Agenda item

Planning Application 17/02890/OUT - Little Meadow, Love Lane, Shepton Beauchamp

Meeting of Area North Committee, Wednesday 27th September 2017 2.00 pm (Item 63.)

Minutes:

Proposal: Demolition of existing garage, erection of a dwelling, formation of access and creation of parking area for existing dwelling (outline).

The Planning Officer introduced the report and advised that the proposal was backland development which if agreed, would open the area to further backland development in the future. Because of the impact on the character and the appearance of the setting and residential amenity, his recommendation was refusal.

Mrs J Bishop, representing the Parish Council, said the site was not overlooked or visible from the nearby Cowleaze meadow. The village needed small houses and this development would make the front house available. The Parish Council had unanimously supported the application.

Ms J Fryer, Agent for the applicants, said the land had been a garden for many years and 50% of it could be built on without permission. The application was for one modest single storey dwelling which related well to the existing property. Other dwellings had been granted permission within the village in similar situations.

One of the Ward Members, Councillor Crispin Raikes, noted that the Parish Council were in favour of the development and it was one bungalow which would not be visible.

The other Ward Member, Councillor Adam Dance agreed that the views of the Parish Council were important and should be valued.

There was no debate and Members voted unanimously to approve the application.

RESOLVED:

That planning application 17/02890/OUT be APPROVED, contrary to the officer’s recommendation for the following reason:

Justification:

01. The proposal represents an acceptable form of development on greenfield land that would respect the established character and appearance of the edge of the village, the local landscape and the setting of the conservation area while making provision for one additional housing unit. The proposal is considered to represent sustainable development that causes no demonstrable harm to residential amenity or highway safety, and accords with the aims of the NPPF and Policies SD1, EQ2 and EQ3 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006-2028).

SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:

01. The development hereby permitted shall be begun either before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission, or before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved, whichever is the later.

Reason: As required by Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

02. Application for approval of the appearance, landscaping of the site and scale of development, referred to in this permission as the reserved matters, shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission, and before any development is commenced on site.

Reason: As required by Section 92(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

03. The access and layout of the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: the untitled plans at scales 1:1250 and 1:500 submitted with the application.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

04. No development hereby permitted shall be commenced unless details of all boundary treatments and fencing have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details, which shall include fencing along the southern boundary, shall be fully implemented and thereafter retained.

Reason: In the interests of visual and residential amenity and to accord with Policy EQ2 of the South Somerset Local Plan.

05. At the proposed access there shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 600 millimetres above adjoining road level within the visibility splays shown on the submitted location plan. Such visibility splays shall be constructed prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted and shall thereafter be maintained at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

06. Prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted, the proposed access over at least the first 6 metres of its length, as measured from the edge of the adjoining carriageway, shall be properly consolidated and surfaced (not loose stone or gravel) in accordance with details which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Once constructed the access shall thereafter be maintained in that condition at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

07. Any entrance gates erected shall be hung to open inwards, shall be set back a minimum distance of 6 metres from the carriageway edge and shall thereafter be maintained in that condition at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

08. Provision shall be made within the site for the disposal of surface water so as to prevent its discharge onto the highway, details of which shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such provision shall be installed prior to occupation of the development hereby permitted and thereafter maintained at all times.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety.

(Voting: unanimous in favour)

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