Issue - meetings

Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report.

PROPOSAL

Proposed two storey side extension, first floor rear extension, hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer window with 4x front rooflights, front porch and replacement of rear extension door and window with new door for proposed conversion of dwellinghouse into 4x self-contained flats with associated refuse and cycle storage and subdivision of rear garden.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Committee resolve to GRANT planning permission subject to:

(1)        The Head of Planning being delegated authority to issue the planning permission and impose conditions and informatives as detailed in the report.

Jeanne Gleize, Senior Planning Officer, North Area Planning Team, introduced the report and set out the key issues. In introducing the report members were advised that the proposal sought the conversion of a dwellinghouse into 4x self-contained flats with a proposed two storey side extension, first floor rear extension, hip to gable roof extension and rear dormer window with 4x front rooflights, front porch and replacement of rear extension door and window with new door, associated refuse and cycle storage and subdivision of rear garden. The site was not located within a conservation area, nor did it contain any listed buildings.

The Committee noted the existing dwellinghouse was currently undergoing building works that included a ground floor rear extension.

The Chair thanked Jeanne Gleize for introducing the report, as there were no speakers registered to address the Committee on the application, the Chair invited the Committee to ask officers any questions or points of clarification they had in relation to the application. The Committee raised queries in relation to car parking, the separation boundary distance and the proposed development’s footprint.

The following responses were provided:

·             Following a Committee query in relation to the increased demand the development could have on parking spaces, the Committee was assured that the small size of the scheme was unlikely to cause any significant issues, with predicted overspill from the scheme equating to one parking space.

·             A further discussion took place, with the suggestion that if a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) was introduced in the area in the future, that a condition was added to remove the right for residents of the new development to obtain a parking permit.  Having sought members views, on balance the Committee felt that this would not be necessary, given the limited predicated impact from the proposed development.

·             It was clarified that the proposed 2-storey side extension would still leave a 1 metre distance to the neighbouring boundary line.

·             Following a query in relation to the footprint of the proposed development, officers confirmed that the proposed development would be mainly within the existing footprint, with the additional wraparound extension.

As there were no further questions from members and having established that all members had followed the discussions, the Chair asked members to vote on the recommendations.

DECISION:

Granted planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in the Committee report.

(Voting on the above decision was unanimous)