Agenda item

REFUSED

Description of application – Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of two detached 4 bed dwellings with associated landscaping. OUTLINE APPLICATION.

Oral representations in objection to and in support of the application were received.  Ward Member, Councillor Douglas Auld, read out a statement in objection to the application that he wished to have minuted and a copy is attached at the end of these minutes marked, ‘Appendix A’.  The Chief Planner’s Representative advised Councillor Auld that Policy H11 was not applicable in this instance.

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

1.  The proposed development would be inappropriate, out of character and out of scale with adjoining development, detrimental to the appearance of the locality by reason of the extensive site coverage and design of the dwellings, and contrary to Policies BE1, H7, and H9 of the Unitary Development Plan.

2. The proposal would adversely affect the character and appearance of the Petts Wood Area of Special Residential Character, resulting in the loss of an open and verdant frontage which contributes to the generous spatial standards and overall character of the area, thereby contrary to Policy H10 of the Unitary Development Plan.

3.The proposal would constitute a cramped overdevelopment of a site which has not previously been developed, resulting in a loss of garden land, and appearing out of character in the locality, and thereby detrimental to its visual amenities, character and spatial standards, and contrary to Policies BE1, H7, H9 and H10 of the Unitary Development Plan, Policy 3.5 of the London Plan and Paragraph 53 of the National Planning Policy Framework.