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Councillor Green withdrew from the meeting for this item and did not participate in the discussion, the decision making nor did she vote.

The Committee received a Section 73 application for variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning application 18/1058/FUL.

The Principal Planner updated his report by stating condition 1 should refer to condition 30 not 40.

The Committee received a representation in objection to the application from a resident of North Cottages:

      i.          In the course of the ongoing dispute regarding the width of the right of way, the Police have required undertakings from both the developer and me (the resident) that there will be no activity on the building site until the legal issues regarding the right of way to which neighbours are entitled have been resolved. Until that resolution has been achieved to the satisfaction of both parties any discussion of this Section 73 Notice is premature, if not irrelevant.

     ii.          The original planning application was approved with a condition that the only window on the south elevation was to be of limited size, of obscured glass, as a bathroom window. It had been the concern of the owner of the house opposite the proposed development that any further windows would allow the invasion of her privacy.

   iii.          The Objector caught the Developer taking photographs from his building site of that neighbour. Allowing him to use today's Section 73 variation to add a further window or windows on that South elevation Would enable him or others to intrude even more on to her privacy, the very thing the original condition was intended to prevent. If you decide to approve further windows, I suggest that that they be of obscured glass, with no opening lights.

Councillor Porrer proposed an amendment to the Officer’s recommendation that a 1.1m obscure glazing strip be used on the balcony (front of house, second floor).

This amendment was carried (by 6 votes to 1).

The Committee:

Resolved (by 5 votes to 2) to grant the Section 73 application in accordance with the Officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the Officer’s report, subject to:

      i.          the planning conditions set out in the Officer’s report;

     ii.          condition 1 wording be amended as above;

   iii.          delegated authority to officers, in consultation with the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokes, to draft and include  an additional condition relating toa 1.1m obscure glazing strip to be used on the balconywith Chair, Vice Chair and Spokes to be consulted on details regarding the glazing.