Agenda item

Two dwellings and associated access, car parking and landscaping.

Public Participation

Tony Allen (Agent) spoke in support of the application

Mick Brown spoke on behalf of Winterslow Parish Council

 

The Senior Planning Officer, Warren Simmonds introduced the report which detailed an application for two dwellings and associated access, car parking and Landscaping.

 

Plot 1 already built. Plots 2 and 3 were detailed in this application. The Back Drove was a byway which would be used as access to the site.

 

There were no consultee objections subject to conditions. There was one objection from a neighbour on the opposite side of the road, due to overlooking, however as the neighbour was over the road, it was considered that there was not an undue degree of overlooking, therefore, this was not considered sufficient to constitute a reason for refusal.

 

Winterslow was a large village and this site was outside of the settlement boundary.

 

The Winterslow Neighbourhood Plan (NP) was in a development stage and had not yet been adopted. It was understood that all of the housing allocations previously listed had been removed from the upcoming NP.

 

The application was recommended for refusal

 

Members then had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officer, where it was noted that the proposed development was not considered as infill.

 

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

 

The Parish Council representative spoke in support of the application. He drew attention to the map which had been circulated within the late correspondence at the meeting. The Parish felt that the development should be considered on merit, on location, and the type of construction materials, as he felt the application ticked all of the boxes.

 

The Division Member Cllr Devine then spoke in support of the application, noting that small scale development was wanted in Winterslow, and that the development reflected what was in the emerging NP. This was a site that had already been chosen for development by the NP Group.

 

The school was under subscribed, and Winterslow needed family sized homes to bring more families to the village. The back drove could be upgraded.

 

Cllr Devine then moved the motion of Approval, against Officers recommendation, this was seconded by Cllr Hewitt.

 

A debate then followed, where the key issues raised included the support of the village, and whether the development would help to make the local school and community more viable. However as the NP was in the developmental stage and had not been adopted, it could not be given any weight. 

 

The report noted that the track leading to the second property would require repair and construction, and that would be included as a condition, should the application be approved.

 

The Committee voted on the motion of approval against officer’s recommendation.

 

Resolved

That application 18/01233/FUL be approved against Officer’s recommendation, as the proposed development was considered to constitute a sustainable form of development that would align with local aspirations for the provision of small scale housing development in and around the settlement, 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 carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

Site location plan 1:5000 (undated), as deposited with the local planning authority on 06.02.18, and

Drawing number Hww/p/01 dated Feb 18, as deposited with the local planning authority on 06.02.18, and

Drawing number Hww/p/02 dated Feb 18, as deposited with the local planning authority on 06.02.18, and

Drawing number Hww/p/03 dated Feb 18, as deposited with the local planning authority on 06.02.18.

 

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

 

3 The development referred in the approved drawings as plot 2 shall not be first occupied until the first five metres of the access, measured from the edge of the carriageway, has been consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel). The access shall be maintained as such thereafter.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

4 Any gates to the entrance of plot 2 shall be set back 4.5 metres from the edge of the carriageway, such gates to open inwards only.

 

REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

 

5 No part of the development referred in the approved drawings as plot 2 shall be first occupied until the access, turning area 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.

 

6 No development shall commence on site (including any works of demolition), until a Construction Method Statement, which shall include details of a scheme for the improvement and maintenance of the access track serving plot 3 (from the junction of Livery Road to the entrance of the curtilage of plot 3) has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Development shall not be carried out otherwise than in accordance with the approved construction method

statement.

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner.

 

7 No development shall commence on site until details of the external materials to be used for the walls and roof of the development 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: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, in the interests of visual

amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

 

8 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 of plot 2), incorporating sustainable drainage details, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be first occupied

until surface water drainage has been constructed in accordance with the approved scheme.

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, to ensure that the development can be adequately drained.

 

9 No construction or demolition work shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays or outside the hours of 07:30 to 18:00 on weekdays and 08:00 to 13:00 on Saturdays. No burning of waste shall take place on the site during the construction phase of the development.

 

REASON: In the interests of neighbouring amenities