Erection of 4 flats with parking under.

Erection of 4 flats with parking under.

 

The Senior Planning Officer reported the following:

§         Correspondence has been received from a solicitor acting on behalf of the applicant and the contents were summarised; it was asserted that, contrary to letters of objection (paragraph 5.2, 13 refers), a right of access did exist.

 

In accordance with the criteria for public speaking, Mrs. Griffiths spoke against the application.

 

Councillor W.J. Walling, a Local Ward Member, said that the application site was in a poor state at present and that development should be welcomed.  However, he felt that the proposal might result in an over-dominant form of development.  He also expressed concerns about access and parking arrangements.

 

The Senior Planning Officer advised that, as access would be from an existing car park rather than directly from the highway, the Traffic Manager had no objections subject to conditions.

 

Councillor Walling commented that the car park was often full and this could result in traffic congestion that would compromise highway safety.

 

Councillor Mrs. E.A. Taylor, also a Local Ward Member, felt that the layout, access and parking arrangements were highly problematic.

 

A number of Members supported the views of the Local Ward Members.

 

Councillor D.B. Wilcox drew attention to the concerns of Hereford City Council, commented on potential manoeuvring difficulties, questioned whether Officers had taken into account a recent traffic order relating to restrictions along Whittern Way, and commented on potential additional traffic resulting from the Learning Village development.

 

The Central Team Leader reminded the Sub-Committee that there was an existing means of access from the car park to this site and that there was an extant planning permission for the redevelopment of the site to provide two dwellings.

 

Some Members expressed concerns about the design and access but noted that it might be difficult to defend a refusal of planning permission in this instance given the extant planning permission.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

1.      A01 (Time limit for commencement (full permission)).

 

         Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

2.      B01 (Samples of external materials).

 

         Reason: To ensure that the materials harmonise with the surroundings.

 

3.      F16 (Restriction of hours during construction).

 

         Reason: To protect the amenity of local residents.

 

4.      F48 (Details of slab levels).

 

         Reason: In order to define the permission and ensure that the development is of a scale and height appropriate to the site.

 

5.      G01 (Details of boundary treatments).

 

         Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure dwellings have satisfactory privacy.

 

6.      H13 (Access, turning area and parking).

 

         Reason: In the interests of highway safety and to ensure the free flow of traffic using the adjoining highway.

 

7.      W01 (Foul/surface water drainage).

 

         Reason: To protect the integrity of the public sewerage system.

 

8.      W02 (No surface water to connect to public system).

 

         Reason: To prevent hydraulic overloading of the public sewerage system, to protect the health and safety of existing residents and ensure no detriment to the environment.

 

9.      W03 (No drainage run-off to public system).

 

         Reason: To prevent hydraulic overload of the public sewerage system and pollution of the environment.

 

10.        Prior to the commencement of development, a scheme for the provision of storage, prior to disposal, of refuse, crates, packing cases and all other waste materials shall be submitted for the approval of the local planning authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented prior to the first occupation of the development hereby permitted.

 

Reason: In the interests of amenity

 

Informatives:

 

1.      N01 - Access for all.

 

2.      N03 - Adjoining property rights.

 

3.      HN01 - Mud on highway.

 

4.      HN05 - Works within the highway.

 

5.      N16 - Welsh Water Informative.

 

6.      N15 - Reason(s) for the Grant of PP/LBC/CAC.

 

7.      N19 - Avoidance of doubt.