Proposed single storey side extension, alterations and repairs to existing outbuildings to create additional accommodation.

Proposed single storey side extension, alterations and repairs to existing outbuildings to create additional accommodation.

The Senior Planning Officer reported the following:

The Parish Council raises concern that the extension will bring Paunceford Court 6 metres closer to the adjacent converted buildings and there will be direct overlooking possible between living rooms (or habitable rooms if it is a bedroom that is overlooked)

The applicant requests that the time restrictions on hours of working outlined in Condition 5, page 44, are relaxed to stipulate either an 8.30 or 9.00 am start time in the week rather than the proposed restrictions.

The Senior Planning Officer also made the following comments, reported to members in the update sheet:

The distance between the proposal and the nearest dwelling is 17 metres. An existing first floor window is proposed to be removed as part of the proposal and the extension only has windows at ground floor level.

This issue is commented in the report, paragraph 6.4.

Condition 3 which stipulates a landscaping condition, should be reworded to ‘Within one month of the commencement of the development, rather than ‘prior to the commencement of the hereby permitted development’.

This is to allow flexibility in view of the applicants’ stated intention to make an immediate start subject to planning permission being granted.

Concern is raised over the nuisance and impact upon adjoining residential amenity however a variation to a start time of 9.00 Monday to Friday is considered acceptable.

Councillor PM Morgan, the local ward member, felt that the officer’s report addressed all of the concerns raised by the Parish Council and the neighbouring residents and therefore she supported the application.

RESOLVED

That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

1          A01 - Time limit for commencement (full permission)

2          Prior to the commencement of the herby permitted development, full written details and samples of the following items and finish shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for written approval:

·         External materials

·         Roof tiles

·         Joinery details

·         Rainwater goods

·         Rooflights

The proposal shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details and thereafter be maintained as such.

Reason: To ensure the proposal is of a satisfactory finish, in order to ensure the character and appearance of the building and the wider open countryside location are preserved and maintained, in accordance with Herefordshire Unitary Plan policies DR1 and H13.

3          Within one month of the commencement of the development full written details and appropriate scaled plans of the landscaping and boundary treatments, including planting scheme and species and the removal of any trees or hedges shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for written approval.

The proposal shall be carried out in strict accordance with the approved details and thereafter be maintained as such.

Reason: To ensure the proposal is of a satisfactory finish, in order to ensure the character and appearance of the building and the wider open countryside location are preserved and maintained, in accordance with Herefordshire Unitary Plan policies DR1 and H13.

4          The hereby permitted extension shall not be sold separately or sub-let from the property known as Paunceford Court Farmhouse, Much Cowarne, Herefordshire, HR7 4JQ.

Reason: To prevent the introduction of a new residential unit in an unsustainable open countryside location, in accordance with Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan policies S1, DR1 and H7.

5          Works relating to the commencement and implementation of the hereby permitted development are restricted to the following times:

·         Monday – Friday, 09.00 to 17.00 hours

·         Saturday, 10.00 to 16.00 hours

·         No work on Sundays or Bank Holidays

Reason: To protect the amenity of adjoining residential properties and the use of the Church.

6          F14 - Removal of permitted development rights.

INFORMATIVES

1          N15 - Reason(s) for the Grant of Planning Permission

2          N19 - Avoidance of doubt - Approved Plans