Issue - meetings

Outline application for the demolition of existing agricultural buildings, erection of 2 holiday cottages, installation of package treatment plant and associated access.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Dave Brookes:

“That the application be refused for the reasons set out in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 9 Councillors voted in favour, 3 voted against, and none abstained, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to be carried.

Resolved:

That the application be refused for the following reasons:

1.      The site is located within the open countryside, separated from key services and facilities and as such is considered to be unsustainable in terms of its location with occupants reliant on the private car. The proposal is therefore contrary to the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework, in particular Section 5, and Policies DM1 and DM60 of the Development Management Development Plan Document.

2.      It has not been demonstrated that the development would enhance or maintain the vitality of the local community, or help sustain services in nearby settlements, and there has been no exceptional justification provided to support the creation of 2 holiday cottages in an unsustainable location. As a consequence, the proposal fails to accord with Development Management Development Plan Document Policies DM1, DM23, DM47, DM48, DM49 and DM60 and National Planning Policy Framework Sections 2, 5 and 9.

3.      The proposal would harm the visual amenity of the area, and result in urbanisation in the landscape, through the introduction of a built form of development that would appear as an overly conspicuous and discordant feature, that would visually intrude within, and cause harm to the surrounding tranquil landscape. The proposal is therefore found to be contrary to the aims and objectives of Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy DM46 of the Development Management DPD.

4.      Insufficient information has been provided to show how the site would manage surface water associated with the development, and therefore could lead to flooding both on, and off the site. On this basis, the proposal is considered to contradict Section 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Policies DM34 and DM36 of the Development Management Development Plan Document.