Minutes:
126.1 Item 6A
Application DC/21/04360
Proposal HYBRID APPLICATION – Full Application for Greenkeepers building (following demolition of existing) and Outline application for Residential Development of 5No dwellings.
Site Location HINTLESHAM – Hintlesham Golf Club, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, IP8 3JG
Applicant Mr P Branton
126.2 The Case Officer introduced the application to the Committee outlining the proposal before Members including: the location and layout of the site, the potential benefits of the development to the community and the golf club, the heritage impact, the possible urbanisation of the area and the impact on the adjacent listed buildings, the planning application history at the site, and the officer recommendation of refusal.
126.3 The Case Officer and the Chief Planning Officer responded to questions from Members on issues including: the previously approved planning applications adjacent to the site and the proximity of these to the heritage assets, the ownership of the access road, any pre-application advice provided, the management of the proposed tree nursery, and how the potential harm from the proposed dwellings is differentiated from the greenkeepers building.
126.4 Members considered the representation from Ben Borthwick who spoke as an objector.
126.5 The objector responded to questions from Members on issues including: the location of the previously approved applications adjacent to the site.
126.6 Members considered the representation from Alan Connell who spoke as the applicant.
126.7 The applicant and the agent, Philip Branton, responded to questions from Members on issues including: the management and operation of the proposed tree nursery, whether consideration could be given to all of the dwellings being single storey, and the ownership of the holiday accommodation.
126.8 The Chief Planning Officer responded to a question from Members regarding the mechanisms which could be conditioned for the operation of the tree nursery.
126.9 The Chair informed the Committee that the Ward Member, Councillor Busby, was unable to attend the meeting and advised that a statement had been issued to Members from Councillor Busby.
126.10 Members debated the application on issues including: the public benefits of the development, the local need for housing, the location of the site, the harm to heritage assets, viability of the existing businesses adjacent to the site, and the previously approved applications in the area.
126.11 The Area Planning Manager provided clarification regarding the comments received from Historic England.
126.12 Members continued to debate the application on issues including: the housing need, compliance with Policy CS11, the level of harm, and the heritage assets.
126.13 Councillor Hinton proposed that the application be refused as detailed in the officer recommendation.
126.14 Councillor Jamieson seconded the proposal.
By the Chairmans vote
It was RESOLVED:
That the application is REFUSED planning permission on the basis that the five new dwellings element of the proposal is not in accordance with Policies CS2 and CS15 of the Babergh Core Strategy, Policies CN01, CN06 and CN14 of the Babergh Local Plan as well as Paragraphs 78, 79, 104, 126, 127 and 174, 197, 199, 202 and 206 of the NPPF (2021).
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