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2022/0712 The Whins, Lawfords Hill Road

Meeting: 08/11/2022 - Planning Committee (Item 6)

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The Committee considered an application for erection of a detached outbuilding to frontage following demolition of the existing garage, car port and shed.

 

Councillor K Davis, Ward Councillor, asked the Committee to apply common sense to this application. The Councillor commented that the photos represented the existing car port accurately and he did not think that enclosing the structure would affect the openness off the Greenbelt and would not have a negative impact on it. The applicant wanted to improve the structure to accommodate an electric vehicle, which they could not do at the moment, so the application would have a positive environmental impact. The footprint of the application was almost identical to the current structures.

 

The Planning Officer commented that there were currently openings at the back and front of the existing structure, which you could see through, and by replacing and enclosing the structure the permeability would be lost. The replacement was bulkier due to the structure and inclusion of the roof. The Planning Officer acknowledged that there was no impact on neighbours and that they were only recommending refusal on the grounds that it would have a negative impact on the Green Belt.

 

Members commented that paragraph 149 of NPPF stated that replacement developments would be allowed in the Green Belt if not materially larger than the existing structure. They thought that this proposal was not materially larger, was for the same use as the existing building, was a similar footprint and preserved the openness of the Green Belt.

 

Councillor J Brown proposed, and it was duly seconded by Councillor G Cosnahan that the application be approved on the grounds that it was appropriate development and would not have a negative impact on the openness of the Green Belt.

 

In accordance with Standing Order 22.2, the Chairman deemed that a division should be taken on the motion above.  The votes for and against approval of the application were recorded as follows.

In favour:                           Cllrs J Brown, G Cosnahan, S Dorsett, S Oades, T Spenser and M Whitehand.

                                 TOTAL:  6

Against:                              None.

                                 TOTAL:  0

Present but not voting:      Cllrs T Aziz and L M N Morales (Chairman)

                                 TOTAL:  2

The application was therefore approved.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the Planning permission be GRANTED, with authority delegated to the Development Management to set the appropriate conditions.