Agenda item

25/00255/FUL – Erection of part single storey, part two storey extension to front elevation. 

(In making its decision, the Committee took into consideration the Planning Officer’s report (previously circulated), the views of the Council’s Highway Engineer, the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Parish Council. Six objection comments were taken into consideration, alongside the views of the agent and three objectors whom the Committee heard).

RESOLVED – That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

1.      Time Limit

The development hereby permitted shall be commenced not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON – To accord with the provisions of Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 (as amended).

2.      Approved Plans

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans as detailed below:

Plan Reference Number                                        Date

914-01                                                                         20 March 2025

914-02 A                                                                     6 May 2025

914-04 A                                                                     6 May 2025

914-05 A                                                                     6 May 2025

914-03 D                                                                     8 August 2025

REASON – To ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the planning permission.

3.      Materials

The materials used in the construction of the external walls and roof of the development, hereby approved, shall match those within the existing main dwelling unless otherwise agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

REASON – In the interests of visual amenity and to ensure a satisfactory form of development.

4.      Adjacent Protected Tree - Prohibited Works

There shall be an exclusion zone in the form of a 5m radius around the adjacent existing mature tree (T4), in which the following shall not be permitted within this exclusion zone;

·       No construction activity is to take place which may cause compaction or contamination in the rooting areas near the tree

·       No equipment, materials or machinery shall be placed within this 5m radius and shall not be attached to or supported by the mature tree

·       No mixing of cement or use of other materials or substances shall take place within this 5m radius or within proximity where seepage or displacement of those materials or substances could cause them to enter this zone.

·       No unauthorised trenches shall be dug within the 5m radius

REASON – To protect the existing tree adjacent the application site, which the Local Planning Authority consider provides important amenity value in the locality.