Agenda item

Report No: DEV/WS/21/044

Planning application - one dwelling and alterations to existing access following demolition of existing garage/office and containers

Planning application - one dwelling and alterations to existing access following demolition of existing garage/office and containers

This application was referred to the Development Control Committee following consideration by the Delegation Panel and in light of West Row Parish Council not having objected to the proposal, which was in conflict with the Officer’s recommendation of refusal for the reason set out in Paragraph 32 of Report No DEV/WS/21/044.

As part of her presentation the Planning Officer showed videos of the site by way of a virtual ‘site visit’.

Members were advised that a late representation in support of the scheme was received following publication of the agenda, the contents of which were verbally summarised for the Committee.

Councillor Roger Dicker proposed that the application be refused, as per the Officer recommendation and this was duly seconded by Councillor Brian Harvey.

Upon being put to the vote and with 3 voting for the motion, 11 against and with 1 abstention the Chair declared the motion lost.

The debate continued with some Members voicing support for the application which they considered would be an improvement to the existing containers currently on site.

Accordingly, Councillor Jim Thorndyke proposed that the application be approved, contrary to the Officer recommendation, as he did not consider that the proposal would have a dominant/overbearing or adverse effect on the street scene. This was duly seconded by Councillor James Lay.

The Service Manager (Planning – Development) explained that as the reasons cited for approval were reasonable and subjective the Decision Making Protocol would not be invoked.

The Planning Officer then verbally outlined conditions that could be appended to a planning permission.

Upon being put to the vote and with 14 voting for the motion and with 1 abstention, it was resolved that

Decision

Planning permission be GRANTED, CONTARY TO THE OFFICER RECOMMENDATION, subject to the following conditions:

1.   The development hereby permitted shall be begun not later than three years from the date of this 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, unless otherwise stated.

3.   Prior to first occupation, all dwellings with off street parking shall be provided with an operational electric vehicle charge point at reasonably and practicably accessible locations, with an electric supply to the charge point capable of providing a 7kW charge.

4.   No development above ground level shall take place until details of the treatment of the boundaries of the site have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The details shall specify the siting, design, height and materials of the screen walls/fences to be constructed or erected and/or the species, spacing and height of hedging to be retained and / or planted together with a programme of implementation. Any planting removed, dying, being severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years of planting shall be replaced by soft landscaping of similar size and species to those originally required to be planted. The works shall be completed prior to first use/occupation in accordance with the approved details.

5.   The site preparation and construction works, including road works, shall be carried out between the hours of: 08:00 to 18:00 Mondays to Fridays 08:00 - 13.30 Saturdays And at no times during Sundays or Bank Holidays without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority. Planning and Growth, West Suffolk Council, West Suffolk House, Western Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3YU

6.   The dwelling(s) hereby approved shall not be occupied until the optional requirement for water consumption (110 litres use per person per day) in part G of the Building Regulations has been complied with and evidence of compliance has been obtained.

7.   The new vehicular access shall be laid out and completed in accordance with Drawing No. P- 6147- 04; and with a minimum entrance width of 4.1 metres and made available for use prior to occupation. Thereafter the access shall be retained in the specified form.

8.   Prior to the dwelling hereby permitted being first occupied, the vehicular access onto the highway shall be properly surfaced with a bound material for a minimum distance of 5 metres from the edge of the metalled carriageway, in accordance with details previously submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.

9.   The areas to be provided for storage of Refuse/Recycling bins as shown on Drawing No.P- 6147- 04 shall be provided in its entirety before the development is brought into use and shall be retained thereafter for no other purpose.

10.No above ground development shall take place until details of the areas to be provided for the loading, unloading, manoeuvring, parking of vehicles, including secure cycle storage, have been 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 and used for no other purpose.

11.The use shall not commence until the area within the site shown on Drawing No. P-6147- 04 for the purposes of manoeuvring and parking of vehicles has been provided and thereafter that area shall be retained and used for no other purposes.

12.Before the access is first used visibility splays shall be provided as shown on Drawing No. P- 6147- 04 with an X dimension of 2.4 metres and a Y dimension of 43 metres in each direction and thereafter retained in the specified form. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 2 Class A of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no obstruction over 0.6 metres high shall be erected, constructed, planted or permitted to grow within the areas of the visibility splays.