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Minutes:
The Committee received an application for
full planning permission.
The application sought approval for the demolition of the existing house
and the erection of 3 dwellings.
The Committee received representations in objection to the application.
The first representation covered the following issues:
i.
A hedge was removed between Alan
Percival Court and 38 High Street last year due to the trees dying.
ii.
Referred to the drawings and noted
that a 5m high hedge would be put up and raised concerns about the height of
the hedge due to the lack of light to the ground floor flats of Alan Percival
Court.
iii.
Was looking at putting up trees
along the rear of 38 High Street and would like to discuss this with planning.
The second representation covered the following issues:
i.
The close
proximity of the boundary wall and the height of the trees at 5m was a
looming and overbearing feature. This would be oppressive if it ran the length
of the boundary wall.
ii.
The proposal to plant along the
boundary wall would provide not only a screen for privacy but also a vista.
iii.
Was sympathetic to the provision
of a screen but did not want this to become oppressive to neighbouring
properties.
iv.
Was pleased with this application
as the buildings were further away and closer to the High Street. Their only
concern related to the proposed screen. Asked for a condition to be imposed
which provided a compromise between the needs of the new and existing residents
regarding the screen so that light could filter through and it would be a form
of vista.
Councillor Green
proposed an amendment to the landscape condition requiring the removal of the
existing trees on the rear boundary and for specific details of the new
planting on the rear boundary to be submitted to the Planning Authority for
approval. Councillor Smart seconded this proposal.
The Delivery
Manager Development Management advised against the imposition of such a
condition as officers were of the view that the application did not make the
situation worse and therefore the imposition of the condition was unreasonable.
The amendment to impose
Councillor Green’s proposed additional condition was carried by 6 votes to 1.
The Committee:
Unanimously resolved to grant the application for planning
permission 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 and
ii.
delegated authority to officers, in consultation
with the Chair, Vice Chair and Spokes, to draft and include the following:
a. amendment
to condition 15 to include reference to two EV charging points;
b. amendment
to condition 21 to require the removal of the existing trees on the rear
boundary and for the specific details of the new planting on the rear boundary
to be submitted for approval to the Planning Authority.
42 20/03838/FUL - 38 High Street, Chesterton PDF 189 KB
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Minutes:
Application deferred to the next Planning
Committee as the Committee had
insufficient time to properly consider the application.