Issue - meetings

REFUSED

Description of application – Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a pair of two storey semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings with accommodation in the roofspaces, associated car parking, refuse/cycle storage, amenity areas and landscaping.

Oral representations in objection to and in support of the application were received at the meeting.

It was reported that further objections, similar to those already contained in the report had been received and circulated to Members.

The Planning Officer advised that if Members decided to grant permission, a condition relating to the removal of Permitted Development Rights should be imposed.

The Legal Representative informed Members that the existence of a restrictive covenant preventing development at the site was not a relevant planning consideration.

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION BE REFUSED for the following reasons:-

1  The proposal would involve the unsatisfactory severance of garden land to create a separate plot and would result in an undesirable sub-division of the site, detrimental to the character and appearance of the street scene, resulting in a retrograde lowering of the spatial standards of the area, contrary to Policies 4 and 37 of the Local Plan.

2  The proposed development would be harmful to the layout and open plan appearance of the area and the existing visual amenities, contrary to Policies 4 and 37 of the Local Plan.