Agenda item

Report No: DEV/WS/21/006

Planning application - change of use from single dwelling house (C3) to a holiday let property (sui generis)

Planning application - change of use from single dwelling house (C3) to a holiday let property (sui generis)

Due to the recent planning history and the level of local interest in the site the application was referred directly to the Development Control Committee at the request of the Assistant Director, Planning and Regulatory Services.

As part of his presentation to the meeting the Planning Officer drew attention to the relevant planning and appeal history, he also took Members through videos of the site by way of a virtual ‘site visit’.

Reference was made to enforcement queries that had been submitted to the Planning Authority in connection with the application site, Members were advised that these were being investigated separately and the matter was not pertinent to the consideration of the application before the Committee.

Officers were recommending that the application be approved, subject to conditions as set out in Paragraph 77 of Report No DEV/WS/21/006.

Speakers:    Nigel French (neighbouring objector) spoke against the application

                   Councillor Miranda Martin (Market Weston Parish Council) spoke against the application

                   Councillor Carol Bull (Ward Member: Barningham) spoke on the application

                   Juliet Hargrave (applicant) spoke in support of the application

(Nigel French and Councillor Martin did not connect to the meeting to personally address the Committee and instead the Democratic Services Officer read out pre-prepared submitted statements on their behalf.)

A number of Members made comment/posed questions on the application which the Case Officer responded to as follows:

Booking information – the Committee was advised that the booking details the Planning Authority had been provided with did not include the number of occupants for each booking;

Operation under GPDO – the Officer confirmed that under a General Permitted Development Order the property would be able to be hired out for 28 days per annum without planning permission; and

Noise monitoring/residential amenity – attention was drawn to the sections of the report which covered the comments made by Public Health & Housing.

Councillor Mike Chester spoke in support of granting the application but with a two-year temporary approval that was subject to a review after one year.  However, the Service Manager (Planning – Development) explained that it would not be technically possible to grant permission in that way.

Councillor Jim Thorndyke then proposed that the application be granted but for a temporary 12-month occupation period. This was duly seconded by Councillor Andy Drummond.

The Planning Officer then verbally advised on the conditions that could be appended to a temporary permission including a noise management condition.

Upon being put to the vote and with 15 voting for the motion and with 1 against, it was resolved that

Decision

Planning permission be GRANTED FOR A TEMPORARY 12-MONTH OCCUPATION PERIOD subject to the following conditions:

1.           The holiday-let use of the property hereby permitted shall be discontinued and the property shall revert back to a single C3 dwelling house within 12 months from the date of this planning permission.

2.           The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the approved plans and documents.

3.           Within 2 months from the date of this planning permission, a Noise Management Plan which sets out the measures that are to be taken to minimise the potential noise impacts of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the development shall be carried out in complete accordance with any details as shall have been approved by the LPA and the Noise Management Plan shall not be altered or amended without the prior written consent of the LPA.

A written 12 month record of all bookings (including party size and booking type) shall be maintained and made available to the LPA for inspection upon request.

4.           Details of the areas to be provided for storage and presentation of Refuse/Recycling bins shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be carried out in its entirety before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter for no other purpose.

5.           Within 6 months from the date of this planning permission, the holiday let property hereby approved shall be provided with an operational electric vehicle charge point at a reasonably and practicably accessible location, with an electric supply to the charge point capable of providing a 7kW charge.

6.           Within 3 months from the date of this permission, details of biodiversity enhancement measures to be installed at the site, including details of the timescale for installation, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Any such measures as may be agreed shall be installed in accordance with the agreed timescales and thereafter retained as so installed.