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V28-292 : W17330/1 - WHITEGATES, HOMEFIELD PADDOCK, BECCLES

Application for construction of a dwelling.

The report of the Corporate Director (Regeneration and Environment) reminded members that a site visit had recently taken place at the above site, and following that site meeting Beccles Town Council had once again considered the application. Whilst they felt that the principle of development on the site was appropriate, they thought the proposed development was too large for the site and recommended that the applicant be requested to submit a smaller scale development. One neighbour had responded to consultation, concerned that the application may exacerbate already serious parking problems in the road, and also that trees would be lost.

The site was a small, roughly triangular area close to the entrance to Homefield Paddock and forming part of the garden area of a bungalow. The application was for the erection of a two storey, three bedroomed dwelling with a linked car port and garage. The site currently formed something of a local landscape feature on entering Homefield Paddocks, and provided an attractive setting for the older Edwardian style properties that surrounded the site.

A number of trees on the site which were the subject of a Tree Preservation Order had been removed, and these should be re-planted either on the same site or nearby. The Council's Landscape Advisor had advised that part of the footprint of the house and its access would be under the spread of some existing trees.

Policy H7 of the Local Plan supported residential development consolidating the built up areas of towns provided that it did not "involve the loss or damage of a site of amenity or wildlife value, in particular the development of informal open spaces which contribute to the character of the neighbourhood". In this instance the site was considered to form an important open space with considerable visual amenity value. Under the current application the proposed dwelling would almost completely fill the site, and there was the likelihood that further trees along the perimeter of the site would be lost. The large three bedroomed development would also mean the site was cramped.

Under these circumstances the Director felt the proposal to be contrary to the provisions of Policies H7 and H9 of the Local Plan and recommended refusal.

Before commencement of the debate Councillor Baxter declared receipt of correspondence on the application.

RESOLVED

That planning permission be refused to application W17330/1.


Volume 28 Minute 292

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