Agenda item

Report No: DEV/SE/18/030

Outline Planning Application (Means of Access to be considered) - 1no dwelling

Outline Planning Application (Means of Access to be considered) - 1no dwelling

This application was referred to the Development Control Committee following consideration by the Delegation Panel, the item had been referred to the Panel in light of the Parish Council not objecting to the scheme which was contrary to the Officer recommendation.

A Member site visit was held prior to the meeting.  Officers were recommending that the application be refused.

As part of his presentation the Senior Planning Officer provided the following update:

·         Attention was drawn to the ‘late papers’ which were issued as a supplement to the agenda papers and which set out amended reasons for refusal that now formed the Officer recommendation together with additional information in respect of Tree Preservation Orders and the host dwelling being defined as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset.

Speaker:      Mrs Elizabeth Shea (applicant) spoke in support of the application

(In addition to her three minute speech to the Committee, Mrs Shea also made reference to an email of support she had in her possession and requested to make comment on the planning application process; the Chairman advised her that she was not able to address Members in respect of these matters outside of the public speaking provision.)

Councillor Peter Stevens spoke in support of the application and stated that the settlement boundary had, in his opinion, been drawn in the wrong place in that it did not include the curtilage of The Old Parsonage; only the property itself. 

He therefore proposed that the application be approved, contrary to the Officer recommendation of refusal, due to the limited impact the scheme would have both on the Non-Designated Heritage Asset (host dwelling) and on the view/appearance of the area.  This was duly seconded by Councillor David Roach. 

Considerable further discussion took place by the Committee, some of whom argued that the settlement boundary had been deliberately drawn in order to prevent applications of this nature.

A number of Members raised concern at the partial demolition of the host dwelling’s garden wall to facilitate a new access.  In response, the Case Officer explained that the wall was not listed or located within a conservation area meaning the access provision works could be carried out under Permitted Development rights.

The Service Manager (Planning – Development) explained that the Decision Making Protocol would not need to be invoked in this case as Officers did not consider a risk assessment to be required.  The Case Officer then outlined relevant conditions for the application.

Upon being put to the vote and with 7 voting for the motion and with 6 against, it was resolved that

Decision

Planning permission be GRANTED, CONTRARY TO THE OFFICER RECOMMENDATION OF REFUSAL, subject to the following conditions:

1.   Time limit for reserved matters

2.   Details of reserved matters

3.   Limit floor space to 1000sqm

4.   Construction hours

5.   Acoustic insulation of dwelling

6.   Access details

7.   Bound materials

8.   Surface water discharge

9.   Visibility splays

10.Gates

11.Water use limits

12.Details of tree protection measures