Householder Planning
Application - 1no. Dormer Window
This application was referred to the
Development Control Committee following consideration by the
Delegation Panel.
A Member site visit was held prior to the
meeting. Officers were recommending
that the application be approved, subject to conditions as set out
in Paragraph 17 of Report No DEV/SE/18/031.
Objections to the application had been
received from the Parish Council and one immediate neighbour
(Pigeon Cottage).
As part of his presentation the Senior
Planning Officer provided the following updates:
·
Since publication of the agenda, amended drawings had
been submitted containing minor corrections to some dimensions
which the Officer drew attention to;
·
The recommendation set out at Paragraph 17 of the report contained
an error and should have read “It is recommended
that planning permission and Listed Building
Consent be approved…”.
Lastly, the Case Officer reminded the
Committee that whilst work to the property commenced before the
planning application was submitted, this was subject to a separate
enforcement investigation and was not a relevant consideration in
respect of Members’ determination of the application.
Speakers: Mrs Janet Davies (neighbour) spoke
against the application
Councillor Susan
Glossop (Ward Member: Risby) spoke on
the application and advised those present that she would remain in
the meeting but would abstain from voting on the item
Mr Warwick Lowe
(applicant) spoke in support of the application
Councillor Julia Wakelam proposed that the
application be approved as per the Officer
recommendation. This was duly seconded
by Councillor Peter Stevens who remarked upon the intimate
relationship between historic properties such as host dwelling and
its neighbours.
(Councillor
Stevens, in the interests of transparency, also advised the meeting
that he had had a similar type of application approved in respect
of his own property which was likewise an historic cottage.)
During further discussion questions were posed
to Officers in respect of the applicant’s reference (in his
three minutes public speaking address) to the window being intended
as an escape route and his comments in respect of the
pre-application advice he received from the Planning Authority.
The Service Manager (Planning –
Development) explained that emergency egress in relation to the
dormer window would be addressed as part of the Building
Regulations and was not a planning application consideration,
likewise the pre-application consultation made reference to was
also not a matter for consideration as part of the
application’s determination.
Councillor Sara Mildmay-White asked if consideration had been given
to conditioning the window to use obscure glazing, in light of the
overlooking concerns cited by the neighbour. The Case Officer explained that the proposal was
considered acceptable without.
Upon being put to the vote and with 8 voting
for the motion, 4 against and with 1 abstention, it was resolved
that
Decision
Planning permission
and Listed Building Consent be GRANTED subject to
the following conditions:
1 The
development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in
complete accordance with the details shown on the approved plans
and documents.
2 A minimum of
seven days’ ...
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