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Application for two dwellings

Late items received after preparation of the main agenda:

Consultations:-

The Council is in receipt of four further letters of objection following the publication of the Committee agenda making the following points:

1)    The distance from the front of the proposed dwellings and the rear of the neighbouring bungalow is only 15.6 metres, which is less than the minimum recommended separation distance of 21 metres set out in the Good Design Guide SPD

2)    The rear garden sizes appear to be well below the 60sq metres required for a two bedroom dwelling as set out in the Good Design Guide SPD

3)    The proposal is in excess of what the garden of number 8 Wykin Road can handle, a more suitable design should be put forward with one fewer dwellings and some visual screening

Appraisal:-

The minimum measured separation distance between the front of the proposed dwellings and the rear of the neighbouring property at number 10 Wykin Road would be 16.5 metres. This is less than the minimum recommended 21 metres separation distance set out in the Good Design Guide SPD, however that distance is for principal windows that directly face each other. The windows to the neighbouring property at number 10 Wykin Road do not directly face the proposal.

The rear garden sizes are 60sq metres, this is the minimum amount required for two bedroom dwellings as set out in the Good Design Guide SPD. The garden sizes are therefore in compliance with policy.

Recommendation:-

The recommendation remains unchanged from that set out in the main agenda.

Application for two dwellings.

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that permission be granted, it was moved by Councillor Lynch and seconded by Councillor Cartwright that the application be deferred to enable discussion with the applicant to explore the possibility of reducing the application to one dwelling which would preferably be a bungalow, and reducing its scale and mass. Upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED – the application be deferred for discussion with the applicant.