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Application for change of use of land to mixed use for stationing of caravans for residential occupation (four pitches) with two dayrooms and for the keeping of horses.

‘Late items:’

Consultations

The Council is in receipt of the consultation response submitted by Burbage Parish Council and LCC as the Local Highway Authority in response to an amended plan submitted. These responses are assessed below.

Burbage Parish Council

The Parish Council confirm that they continue to object to the proposal for the following reasons:

    1)        The proposal constitutes over development of the site

    2)        There are no marked parking bays for the amount and size of vehicles using the site

    3)        The amended plan submitted is of poor quality and cannot be scaled

    4)        Councillors should visit the site to fully appreciate the lack of visibility splays and the position of an existing septic tank

LCC Highways

No objection subject to conditions including permanently closing the eastern vehicular access, hard surfacing the access drive for the first 10 metres and setting the gates back 10 metres from the highway.

Appraisal

Over-development of the site

The Officer’s report outlines the scale of the proposal. The proposal is assessed against the criteria in Policy 18 of the Core Strategy which requires sites to be capable of sympathetic assimilation into the surroundings and against Policy DM10 of the SADMP (2016) which seeks to ensure that new development should complement or enhance the character of the surrounding area with regard to scale, layout and design. It is considered that the scale of the proposal would meet the criteria as laid out in Policy 18 and Policy DM4.

Highway Safety

Revised information in the form of a revised drawing in support of the proposal has been submitted. The local planning authority has been made aware that some of the works in this drawing have already been carried out on site by the applicant to rectify the previous concerns raised by the Highway Authority.

Site Access

The revised drawing ref: Proposed Site Plan (Rev A) details that the eastern access would be closed off, a gate setback distance of 10 metres, hard bound surfacing for a distance of 10 metres and the fence to be relocated to the highway boundary. The Highway Authority confirms that these proposed works are acceptable and that the relocation of the boundary fence has greatly improved the available visibility at the western access to in excess of 65 metres. In addition, the proposals have reduced the number of access points on to Lychgate Lane by closing off the eastern access, which had poor visibility to the east. Therefore, on balance, it is considered that the amended proposals are acceptable given the closure of the eastern access and the imposition of a planning condition to ensure that the visibility splays are maintained.

The eastern access has been closed with a fence. However, there is a need for the kerbs within the highway to be removed and the gravel re-instated as verge along the  ...  view the full agenda text for item 337

Application for change of use of land to mixed use for stationing of caravans for residential occupation (4 pitches) with one dayroom and for the keeping of horses (part retrospective).

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that permission be granted, Councillor Walker, seconded by Councillor Lynch, MOVED that permission be refused due to the proposal constituting overdevelopment of the site. Upon being put to the vote, the motion was LOST.

It was subsequently MOVED by Councillor Furlong and SECONDED by Councillor Hollick, that permission be granted in accordance with the officer’s recommendation and late items. Upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED –

(i)            Permission be granted subject to:

a.    the conditions contained in the officer’s report and late items;

b.    any conditions that may be requested by the Highway Authority which are deemed to meet the tests laid out in the NPPF

(ii)           The Planning Manager be given powers to determine the final details of the planning conditions.