Agenda item

18/02613/HOUSE - Keepers Cottage, Hill Hoath Road, Chiddingstone TN8 7AE

Alterations to existing dwelling including rear single storey and part two storey extension, new bay window on front elevation.

Minutes:

The proposal sought permission for alterations to an existing dwelling including rear single storey and part two storey extension and a new bay window on the front elevation.

The application had been referred to Development Control Committee by Councillor Coleman to consider the impact upon the openness of the Green Belt and the level of development permitted without requiring planning permission.

Members’ attention was brought to the main agenda papers and the late observation sheets.

 

Against the Application:    -

For the Application:          Roland Foord

Parish Representatives:     -

Local Member:                  -

 

Members asked questions of clarification from officers and the speakers. The size of the garage was confirmed to be 41 square meters. Not including the garage, the proposal would increase the size of the property by 61%. Officers clarified the scope of the Lawful Development Certificate held for the property which would permit the ground floor proposal to be built without planning permission. Members were advised that approving this proposal would remove the applicant’s permitted development rights for further development.

 

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that the recommendations within the report be agreed.

 

Members considered the proposal’s setting within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The application was considered to be well designed and congruous with the wider area. If refused, concerns were expressed around the applicant producing a less attractive and fitting design which they would not be required to apply for planning permission for if in line with the Lawful Development Certificate. Members considered the support from the Parish Council for the application It was noted that the development would only constitute a 20% increase on current permitted building rights.

 

The motion to refuse planning permission was put to the vote and it was lost.

 

It was moved by the Chairman and duly seconded that planning permission be granted subject to conditions to limit further development with formal wording delegated to the Chief Planning Officer.

 

Resolved: That

Resolved: That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions

 

a)     Thedevelopment hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

In pursuance of section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

b)     The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted shall match those used on the existing building.

To maintain the integrity and character of the building as supported by the NPPF and policy EN1 of Sevenoaks District Councils Allocations and Development Management Plan.

 

c)     The garage and summer house and all existing outbuildings, except those shown on plan 000.10.01.Pln. 020/A shall be demolished prior to development being carried out on the land.

As the removal of these structures contributes to the very special circumstances in this case that clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and to mitigate further harm assupported by the National Planning Policy Framework and policy GB3 of Sevenoaks District Councils Allocations and Development Management Plan.

 

d)     Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting or amending those Orders with or without modification), no development shall be carried out in relation to Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A, B, D and E of that order without prior
planning permission from the Local Planning Authority.

In recognition of the very special circumstances of the case and to mitigate harm to the openness of the Green Belt as supported by the National Planning Policy Framework and policies GB1 and GB3 of the Allocations and Development Management Plan.

 

e)     No development shall be carried out above the damp proof course of the hereby approved development until full details of soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These details shall cover as appropriate: Planting plans; boundary treatments; Written specification (including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment); Schedules of plants, noting species, planting sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate. Implementation timetables.

Development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Any trees or plants which within a period of 5 years from the completion of the development die, are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the local planning authority gives written approval to any variation.

f)      The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 000.10.01.Pln. 020A, 021, 022, 023, 024, 060, 061, 62, proposed site plan, proposed front entrance parking / driveway.

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