Agenda item

The application was for the erection of 3 x 3-bedroom terraced dwellings with associated parking and amenity space.

The application would have normally been determined under the Council's Scheme of Delegation, however, it had been reported to the Planning Applications Committee at the request of Councillor Helen Whitcroft due to concerns regarding overdevelopment, mass and scale of the development and being out of keeping with the street scene.

Members were advised of the following updates on the application:

“Corrections

Condition 2 should read as:

The proposed development shall be built in accordance with the following approved plans, unless the prior written approval has been obtained from the Local Planning Authority.

-Drawing no FLU.803.HS.02 rev T- proposed site plan, received 13 August 2020

-Drawing no FLU.803.HS.04 rev G -Plots 1 & 3 Floor Plans & Elevations, received 22 April 2020

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interest of proper planning and as advised in ID.17a of the Planning Practice Guidance.

Condition 7 should read as:

The development hereby approved shall not be first occupied unless and until space has been laid out within the site in accordance with the approved plan FLU.803.HS.04 for vehicles to park and turn so that they may enter and leave the site in forward gear. Thereafter the parking and turning areas shall be retained and maintained for their designated purposes at all times.

Reason: To ensure the provision of on-site parking accommodation and turning area and to accord with Policies CP11 and DM11 of the Surrey Heath Core Strategy and Development Management Policies 2012.

Informative

10 – The applicant is advised that no bins shall be kept in the front of the building”.

It was noted for the record that there were some typographical errors in relation to the spelling of Woodend Road in the officer report. 

As the application triggered the Council’s Public Speaking Scheme, Mr Fraser Shorey, the applicant, sent in a video-recorded public speaking speech in support of the application which was played to the Committee. Mr Alan Barnard sent in a written public speaking speech in objection to the application, which was read out by the Democratic Services Officer.

Members had concerns in respect of potential overbearing from the proposal on 6 Blackdown Road. As a result it was agreed to amend the existing conditions to the officer’s recommendation to require walls facing 6 Blackdown road, to be rendered white or magnolia to mitigate any such impacts.

Moreover there were also reservations on the impact that the proposal may have on nearby residential amenity including the loss of privacy. Consequently existing proposed conditions were amended to secure a landscape scheme that further comprises details of the new fences and fences to be replaced around the perimeter of the site.

The officer recommendation to grant the application was proposed by Councillor Edward Hawkins, seconded by Cliff Betton and put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED

                     I.        that application 20/0279 be granted subject to the conditions in the officer report and updates, and the additional conditions;

                    II.        the proposed conditions be finalised by the Executive Head of Regulatory after consultation with the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Planning Applications Committee.

Note 1

It was noted for the record that:

                             I. A Committee Site Visit had taken place on the application.

                            II. Councillors Helen Whitcroft and Morgan Rise:

a.    had been in both verbal and written correspondence with local residents on the application and

b.    had written to local residents asking their opinions on the application;

c.    however they had not expressed an opinion on the application.

Note 2

A roll call vote was taken and the voting in relation to the application was as follows:

Voting in favour of the recommendation to grant the application:

Councillors Cliff Betton, Colin Dougan, Shaun Garrett, Edward Hawkins, David Lewis, Charlotte Morley, Robin Perry, Darryl Ratiram, Graham Tapper and Valerie White. 

Voting against the recommendation to grant the application:

Councillors Graham Alleway, Morgan Rise, Victoria Wheeler and Helen Whitcroft.

Voting in abstention on the recommendation to grant the application:

Councillor Peter Barnett.