Issue - meetings

REFUSED

Description of Application: demolition of existing carriages and erection of two semi-detached dwellings one four bedroom and one two-bedroom with associated parking cycle and refuse stores and under croft access to existing garage at 18 Gardiner Close. It was noted that this application was called in by a councillor of the officer recommendation was at the application be permitted it was further noted that this application was in the St. Paul's Cray Conservation Area.

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

Ward Councillor Chris Price spoke in objection to the application. He expressed the view that before this application could be considered for approval, a full parking stress survey was needed to be commissioned. He felt that the application had not given effective thought to the parking considerations on site. He said that the plans had also revealed problems with the positioning of bin storage areas and the location of some of these would need to be reconsidered before approval could be granted.

Councillor Price referenced the proposed under croft, he said that this had a design of two sets of garage doors with an air chamber in between. He said that in his view the potential for anything going wrong with these was far too high. He stated that the reasons that had been put forward with respect to application 4.4 were also relevant to this application. He therefore urged Members to reject the application.

The Chairman moved that the application be refused because of loss of amenity. This was seconded by Cllr Fawthrop. A vote was taken and the application was refused unanimously. 

Members having considered the report objections and representations, RESOLVED THAT THE APPLICATION BE REFUSED for the following reasons: 

The proposed development, by reason of its siting, scale, layout, spatial distances and relationship with its neighbouring properties would have an adverse impact on neighbouring residential amenities in terms of loss of privacy contrary to Policies 4 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan.