Conversion of detached house into 4 no. self contained luxury apartments with garaging and parking.

Conversion of detached house into 4 no. self contained luxury apartments with garaging and parking.

 

The Central Divisional Planning Officer reported the receipt of correspondence from Mr. J. Walling expressing concerns about elements of the application.  He also reported the receipt of a letter from the applicant’s agent outlining waste disposal arrangements.

 

The Local Ward Member, whilst noting that property was not Listed nor lay within a Conservation Area, felt that the character of the building and the surrounding area should be preserved.  To limit disturbance to neighbouring properties, it was suggested that any planning permission should be conditioned appropriately to ensure that vehicles and materials were contained within the perimeter of the site during the works and to ensure that hours of working were restricted.

 

In response to comments by Members, the Central Divisional Planning Officer suggested that the applicant’s attention could be drawn, through an informative note, to the fact that any further sub-division or intensification of use of the property would require additional planning consents.

 

Some Members commented on the need to retain such classical Victorian properties.

 

In response to Members’ concerns, an additional condition to retain and protect trees during works was proposed.  It was noted that the external appearance of the building and the materials used would be controlled through a condition.

 

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          A07 (Development in accordance with approved plans)

 

            Reason: To ensure adherence to the approved plans in the interests of a satisfactory form of development.

 

3          Prior to the commencement of development and notwithstanding the detail shown on the approved plan, a plan showing the allocation of car parking spaces for residents and visitors shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  These spaces shall be demarcated in a method to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  These spaces shall be retained thereafter and kept available for those uses at all times.

 

            Reason: To minimise the likelihood of indiscriminate parking in the interests of highway safety.

 

4          The development hereby permitted shall not commence until a plan showing an area within the application site for the storage of refuse has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  The approved area for the storage of refuse shall then be used and retained thereafter free of any impediment to such use.

 

            Reason: To ensure adequate provision for the storage of refuse from the dwelling in the interests of amenities of nearby residents.

 

5          Foul water and surface water discharges must be drained separately from the site.

 

            Reason: To protect the integrity of the Public Sewerage System.

 

6          No surface water shall be allowed to connect, either directly or indirectly, to the public sewerage 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.

 

7          No land drainage run off will be permitted, either directly or indirectly, to discharge into the public sewerage system.

 

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

 

8          H27 (Parking for site operatives)

 

            Reason: To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interests of highway safety.

 

9.         During the construction phase no machinery shall be operated, no process shall be carried out and no deliveries taken at or despatched from the site outside the following times: Monday-Friday 7.00 am-6.00pm, Saturday 8.00 am-1.00 pm nor at any time on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

 

Reason: To protect the amenity of local residents.

 

10.       No development shall be commenced on the site or machinery or materials brought onto the site for the purpose of development until adequate measures have been taken to prevent damage to those trees which are to be retained.  Measures to protect those trees shown must include:

 

(a)      Fencing, of a type and form agreed in writing with the local planning authority, must be erected around each tree or group of trees.  This fencing must be at least 1.25 metres high and at a radius from the trunk defined by the canopy spread.

 

(b) No excavations, site works, trenches, channels, pipes, services, temporary buildings used in connection with the development or areas for the deposit of soil or waste or for the storage of construction materials, equipment or fuel or other deleterious liquids shall be sited within the crown spread of any tree without the prior written consent of the local planning authority.

 

(c)  No burning of any materials shall take place within 6 metres of the furthest extent of the canopy of any tree or tree groups to be retained.

 

(d)      There shall be no alteration of soil levels under the crown spread of any tree or group of trees to be retained.

 

Reason: To ensure adequate protection to existing trees which are to be retained, in the interests of the character and amenities of the area.

 

Informatives:

 

1                    If a connection is required to the public sewerage system, the developer is advised to contact the Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's Network Development Consultants on 01443 331155.

 

2.         Any further subdivision of the building will require a planning application.

 

3.         The decision to grant planning permission has been taken having regard to the policies and proposals in the Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan and the Hereford Local Plan set out below, and to all relevant material considerations including Supplementary Planning Guidance:

 

Planning Policy Guidance:

PPG1 - General policy and principles

PPG3 - Housing

PPG13 - Transportation

 

Hereford Local Plan

H12 - Established residential areas - character and amenity

H17 - Conversion of houses into apartments

 

Herefordshire Unitary Development Plan (Revised Deposit Draft)

H17 - Subdivision of existing housing

 

            This informative is only intended as a summary of the reasons for grant of planning permission.  For further detail on the decision please see the application report by contacting Reception at Blueschool House, Blueschool Street, Hereford (Tel: 01432-260342).