Agenda item

Application Type:        Outline Planning Permission

Proposal:                     Outline application with all matters reserved (access, appearance, scale, layout and landscaping) for the construction of two two-storey dwellings

Site:                             The land between 287 London Road and 4 West End Road, Wyberton, Boston, PE21 7DD

Applicant:                    Mrs D G M Wright & Mrs R M Lorimer

Proposal:     Outline application with all matters reserved (access, appearance, scale, layout and landscaping) for the construction of two two-storey dwellings

Site:              The land between 287 London Road and 4 West End Road, Wyberton, Boston, PE21 7DD

Applicant:    Mrs D G M Wright & Mrs R M Lorimer

The Planning Officer presented this application, adding that the distance of the site from the junction was 52m and the centre of the application site to the centre of the junction was approximately 45m.

The Committee received representation from Mr R Lowe, the applicant’s agent, who said the proposal would provide a better shape, frontage and access than proposals previously granted permission on this site and the applicant was happy to accept the recommended conditions. 

Mr Lowe addressed the concerns raised by objectors as follows:

·         The site was an area overgrown with weeds and brambles;

·         The houses could be built so no windows overlooked neighbouring properties;

·         The plan was only indicative; it did not show the final proposal;

·         The Highway Authority raised no concerns about highway safety and both accesses were a safe distance from the junction;

·         The private road was not single-track and another access recently approved on appeal was only half a mile further down London Road;

·         In terms of traffic speed, London Road was safer than it used to be;

·         Parking on London Road and West End Road would be affected regardless of whether this applicant was approved; yellow lines could be applied to the highway if the parish council considered they were needed.

Councillor Richard Austin then spoke as Ward Member and raised the concerns of Wyberton Parish Council regarding traffic issues.  Traffic on London Road was high-volume and fast (40 mph) and vehicles would inevitably park on the road where the Co-op, which the Highway Authority had objected to, had just received permission on appeal; this would cause problems.  The West End Road junction was also busy with traffic often queuing here and on Saundergate Lane; the proposed access points would exacerbate this. 

The Planning Officer advised Members that access points would be set by this application. Also, there was already a farm/residential access at this point, the Highway Authority had not objected to the proposal and the recent appeal decision on the Co-op application was a material consideration; Members would have to consider whether the proposal would result in significant amounts of vehicular movements. 

It was proposed by Councillor Mike Cooper and seconded by Councillor Alison Austin that planning permission be granted as recommended with an additional condition that it be limited to two dwellings.

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions:

1.            No development shall commence until details of appearance, access, layout, landscaping and scale of the development (hereafter referred to as the “reserved matters”) have been submitted to and approved by the local planning authority.

Reason: This is an outline application only and such details must be approved before development commences in order to comply with the objectives of Local Plan policies G1 and H3 and required to be imposed pursuant to Section 92 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

2.         Application for approval of all reserved matters shall be made to the local planning authority not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

3.         The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved.

Reason: Required to be imposed pursuant to Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

4.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans –

§    OS Location Plan 15012CA (1a/4)

§    Block Plan 15012C 02A  (2a/4)

§    Site Plan 15012C 03B (3a/4) and

§    Flood Risk Assessment Version 1 July 2016, received by the LPA on 19 July 2016.

Reason: To ensure the development is undertaken in accordance with the approved details and to accord with Adopted Local Plan Policy G1.

5.         Prior to the commencement of the development, details of the existing and proposed site levels together with details of floor levels and construction and surface water details relating to the treatment of the transitional area between raised levels on site and existing ground levels off site shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority, and the development shall be built in accordance with the approved scheme.

Reason: In the interest of residential amenity and to accord with Adopted Local Plan Policies G1 and G3.

6.         That no more than two dwellings be constructed on the site.

            Reason: To be in accordance with the application.

In determining this application the authority has taken account of the guidance in paras 186 – 187 of the NPPF (2012) in order to seek to secure sustainable development that improves the economic, social and environmental conditions of the Borough.

Informative