Meeting documents

SSDC Area North Committee
Wednesday, 25th February, 2015 2.00 pm

Minutes:

(Councillor Roy Mills, having declared a personal and prejudicial interest, left the meeting prior to the planning application being presented)

Application proposal: Erection of a natural stone retaining wall to front of property with entrance wall and pillars.

The Planning/Enforcement Assistant presented the application. He explained the reason for the recommendation of refusal, as detailed in the agenda report.

Ward member, Councillor David Norris, could see nothing wrong with the application and commented the primary reason the application was being considered at the meeting was because the site was along a B class road. Local people were happy to see improvements to the derelict site.

There being no further discussion, it was proposed to approve the application, as per the officer recommendation, and on being put to the vote was carried unanimously.

RESOLVED:

That planning application 14/05427/FUL be APPROVED,,as per the officer recommendation, subject to the following:

Justification:

01.       The proposed walls and pillars are of an appropriate design, detailing, and size that would have no adverse impact on visual or residential amenity, setting of the listed building, or highway safety.  As such the proposal complies with polices ST5, ST6, and EH5 of the South Somerset Local Plan, policies SD1, EQ2, and EQ3 of the emerging Local Plan, and the policies contained within the NPPF.

 

Subject to the following conditions:

 

01.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

           

            Reason:  To accord with the provisions of section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

02.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans (except where directed otherwise by the conditions below):

            Site Location Plan (1:2500), received 10 December 2014

            Site Location Plan (1;1250), received 10 December 2014

            Block Plan (1:500), received 02 December 2014

            Plan showing proposed wall against building elevation, received 18 December 2014

            Plan showing proposed wall against grass bank/verge, received 10 December 2014

            Section of proposed wall, received 02 December 2014

           

            Reason: In the interests of proper planning and for the avoidance of doubt

 

03.       There shall be no obstruction to visibility greater than 900 millimetres above adjoining road level in advance of lines drawn 2.4 metres back from the carriageway edge on the centre line of the access and extending to points on the nearside carriageway edge 160 m either side of the access.  Such visibility shall be fully provided before the development hereby permitted is commenced and shall thereafter be maintained at all times.

           

            Reason: To safeguard highways safety in accordance with policy ST5 of the South Somerset Local Plan (2006) and policy EQ2 of the emerging Local Plan.

(Voting: Unanimous in favour)

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