Agenda item

Application for development of the land for the erection of three timber lodges for holiday let purposes on land north of Cadeby Lane (resubmission of 18/00805/FUL).

‘Late items:’

Consultations:-

Cadeby Parish have objected to the proposal on the following reasons:-

1)        Cadeby Parish Council concurs with the observations submitted by the Market Bosworth Parish Council

2)        The site location plan implies the vehicle access will involve works on land that is outside of the application site as denoted on the site location plan submitted

3)        The proposed development could support existing local facilities or services, however given the size of the development, the resulting effect is likely to be small in scale and minimal in terms of the effect on the economic well being in the wider area, and therefore not considered to accord with Policy 23 of the Core Strategy

4)        The site is a prominent location on a main vehicle route into the village of Market Bosworth.  This ‘gateway’ entrance is characterised by listed buildings and open countryside.  The ribbon residential development along the north side of The Park is offset by the open countryside on the south side, comprising of pasture land, paddocks and the open area of the Country Park

5)        This development of residential buildings with distinctive fully glazed elevational elements does not have the appearance of a ‘stable complex’, the appearance of the buildings is clearly that of residential accommodation this together with the car parking area visible to the front of the buildings and external lighting is clearly residential in character and is not in keeping with the open countryside character of the rural location

6)        The development of three log cabins and associated access will compromise the open character of this area which provides the wider setting for the Country Park. The development would not assimilate well with the character of the surrounding area

7)        The design of the proposed cabins is markedly different to the vernacular within Market Bosworth and would not enhance the local character of the distinctiveness of Market Bosworth or Cadeby

8)        The Parish Council notes that the officer recommendation is to grant planning permission for this development subject to conditions

Condition 15 requires the cabins shall be used only for ‘holiday purposes’ and requires that:-

“The owners/operators of the holiday accommodation shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names and main home addresses of all the individual occupiers….”

  The information required to be kept does not require the purpose of the period of occupation to be recorded.

  The condition clearly precludes occupation in connection for other purposes, e.g. in connection with any form of business activity such as an overnight business stop or trades people working remotely from their place of employment

Appraisal:-

Condition 15

The comments in relation to Condition 15 are noted. The purpose of such a Condition is to ensure that, if required, the LPA would be able to assess the duration of the visits to the site and thus differentiate between short stays associated with holidays/ short stays as opposed to longer term rentals or permanent living. The purpose of the visit, albeit for a holiday or for an overnight business stop would not be considered as a ‘different purpose’ which would be excluded from the term ‘holiday let’, whereas a long term let or permanent living accommodation would not be considered as a ‘holiday let’ and such use would clearly be in breach of this Condition, as the condition limits the duration of stays within a 12 month period, and re-returns within a 2 week of stay. However, it is considered for clarity, that the wording of the condition could be altered.

Recommendation:-

Reword condition 15, and replace with:-

“The timber cabins, hereby approved, shall be for short term letting purposes only and shall not be used as the sole or main residence of the occupiers. No person shall occupy any cabin for a period exceeding four weeks within a 12 month period. Furthermore, no person shall occupy any cabin within a period of two weeks following the end of a previous period of occupation by that same person. The owners/operators of the holiday accommodation shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names and main home addresses of all the individual occupiers and shall make this information available for inspection at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority following prior written notification.”

Application for development of the land for the erection of three timber lodges for holiday let purposes (resubmission of 18/00805/FUL).

It was moved by Councillor Bray, seconded by Councillor Cope and

RESOLVED – permission be granted subject to the conditions contained within the officer’s report and late items.