Weekly Planning Search - Jun 30th 2010

95724 - 7 WATERFORD LANE

registration date:  16/06/2010

Location:  4th house along, NE side

Proposal:  Single-storey rear extension

Statutory Class: Householder developments

Consulted:  neighbours 6, others 5

History:  none

Comment:  One of the ?Edwardian? houses near the top of the lane, which stand close together in long narrow plots.   The plan is to extend the ground floor only, into the garden behind the house, where there is plenty of room and the extension will be invisible from the road.

Recommendation:  No action

 

95596 - Land adjacent 1 SOUTHBOURNE ROAD, PENNINGTON

registration date:  14/06/2010

Location:  S side, near the corner with Highfield Road

Proposal:  House

Statutory Class: Minor Dwellings

Consulted:  neighbours 11, others 9

History:  85032 - 31/05/2005 - House - refused  (delegated) - appeal dismissed

88582 - 18/08/2006 - Garage (Outline application with all matters reserved) - refused(delegated) - appeal allowed

91513 - 19/12/2007 - Garage (reserved matters following Outline Permission 88582) - granted (delegated)

93011 - 01/09/2008 - house, new access - refused(delegated) - appeal dismissed

94958 - 02/12/2009 - Garage (Extension to time limit of Planning Permission 07/91513) - granted(delegated)

Comment:  This is another of those long-running cases in which a developer is trying to extract the maximum return by overloading a tiny site. The first application (85032) was by Kite Properties and was refused:  "  .  .  . This proposed development would further reduce the private amenity space at 11 Highfield Road that would be an overintensive use of the site and would result in a cramped form of development that would be out of character of the surrounding area.  .  .  . the proposal is contrary to policies DW-E1, BU-H1 and DW-E7 of the New Forest District Local Plan."   88582 (now and subsequently proposed by La Vie Properties)  retreated by seeking outline permission to build a garage and was refused again:  "The proposed garage would be sited on part of the land that could potentially form the private amenity space for the block of flats at 11 Highfield Road.   [it had formerly belonged to the flats but had been sold, presumably to the developer].   As a result, only a limited amenity space would be available to the residents of the flat and this would create a poor living environment to the detriment of the residents.  .  .  contrary to policy DW-E10 of the adopted New Forest District Local Plan First Alteration."   An appeal was allowed but the decision is not recorded by either NFDC or Inspectorate.   91513 followed 88582 for approval of reserved matters left over from the latter's outline consent.   Nine months later, the developer was back with 93011, seeking to make a house the same size and shape as the approved garage.   Result:  refused:  "  .  .  the proposed development would have inadequate amenity and general space about the plot, excessive built form and hard standing and would appear cramped, contrived and an over development of the plot of detriment to the quality of the living environment, appearance of the site and character of the wider locality  .  .  contrary to policies DW-E1, DW-T8, DW-T9 and DW-F1 of the New Forest District Local Plan First Alteration  .  .  The applicant fails to make a financial provision towards transportation improvements  .  .  contrary to policies DW-T8 and DW-F1 of the New Forest District Local Plan First Alteration."  This refusal was upheld on appeal:  "The proposed building would be set very close to the side and rear boundaries, with only about 0.8m space to either side of the front elevation.   Where a garage of this size might appear acceptable on this restricted site, I consider that as a dwelling it would appear cramped.   With virtually no outside space, it would appear incongruous in the general context of semidetached houses in the area, and even by comparison with the adjoining block of flats at 11 Highfield Road, which has plenty of space around it.   I conclude that the proposal would be contrary to ‘saved’ policy DW-E1 of the 2005 New Forest District Local Plan First Alteration.   The latest application seeks to overcome this by adding a few square yards of garden behind the building, but it is still essentially a garage with a single room on each floor linked by a spiral staircase in the middle.   To make matters worse for the developer, the NFDC has invited him to make some curiously precise contributions, as follows:

 

Transport:                     £1,980

Open Space:                £1,168.30

Affordable Housing:      £8,593.75 - total £11,742.05

 

Which added cost throws an interesting light on what is meant by "affordable", as the D & A statement proclaims that this converted garage is intended as a starter home for two people.

 

This proposal is similar in principle to that at Tithe Barn, to which we objected recently as over-developmetn of a small site.   On the other hand, we have not objected to any of the former proposals, so it might be illogical to do so now.

Recommendation:  We need an input from the PRA to support a joint objection

 

95677 - 5 LINDEN WAY, PENNINGTON

registration date:  11/06/2010

Location:  NW side, half way along

Proposal:  Rear conservatory

Statutory Class: Householder developments

Consulted:  neighbours 8, others 4

History:  89129            5 - 28/11/2006 - Front & rear extensions - granted (delegated)

Comment:  A conservatory on a detached and previously extended bungalow

Recommendation:  No action