Issue - meetings

Replace existing rooflights with 3no. dormer windows.

The Assistant Director of Planning and Regeneration introduced the report and advised Members that further to the publication of the report, the applicant had provided the following summarised comments:

·         There would be little visibility of the site from the surrounding area as the hedges along the boundary are high. Trees have also been planted along the rear and northern boundary which, once mature, will make the bungalow invisible in the landscape.

·         It is considered that the dormer windows would improve the current roof lines and will blend into the existing tiles and would allow the occupiers to have a more practical use of the internal space.

·         The bungalow has been extended by 55% but original bungalow was very small and the loft space is not as large as it looks due to the roof angle and low ridge height. 

·         The existing front dormer window on the property was relocated during construction due to a ridgeline change.

·         The garage was constructed under permitted development.

·         The Committee should approve the application, or allow further dialogue with the planning department as the concerns raised are unwarranted.

The Assistant Director of Planning and Regeneration recommended that permission was refused in accordance with the report, following the expiry of the statutory press notice and subject to no further material considerations being raised.

RESOLVED:

TO REFUSE planning permission for the following reason;

1          The proposed dormer windows would result in cumulative disproportionate additions to the building and would therefore represent inappropriate development, which is by definition, harmful to the Green Belt. The proposed development would cumulatively result in an increase in floorspace to the building of 74% which would be harmful to the openness of the Green Belt. The proposal would also be unduly prominent from the surrounding countryside through the cumulative increase in bulk and scale of the building. There are no very circumstances that would outweigh this harm. The development would therefore be contrary to Section 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2019) Policy 3 of Gedling Borough Council Aligned Core Strategy (2014) and Gedling Borough Council Local Planning Document Policy 13 (2018).