Agenda item

Erection of two storey dwelling (Retrospective) (amended by revised application form and plan received 9 July 2020; material schedule received 18 August 2020 and elevation plans received 19 August 2020).

The committee considered application P20/S1925/FUL for the erection of a two-storey dwelling (retrospective), (amended by revised application form and plan received 9 July 2020; material schedule received 18 August 2020 and elevation plans received 19 August 2020) at 6a Kentwood Close, Cholsey.

Consultations, representations, policy and guidance and the site’s planning history were detailed in the officer’s report which formed part of the agenda pack for this meeting.

The planning officer informed the committee that in the list under paragraph 5.1, the section entitled ‘Neighbourhood Plan’, showed ‘H7’ as the parking policy; this should in fact read ‘H6’.

The planning officer advised the committee that this was a partially retrospective application, which sought to regularise the approval granted on 15 March 2017, which had a single ‘pre-commencement’ condition, requiring a schedule of materials for the external finish of the scheme to be submitted prior to the commencement of the development.  Development had commenced by the digging of the dwelling foundations on 2 March 2020, which was a breach of planning control.

A material change was reported by the planning officer; the Cholsey Neighbourhood Plan was now adopted. Also, the site could accommodate the spaces for the dwelling. The committee noted Table 1 at paragraph 6.26 of the report, which indicated three off street and two on-street parking spaces for this scheme, compared with three and one spaces respectively for the 2017 scheme. The Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority, had not raised any objection to the proposal, and considered that there would be insignificant impact or harm upon the highways network, given the small scale of the scheme.

Mr. Titi Dumbrofca, a local resident of 6a Kentwood Close, spoke objecting to the application.

Councillor Anne-Marie Simpson, a local ward councillor, spoke objecting to the application.

In response to a question from the committee in respect of off-street parking, the senior planning officer advised that under planning legislation, off-street parking could not be the subject of planning conditions. However, the neighbourhood plan offered some flexibility for parking.

A motion moved and seconded, to grant planning permission was declared carried on being put to the vote.

RESOLVED; to grant planning permission for application P20/S1925/FUL subject to the following conditions:

1. Approved plans

That the development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance   with the details shown on the following approved plans, [Inserted upon issue of decision], except as controlled or modified by conditions of this permission.

2. Materials as on plan

The exterior of the development hereby permitted shall only be constructed in the materials specified on the plans and materials schedule (dated 9th March 2020) hereby approved.

3. Parking & Manoeuvring Areas Retained

Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved, the parking and turning areas shall be provided in accordance with the approved plan PD04 and shall be constructed, laid out, surfaced, drained and completed to be compliant with sustainable drainage (SuDS) principles, and shall be retained unobstructed except for the parking of vehicles associated with the development at all times.

4. Obscure glazing

The first floor window in the west side elevation of the dwelling hereby permitted shall be glazed in obscure glass with a minimum of level 3 obscurity, and shall be fixed shut with the exception of a top hung openable fanlight, prior to the first occupation of the accommodation and it shall be retained as such thereafter.