Issue - meetings

Application for construction of entrance gates and wall (part retrospective)

Application for construction of entrance gates and wall (part retrospective).

An objector and the ward councillor spoke on the application.

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that permission be granted, members felt that the proposal would constitute a form of uncharacteristic development that would significantly harm the open character and appearance of the application site and would erode part of the intrinsic value and beauty of the countryside contrary to policies DM4 and DM10 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD and specifically policy DM10(c) which requires that an application compliments or enhances the character of the surrounding area with regard to scale, layout, density, mass, design, materials and architectural features. Members also requested that enforcement action be taken against the development that had already taken place without permission.

It was moved by Councillor R Allen and seconded by Councillor C Allen that permission be refused for the aforementioned reasons. Upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED and it was unanimously

RESOLVED – permission be refused as the proposal would constitute a form of uncharacteristic development that would significantly harm the open character and appearance of the application site and would erode part of the intrinsic value and beauty of the countryside contrary to policies DM4 and DM10 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD and specifically policy DM10(c) which requires that an application complements or enhances the character of the surrounding area with regard to scale, layout, density, mass, design, materials and architectural features.