Issue - meetings

Report DRR15/064

Members were requested to consider an Article 4 Direction in relation to land adjacent to The Drift, to remove permitted development rights for various classes of development.  This  land had been identified as being a sensitive area of Green Belt and vulnerable to development that may be carried out under permitted development which could harm the openness and character of the area.

Members were pleased to note the request for an Article 4 Direction to protect this sensitively located piece of Green Belt land.  Although already protected to a certain degree, development under existing permitted development rights could have a major impact on the land and lead to increased traffic congestion. 

RESOLVED that the proposed Article 4 Direction be endorsed and the  Portfolio Holder for Renewal and Recreation be recommended to authorise an Article 4 Direction for land adjacent to The Drift to remove permitted development rights for the following classes of development in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015:-

(i)  erection or construction of gates, fences, walls or other means of enclosure (Class A of Part 2);

(ii)  formation, laying out and construction of means of access (Class B of Part 2);

(iii)  provision of temporary buildings, etc (Class A of Part 4);

(iv)  temporary uses of land for any purpose for not more than 28 days per year (Class B of part 4); and

(v)  use of land as a caravan site (Class A of Part 5).

It was further recommended that the Direction be made with immediate effect for the classes of development specified in (i) to (v) as the Council considered that development could be prejudicial to the proper planning of the area or constitute a threat to the amenities of the area.