Agenda item

The application was for the erection of a dwelling, following demolition of existing glasshouse, office and ancillary buildings associated with the commercial plant nursery.

The application would have normally been determined under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation but it had been reported to the Planning Applications Committee on the request of Councillor Victoria Wheeler due to concerns that the proposal was inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

Members were advised of the following updates on the application:

“The agent has agreed the pre-commencement conditions on behalf of the applicant.

An amended plan has been received to alter the size of the parking spaces to comply with the Windlesham Neighbourhood Plan. Condition 2 has been amended with an updated plan number (change in bold):

The proposed development shall be built in accordance with the following approved plans:

OV/DB/TOC/01A Received 18.10.2023

OV/DB/TOC/02A Received 18.10.2023

OV/DB/TOC/03A Received 18.10.2023

OV/DB/TOC/04B Received 21.11.2023

Location Plan Received 06.09.2023

CWLD-TOC-CGN-LA-2332-01 Received 06.09.2023

Condition 11 has been amended to include removal of Class AA  (enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys) permitted development rights:

Notwithstanding the provisions of Class AA, Class A, Class B and Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order) no further extensions, roof alterations, outbuildings shall be erected or undertaken without the prior approval in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

Any development under the Classes stated above undertaken or implemented between the date of this decision and the commencement of the development hereby approved shall be demolished and all material debris resulting permanently removed from the land within one month of the development hereby approved coming into first use.”

The Committee had concerns as to the potential effect of the proposal on the visual amenities of the area, and in particular the rural character of the Church Road Conservation Area. As a result it was agreed to add additional conditions to the Officer recommendation to remove the permitted development rights for additional walls and fencing; and to stipulate agreement of a landscaping plan with the planning authority, with the intent to retain the already existent hedges and boundary treatment on the site.

RESOLVED that application 23/0936 be granted subject to the conditions in the Officer report and the two additional conditions. 

Note 1

As per Part 4 Section D, paragraph 18 of the constitution, the voting in relation to the application was as follows:

Voting in favour of the officer recommendation, as amended, to grant the application:

Councillors Cliff Betton, Mary Glauert, Nirmal Kang, David O’Mahoney, Murray Rowlands, Kevin Thompson and David Whitcroft.

Voting against the officer recommendation, as amended, to grant the application:

Councillors Shaun Garrett, John Skipper, Richard Wilson and Victoria Wheeler.

Voting in abstention against the officer recommendation, as amended, to grant the application:

Councillor Liz Noble.