Agenda item - 20/01482/FUL - The development of a single dwelling together with associated parking, driveway and landscaping - 7 Marlborough Avenue, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2PG - Ihuoma Properties

Agenda item

20/01482/FUL - The development of a single dwelling together with associated parking, driveway and landscaping - 7 Marlborough Avenue, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2PG - Ihuoma Properties

Minutes:

Officers presented the report and presentation; and explained that the application followed a number of previous applications on site.  In 2017 and 2020 permission was refused for construction of dwellings to the rear of the plot.  In 2016 planning permission was granted for the Coach House to No. 11 to be converted into a separate dwelling.  In 2017 planning permission reference 17/01010/FUL was granted for the conversion of the existing dwellings into five apartments. 

 

Members were asked to note that the 2017 permission had not been legally implemented and would ordinarily have expired on 8th December 2020.  However, under the Government emergency Covid-19 legislation the timeframe for this permission was automatically extended until 1st May 2021.  Given this automatic extension, the permission was extant and therefore a material consideration on this proposal.

 

Officers further explained that the proposed dwelling was sited on the parking areas for the approved apartments and the approval of planning permission could result in the displacement of vehicles should both permissions be implemented.  The applicant had therefore agreed to enter into a Unilateral Undertaking with the Council to revoke the extant 2017 planning permission onsite given that they had outlined a preference to implement this current proposal. 

 

The application was for the erection of a detached dwelling adjacent to No. 7 Marlborough Avenue.  The dwelling would be sited in the building line with the existing built form along Marlborough Avenue and would infill the existing side garden of No. 7.  The dwelling had been designed to reflect the character and fenestration details of No. 7 and parking to the front with the formation of a new vehicular access.

 

The application site was located within the residential area of Bromsgrove, in a sustainable location.  Therefore, Policy was supportive of residential development so long as it respected the character and appearance of its surroundings and did not impinge on the residential amenities enjoyed by occupiers of existing nearby development.

 

The application site formed part of a number of sizable, individually designed dwellings along the eastern side of Marlborough Avenue.  Most of the dwellings along this part of the street had some space at the boundary, however, it was an urban area with a consistent built form of development on both sides of the street.

 

The proposed dwelling had been provided with approximately 1m space at each boundary.  The proposal maintained a 3m distance to No. 7 and a 2m distance to the proposed dwelling at No. 11. These dwellings were also set back from the road, with mature vegetation along the front boundary retaining this open verdant character.

 

Officers further drew Members attention to the Heritage Asset and the comments received from the Conservation Officer as detailed on page 78 of the main agenda report.

 

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. A. Morley addressed the Committee in objection to the application.  Mr. T. Lynch addressed the Committee with regards to landscaping and Mr. S. Stojsavljevic, the Applicant’s agent also addressed the Committee.

 

The Committee then went on to consider the application which officers had recommended for approval.

 

Councillor English referred to the comments made by Mr. Lynch with regards to landscaping.  In response officers highlighted that Condition 10, as detailed on page 82 of the main agenda report, included reference to a full landscaping plan being submitted and approved by the Local Planning Authority.  

 

RESOLVED that full planning permission be approved, subject to:-

 

a)    authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Regeneration to determine the full planning application following the satisfactory completion of a Unilateral Undertaking to revoke planning consent 17/01010/FUL; and

 

b)    authority be delegated to the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Leisure to agree the final scope and detailed wording and numbering of conditions as set out in the report.

 

 

 

 

 

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