Minutes:
78.1 A short comfort break was taken from 12:26pm until 13:04pm after the completion of DC/20/04723 but before the commencement of DC/20/04572
78.2 Item 7B
Application DC/20/04572
Proposal Planning Application – Erection of 3no. detached dwellings and associated parking and landscaping, utilising the existing public house access.
Site Location FELSHAM – Land Rear of The Six Bells, Church Road, Felsham, Suffolk
Applicant Cordage 13 Limited
78.3 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee outlining the location and layout of the site, and the officer recommendation of approval.
78.4 The Case Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: access for parking, and the proposed number of dwellings on site.
78.5 A short break was taken from 13:27pm until 13:33 pm.
78.6 Members considered the representation from Nicholas Panayi who spoke as an objector.
78.7 The objector responded to questions from Members on issues including: any previous accidents involving vehicles exiting the Public House car park.
78.8 Members considered the representation from Jeremy Heppell who spoke as the agent.
78.9 The agent responded to questions from Members on issues including: the exit route for cars from the proposed car parking spaces, and the proposed number of dwellings on site.
78.10 Members considered the representation from Councillor Penny Otton who spoke as the Ward Member.
78.11 The Ward Member and the Area Planning Manager responded to questions from Members regarding whether the car park was classified as public open space, if there would be an increase in the amount of vehicles accessing the site, the owners of the land, the effect on visibility of cars being parked on the verge outside the public house, the location of the bin collection area and cycle store.
78.12 Members debated the application on issues including: the design and scale of the buildings, the previous appeal decision and reasons for refusal, the amount of vehicles accessing the site, visibility issues surrounding the access to the site, and potential overdevelopment of the site.
78.13 Councillor Humphreys proposed that, subject to the additional condition, the application be approved as per the officers recommendation.
78.14 Councillor Guthrie seconded the motion.
78.15 Members continued to debate the applications on issues including: car parking and traffic movement on site.
78.16 By a vote of 3 votes to 5 the motion was lost.
78.17 Councillor Stringer proposed that the application be refused for the reasons as follows:
The proposal would, by reason of poor layout, design and scale, create a cramped and contrived over-development of the site which would be out of keeping with the character of the locality and would be detrimental to the local distinctiveness of this part of Felsham, contrary to Local Plan Policies GP1 and H15.
As a whole, this proposal represents a very poor design, dominated by parking and manoeuvring that results in a detrimental impact that would fail to protect the amenity of properties, contrary to Local Plan Policy SB2. The functional arrangement of the layout is considered poor and fails to provide proper manoeuvring provision, contrary to Local Plan Policies H15 and T9.
78.18 Councillor Warboys seconded the motion.
78.19 By 5 votes to 3 the motion was carried.
78.20 It was RESOLVED:
That application DC/20/04572 be refused for the following reasons:
The proposal would, by reason of poor layout, design and scale, create a cramped and contrived over-development of the site which would be out of keeping with the character of the locality and would be detrimental to the local distinctiveness of this part of Felsham, contrary to Local Plan Policies GP1 and H15.
As a whole, this proposal represents a very poor design, dominated by parking and manoeuvring that results in a detrimental impact that would fail to protect the amenity of properties, contrary to Local Plan Policy SB2. The functional arrangement of the layout is considered poor and fails to provide proper manoeuvring provision, contrary to Local Plan Policies H15 and T9.
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