Issue - meetings

Outline application for the demolition of a single storey triple garage and replacement with a 2 storey development containing up to 4 studio apartments.

The Principal Planning Officer introduced the report.

The recommendation was not carried and therefore the chair proposed an adjournment so that a revised proposal could be drafted by officers.

The meeting was adjourned at 6.28pm

The meeting resumed at 6.38pm

The Head of Development and Place proposed the following reasons for refusal, contrary to officer recommendation:

(1)  The applicant has failed to demonstrate that up to 4 studio apartments can be accommodated on the site that would provide a sufficient level of amenity for future residents due to the potential small apartment floor areas, contrary to Policy 32 – Amenity of the adopted Local Planning Document Part 2 Local Plan and paragraph 135 of the NPPF (December 2023) which requires that all planning policies and decisions should ensure a high standard of amenity for existing and future users.

(2)  The proposal would provide an insufficient level of car parking to meet the requirements of the occupants, contrary to Policy 57 of the Local Planning Document Part 2 Local Plan and adopted Supplementary Planning Document ‘Parking Provision for Residential and Non-Residential Developments’.

The revised recommendations were carried and it was

RESOLVED:

To refuse the application for the following reasons:

1.     The applicant has failed to demonstrate that up to 4 studio apartments can be accommodated on the site that would provide a sufficient level of amenity for future residents due to the potential small apartment floor areas, contrary to Policy 32 – Amenity of the adopted Local Planning Document Part 2 Local Plan and paragraph 135 of the NPPF (December 2023) which requires that all planning policies and decisions should ensure a high standard of amenity for existing and future users.

2.    The proposal would provide an insufficient level of car parking to meet the requirements of the occupants, contrary to Policy 57 of the Local Planning Document Part 2 Local Plan and adopted Supplementary Planning Document ‘Parking Provision for Residential and Non-Residential Developments’.