Agenda item

PERMISSION

Description of application – Demolition of garage and construction of new detached 4 person 3 bedroom two storey dwelling with parking and bin stores and retention of adjacent existing house with loft conversion incorporating pitched roof extension, side dormer and rooflights, elevational alterations and

new front porch demolition of pedestrian link and subdivision of the site curtilage.

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

Members having considered the report, objections and representations, RESOLVED that PERMISSION be GRANTED as recommended, subject to the condition set out in the report of the Assistant Director, (Planning and Building Control) with an amendment to Condition 8 and three further conditions to read:-

“8.  Before the development hereby permitted is first occupied the proposed window(s) in the first and second storey flank elevations shall be obscure glazed to a minimum of Pilkington privacy Level 3 and left-hand hinge opening (as looking from The Fairway).  The window (s) shall subsequently be permanently retained as such.

REASON: In the interests of protecting residential amenity in accordance with Policy 37 of the Bromley Local Plan.

13. Notwithstanding condition 5, before the development hereby permitted is first occupied a 2.6m high close boarded feather-edged side gate/fence shall be installed between the proposed dwelling and western side boundary with The Fairway and shall be permanently retained as such.

REASON: In the interests of protecting residential amenity in accordance with Policy 37 of the Bromley Local Plan.

14. Notwithstanding the provisions of Class L of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any Order amending, revoking and re-enacting this Order), no change of use of a building from a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of the Schedule to the Use Classes Order, to a use falling within Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation) of that Schedule or vice versa shall be provided within the curtilage of the dwelling(s) without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

REASON: In order to comply with Policies 3, 4 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan and in the interest of the visual and residential amenities of the area.

15. Prior to the commencement of above ground works, details of green technologies to be used in the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be completed in complete accordance with the approved details and shall be permanently retained as such thereafter.

REASON: Details are required prior to the commencement of development in order to limit carbon dioxide emissions, to ensure a sustainable design and construction can be achieved and to comply with policy 123 of the Bromley Local Plan.”