Decision details

Planning application for the full demolition of the two storey elementof the existing outbuilding, extensive repair and renovation of the single storey sections together with the rebuilding of the two storey area, first floor extension and change of use to form a family annex at The Cottage, 10 Church Street, Nettleham.

The Principal Development Management Officer updated the Committee on the status of the concurrent Listed Building application.  Conditions 2 and 4 were to be amended to end with the words “and be retained as such thereafter.”  A further plan was to be added to Condition 4 - RDS11066/01 revision B.

Mr and Mrs Harris, neighbours to the proposed development, addressed the meeting, pointing out that although an earlier consent had been granted to refurbish an existing barn, that building had now been demolished following it becoming unsafe.  Therefore the present application was for a completely new building, proposed to be 30% taller than the original.  It was asserted that there was no need for the new building to be on the same footprint which was 1.15 metres from the neighbouring windows.  The garden was 1760 square metres so there was plenty of room for the building to be moved further away and not have the detrimental impact of the current proposal, which would cause overbearing, overshadowing and loss of light.

The Principal Development Management Officer affirmed for Members that the original approved application could no longer be implemented following the demolition of the barn.  It was felt that the new proposals were not significantly different from those approved previously.  However some members sympathised with the neighbouring residents and felt that the new application was sufficiently different to cause a number of problems of loss of light and overshadowing, and questioned the need for the new building to be on the same footprint, and whether it ought to be of the same height as the original.

It was proposed and seconded, that a site visit take place in order to be able to assess the impact of the proposed development on neighbouring properties.

On being voted upon a SITE VISIT was agreed to be arranged on a date to be determined.