Agenda item

In respect of application S/HOU/19/0282 (Erection of a detached single storey annex to rear, Eldswyn, Kingsdown Lane, Blunsdon) the Committee considered: -

          Name                                 Address/Organisation

          Bob Keech                          Agent

          Ian Jankinson                      Blunsdon Parish Council

Councillors Stan Pajak and Vera Tomlinson spoke in respect of this application.

Submissions in support of the application can be broadly summarised as:

·       There were no policy, highway or neighbour objections to the application and officers did not consider the application to constitute overdevelopment of the site.

·       The detached single storey annexe it was not considered to have an adverse effect on the surrounding area as it was set away from neighbouring properties.

·       The annexe had no kitchen as it was usual for annexe applications to be reliant on the main house and not an independent unit.

·       There was an existing septic tank on site which could be used by the annexe.

·       When the side extension was completed it would mean that there would only be pedestrian access to the annexe and therefore hard to get separate title for the annexe.

·       The design, whilst not usual was in keeping with the main building.

Submissions opposing the application can be broadly summarised as:

·       Planning permission for a first floor extension and porch was granted in 2016 although this has not yet been built, together with the previously considered application and the application for a single storey annex to the rear on a relatively small plot the Parish Council considered this would constitute over intensification of use of the site.

Resolved – That application numbered S/HOU/19/0282 be granted subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with the requirements of Section 91 (1) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

2. The accommodation to be provided within the annex hereby approved shall remain as permanently ancillary accommodation to the principal dwelling at Eldswyn, and shall be occupied only by persons of the same household and the building shall not be let or rented to any other person(s). There shall be no subdivision of this single residential planning unit.

Reason: The site is unsuitable to accommodate an additional residential unit.

3. The development hereby permitted shall be constructed using external facing materials that match and correspond with those of the existing building. Such facing materials shall be retained thereafter in their approved form.

Reason: To ensure that the appearance of the development is satisfactory.

 4. This approval shall be in respect of site plan and drawing no. 19/009 received by the Local Planning Authority on 20 February 2019. 

Reason: To define the scope of the development hereby permitted, in accordance with section 72 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

5. Notwithstanding the submitted details, work for the construction of the annexe shall not commence until a scheme for the disposal of surface and foul water has been submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. The development shall take place in accord with the details so approved.

Reason: To ensure adequate provision is made for drainage, in the interests of amenity.