scale, bulk, massing and design, will adversely affect the character and setting of the adjacent undesignated heritage asset to a degree not outweighed by other considerations. The proposal therefore conflicts with Core Policies 57(i) and 58 of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy and Paragraph 135 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

 

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