Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer recommending that the above application for the erection of a detached dwellinghouse with associated access and landscaping (Resubmission of DC/2020/01790 refused 24/6/2021)be granted subject to the conditions and for the reasons stated or referred to in the report.

Prior to consideration of the application, the Committee received a petition on behalf of objectors against the proposed development and a response by the applicant’s agent.

Members discussed the proposal in detail and expressed concern at the effect of the construction of the property on important natural habitat and inadequate compensation agreed, and the scale of works required which they felt would have a significant effect on neighbouring residents.

RESOLVED:

That the recommendation be not approved and the application be refused on the basis of Planning Policy NH2 (5) ‘Where significant harm resulting from development cannot be avoided, adequately mitigated or, as a last resort, compensated, then planning permission will be refused’, and also on the basis of Policy EQ4 in relation to the harmful impact of the construction of the property on adjoining residents.