Issue - meetings
139 Coles Green Road, London NW2 7HH
Meeting: 12/01/2011 - Planning Committee (Item 3)
3 139 Coles Green Road, London NW2 7HH (Ref. 10/2046) PDF 297 KB
Decision:
Planning permission granted subject to conditions as amended in condition 4 including an additional condition requiring soft landscaping to the rear garden.
Minutes:
PROPOSAL: Erection of a single- and two-storey side extension, single-storey rear extension, erection of a rear dormer window and formation of vehicular access to rear garden of dwellinghouse to provide an additional off-street parking space (revised plans received 27/10/2010 & 24/12/2010). |
OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: Grant planning permission subject to conditions. |
This application was deferred at the last Planning Committee to enable members to visit the site and to gain a better understanding of the change in ground levels. In responding to issues raised at the site visit, Rachel McConnell the Area Planning Manager confirmed that the rear car parking space would slope down from the level of the road and that the one car parking space could be provided at the front due to the dimensions of the area available. She drew members’ attention to condition 4 as amended in the tabled supplementary report which required a more detailed landscape layout to be provided in order to ensure compliance with the objectives of policies BE7 and TRN23. In clarifying the relationship of the single storey rear extension and the property at No. 141 Coles Green Road, Rachel McConnell added that the extension would be set in by 0.5m from the boundary to compensate for the additional height. In conclusion she stated that as the extension would be 2.5m deep which was below the depth normally allowed by SPG5, she was satisfied that the impact of the proposed single storey rear extension would be in accordance with the standards applied borough-wide to such development.
In the discussion that followed, Councillor Cummins expressed a preference for a 1m set in rather than 0.5 metre. He queried if the applicant was to create a new patio whether it would increase the overall height and thereby obstruct the views from the rear gardens of No. 141. Councillor Daly in echoing this view pointed out that such an arrangement was often the cause of loss of amenities for properties with smaller rear gardens.
In responding to the above, Rachel McConnell stated that the height, depth and set in of 0.5m of the proposal were acceptable and confirmed that that the patio was not shown as extending beyond the agreed limit. She reiterated the recommendation for approval subject to conditions and an additional condition requiring soft landscaping to the rear garden.
DECISION: Planning permission granted subject to conditions as amended in condition 4 and an additional condition requiring soft landscaping to the rear garden. |