Agenda, decisions and minutes

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In the event of a fire any person with a disability should be assisted in leaving the building.

53.1           The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present.

53.2           The Chair advised the Committee that the meeting would be filmed by a member of the public.  Members were reminded that, at its meeting on 17 May 2016, the Council had confirmed the Scheme for Public Speaking at Planning Committee as a permanent arrangement.  The Chair gave a brief outline of the scheme and the procedure for Planning Committee meetings. 

54.1           Apologies for absence were received from Councillors P W Awford, R Furolo and J R Mason.  Councillors R E Allen, H A E Turbyfield and D J Waters would be acting as substitutes for the meeting. 

55.1           The Committee’s attention was drawn to the Tewkesbury Borough Council Code of Conduct which was adopted by the Council on 26 June 2012 and took effect from 1 July 2012.

55.2           The following declarations were made:

55.3           There were no further declarations made on this occasion.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 December 2017.

56.1           The Minutes of the meeting held on 19 December 2017, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 

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57.1           The Development Manager submitted a Schedule comprising planning applications and proposals with recommendations thereon.  Copies of this had been circulated to Members as Appendix A to the Agenda for the meeting.  The objections to, support for, and observations upon the various applications as referred to in Appendix 1 attached to these Minutes were presented to the Committee and duly taken into consideration by Members prior to decisions being made on those applications.

17/01140/FUL – Cherry Tree House, Gretton Fields, Gretton           

57.2           This application was for a two storey side extension and single storey rear extension; French doors at rear first floor level with ‘Juliet’ balcony; existing single storey rear extension and conservatory to be integrated into the house.  The Committee had visited the application site on Friday 12 January 2018.

57.3           The Chair invited the applicant’s agent to address the Committee.  He advised that Cherry Tree House was a modest detached dwelling which was set in just under an acre of land, with an additional two acres of grazing land to the rear.  The property was set back from the highway and benefited from high levels of natural screening from the surrounding area.  The dwelling had been extended in the past, with the construction of a large uPVC conservatory and concrete-panel garage which was used as a utility, store and tack room.  He explained that the brief for the project was to replace the existing garage with a structure more in keeping with the existing dwelling and to provide additional first floor accommodation, which was currently surprisingly small in comparison to the overall size of the house.  It was also requested that the rear conservatory be incorporated into the house whilst maintaining natural light levels.  One aspect of the buildings that had played a large part in the design process was the differing pitch slopes.  When viewed from the principal elevation, the roof slopes seemed steep; however, when viewed from the side elevations, the roof slopes were much shallower.  These differing slopes had proved to be very restraining when splicing in the extension and had governed the size and location of the proposed works.  An initial scheme had been submitted in January 2017 for a two storey extension to the side of the house; however, after objections from the Planning Officer and Parish Council, this application had been withdrawn in March 2017.  Numerous design schemes had subsequently been investigated and prepared.  These had included a survey of the loft space - which was found to be insufficient for conversion - and an extension to the rear of the property - which had proved to be too detrimental to natural light levels and may have led to objection from the neighbouring property to the north.  The revised and reduced scheme before Members was the result of many design meetings and it was considered that this provided a sympathetic solution for the property and the surrounding area.  Furthermore, it would also replace previous extensions that were detrimental to the property.  It  ...  view the full minutes text for item 57a

58.1           Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 11-17.  Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department for Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued.

58.2           It was

RESOLVED          That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED.