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Minutes:
The Committee received an application for
full planning permission.
Planning Committee considered this application at the meeting of 1 November 2017 and resolved to accept the officer recommendation. Planning permission has not been issued in the light of concerns raised by a local resident.
The purpose of bringing the item back to Committee is to enable the resident to address the Committee again but with the benefit of reference to annotated plans. The agent/applicant had been advised of this course of action and had been invited to address the Committee in the interests of fairness.
The application sought approval for the demolition of former
restaurant, with redevelopment of the site for the erection of 2x3 bedroom and
1x2 bedroom detached linked dwellings; 1x2 bedroom apartment; 2x1 bedroom
apartments; associated cycle and car parking provision and landscaping
The Committee received a representation in objection to the application
from the resident of North Cottages who had also spoken in objection on the 1
November.
The representation covered the following issues:
i.
North
Cottages were 17 unique properties.
ii.
The application encroached on land belonging to the
owners of the cottages.
iii.
Suggested the site plan was inaccurate.
iv.
Raised concern about fire risk, stated– ‘There
should be suitable access for a pump appliance to all existing dwellings on
North Cottages and the existing access to the lane should not be made worse’.
The comments from the Fire and Rescue Team sent to Mr Hammond had not been
uploaded online.
v.
Highlighted ‘The developer had declared he does not
own any part of North Cottages but noted that the owner of North Cottages has
not counter signed the application when it was submitted. Another planning
officer at the council explained if the correct certificate had not been
signed, or if certificate D had not been signed but no notice correctly served
the Council would invalidate the application and would not consider the
application until it had been made valid’
vi.
Issues from a previous application had not been
addressed:
a.
Lack of green space.
b.
Overbearing.
c.
Overlooking and impact on neighbour’s amenities in
1 North Cottage.
d.
No assessment of the impact on neighbour’s window.
vii.
Stated that a complaint would be made to the
ombudsman if this application was granted
Mr Kirby (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the
application.
The Committee:
Resolved (by 5 votes to 0 and 1 abstention) 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.