Decision details

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for the erection of dwelling following demolition of existing triple garage block. New vehicular access from highway to serve existing dwelling.

The Committee received representations in objection to the application from the following:

·       Resident of Hills Avenue.

·       A local resident.

The representations covered the following issues:

       i.          Took issue with details in the Officer’s report.

     ii.          The Committee should make a decision in line with National Planning Policy Framework and Local Plan policies.

   iii.          Suggested that NPPF and Local Plan policies did not allow for residential garden plots to be developed as they were not windfall land.

   iv.          Expressed concern about:

·       Site access (eg by emergency services) and knock on impact on safety.

·       (Application) building design, which is out of scale with neighbours.

·       Impact on neighbours’ amenities.

·       Loss of light.

·       Overlooking.

·       Overshadowing.

·       Sense of enclosure.

·       Noise.

Mr Anderson (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the application.

Councillor Moore (Queen Ediths Ward Councillor) addressed the Committee about the application.

The representations covered the following issues:

       i.          The site is a tight space. Number 3 Hills Avenue would be boxed in and lose light through the Cavendish Avenue development.

     ii.          Took issue with the pitched roof design.

   iii.          Emergency services would experience difficulties accessing the site, which affected the safety of neighbours and future site inhabitants.

   iv.          The development did not have suitable access for disabled people, so may fall afoul of national planning regulations.

The Committee:

Resolved (by 6 votes to 1) to grant the application for planning permission in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to the conditions recommended by the officers.