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66.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 230 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 October 2015.

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 September 2015 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

67.

Declarations of Interest

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or an Affected Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

Minutes:

Councillor Mrs McKenzie-Boyle declared an Affected Interest in Agenda item no. 6 [Application No 15/01073/FUL – 48-50 Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, RG45 6NX].

68.

Urgent Items of Business

Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent.

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

69.

PS Application No 14/00863/FUL - Land At Rear Of 4 Hayley Green Cottages, Forest Road, Hayley Green, Warfield. pdf icon PDF 272 KB

Erection of 3 no. dwellings including associated parking, access and amenity space.

Minutes:

Erection of 3 no. dwellings including associated parking, access and amenity space.

 

This application had been deferred at the last meeting as there were concerns about whether a fire and rescue service vehicle would be able to access the development.

 

The Committee noted:

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • Warfield Parish Council had recommended refusal for the following reasons:

1. The site of the proposed development is not identified as a site for future housing development in Bracknell Forest Council's Site Allocation Local Plan (July 2013) and is not within the settlement boundary identified therein.

2. The proposed access road and car parking is close to the boundaries of adjacent dwellings and so the proposal would be detrimental to the living conditions of occupiers of the neighbouring properties because of noise and disturbance caused by increased traffic and the multiple manoeuvres required to access car parking spaces.

3. The proposal will generate additional traffic movements into and out of Forest Road where vehicle speeds are known to be high and this would adversely affect road safety and impede the free flow of traffic.

  • A total 14 objections from 10 households had been received, summarised as follows:

- The land is outside the settlement boundary and therefore inappropriate development.

- The development would have a detrimental impact upon the rural character of the area.

- The land has never been built on.

- The design of the dwellings is not in keeping with the character of the area.

- The density is out of keeping with the character of the area.

- By removing part of the dwelling at no. 4 this would result in noise, hygiene concerns from bins and overlooking to neighbouring properties.

- The proposed dwelling would result in a reduction in natural light to neighbouring properties.

- There is a high level of housing planned in north of the borough so this site is not necessary.

- The backland development is out of keeping and would threaten the peaceful rear gardens of neighbouring properties.

- The amenity land left for 4 Hayley Green Cottages is not acceptable.

- Concern over noise and disturbance of construction vehicles.

- There will be a significant increase in noise and light pollution created by the additional dwellings.

- Approving this would set a precedent for back land development.

- The storage of caravans generates very little traffic.

- The access to the site is inappropriate and impractical and has poor visibility.

- There have been a number of crashes along Forest Road; cars regularly exceed the 30mph speed limit.

- There is not enough parking proposed.

- There is no space for visitors to park.

- There is no street lighting on Forest Road.

- Residents of Hayley Green Cottages park their cars on the land that will be used for access.

- The proposal for internal circulation and vehicular movements would therefore create a safety hazard.

- The additional vehicles entering onto Forest  ...  view the full minutes text for item 69.

70.

PS Application No 14/01073/FUL - 48-50 Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, RG45 6NX pdf icon PDF 202 KB

Erection of a block of 32no. sheltered apartments for the elderly with detached binstore/cycle/electric buggy store; modification of existing access (to No.50) and closure of existing access to No.48 following the demolition of existing buildings.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Erection of a block of 32no. sheltered apartments for the elderly with detached binstore/cycle/electric buggy store; modification of existing access (to No.50) and closure of existing access to No.48 following the demolition of existing buildings.

 

A site visit had been held on Saturday 10 October 2015 which had been attended by Councillors Brossard, Dudley, Mrs Ingham, Mrs Mattick, Mrs McKenzie, Mrs McKenzie-Boyle, Thompson and Turrell.

 

The Committee noted:

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • Crowthorne Parish Council had considered the application as amended and had recommended refusal on the following grounds:

1. Insufficient parking provision

2. Overbearing and out of character with neighbouring properties

3. Light pollution to 52 Dukes Ride

·         Wokingham Without Parish Council had raised concerns including:

- Harmful impact on character of area

- Impact on living conditions of nearby residents

- Inadequate car parking

·         76 objections to the development had been received from separate addresses.  The main reasons for objection are summarised below (each having been addressed in the officer report):

- Inappropriate development on greenfield land that has not been allocated.

- Adverse impact upon surrounding residential amenity

- Lack of parking, traffic and highway safety

- Adverse impact upon the character and appearance of the area through inappropriate scale, massing, design, density and loss of character buildings.

- Impact upon local wildlife and the Thames Basin Heaths SPA

- Impact upon Trees.

- Is there a need for this type of accommodation?

- Waste and Odour

- Impact upon GP facilities in the area

- No public consultation from the developer.

 

The criteria for public speaking had been met in respect of this application and the Committee was addressed by the registered speaker Parish Councillor Bruce McKenzie-Boyle, who represented the objections of local residents to the proposed development, and Peter Tanner, representing the agent on behalf of the applicant.

 

A motion to authorise the Head of Planning to approve the application subject to conditions (and following the completion of a planning obligation) as recommended in the Officer report was put to the vote and was lost.  An alternative motion to refuse planning permission was put to the vote and was carried.

 

RESOLVED that planning application 14/01073/FUL be REFUSED for the following reasons:

 

01. The development as proposed would provide inadequate on-site parking provision to serve the 32 sheltered apartments. This is likely to lead to increased on-street parking on surrounding roads to the detriment of highway safety. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan Policy M9 and Core Strategy Development Plan Document Policy CS23 and the NPPF.

 

02. In the absence of a planning obligation to secure contributions towards affordable housing in terms that are satisfactory to the Local Planning Authority, the proposal is contrary to Policy H8 of the Bracknell Forest Borough Local Plan, Policy CS16 of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document and to the Planning Obligations SPD (2015)

 

03. The occupants of the development would put extra pressure  ...  view the full minutes text for item 70.

71.

Application No 15/00082/FUL - 92 High Street, Sandhurst pdf icon PDF 282 KB

Erection of 3no two-storey terraced houses and a three-storey building containing 6no flats provision of vehicle parking and circulation areas; cycle and bin storage, private gardens and communal amenity space following the demolition of existing buildings.

Minutes:

Erection of 3no two-storey terraced houses and a three-storey building containing 6no flats provision of vehicle parking and circulation areas; cycle and bin storage, private gardens and communal amenity space following the demolition of existing buildings.

 

The Committee noted:

·         The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.

·         Observations from Sandhurst Town Council to the effect that no objection be made but it be requested that plans be amended to include:

i)a flat roof over the bin/cycle store

ii) obscure glass on the first floor landing of the flats

iii) some form of noise attenuation for the eight parking spaces in front of No. 96 and the two in front of No. 88

·         Four letters of objection received raising the following points:

- Loss of privacy

- Overlooking

- Noise and disturbance due to parking spaces proposed

- Vehicles displaced onto Valley View if not enough parking provided

- Loss of retail units – a retail use could be incorporated into any new build to retain businesses

- Bin/cycle store will cause smells/overshadowing/loss of daylight

- Responsibility of boundary fence between application site and no. 96 High Street

- Tree plotted incorrectly in garden of no. 96 High Street

- Proximity of plots 7-9 to boundary with 88 High Street

- Proximity of parking spaces to boundary with 88 High Street would result in petrol fumes from cars and oil smells

- Plots 7-9 do not follow building line of the area

 

RESOLVED that authority be delegated to the Head of Planning to APPROVE the application, subject to the completion of planning obligation(s) under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to measures to avoid and mitigate the impact of residential development upon the Thames Basins Heath Special Protection Area (SPA); an additional condition requiring a noise attenuation fencing panel for the two parking spaces proposed to abut 88 High Street, Sandhurst, and following the conditions:

 

01.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

            REASON:  To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

 

02.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on

             21 August and 2 October 2015:

drawing no. 01 H

drawing no. 02 B

drawing no. 03 B

drawing no. 04 D

drawing  no. 05 C

drawing no. 06 C

drawing no. 07 C

drawing no. 08 C

drawing no. 14 B

           

03.       No development shall take place until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

           

04.       The windows in the eastern elevation of the flatted development (plots 1-6), the window in the eastern elevation of plot 7 and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 71.

72.

PS Application No 15/00172/COND - Binfield House Nursery, Terrace Road North, Binfield pdf icon PDF 111 KB

Details pursuant to condition 16 (Fencing) of planning permission 13/00966/FUL.

Minutes:

Details pursuant to condition 16 (Fencing) of planning permission 13/00966/FUL.

 

The Committee noted:

·         The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.

  • A total of 13 objections received from residents of surrounding properties, summarised as follows:

- The proposal does not take into consideration the character of the Grade II Listed House.

- The proposal is in conflict with the NPPF which states new developments should respect existing boundaries.

- The proposal shows the fence up against ours- leaving no room for us to maintain our fence or trim the plants growing up the back of it.

- The land to the rear is a lot higher resulting in the proposed fence feeling overbearing and overshadowing our garden.

- According to the plan there is a large pipe which runs along the rear of the boundary fence to 54-56 Knox Green. If fencing is installed in this area it could burst any underground pipes.

- To install the fence would mean removing a lot of shrubs- which is in conflict with the Core Strategy and the NPPF which states trees and hedges should be protected. In fact the trees and hedges are protected under tree protection plan approved under application 13/00966/FUL.  

- The proposed fence is not required due to the natural green boundary of hedges and trees that have been established for 30 years.

- The plan is totally unsuitable and leaves the elderly accommodation with large open plan gardens (four times larger than any other garden on the proposed development, with no demarcation for land registry or ownership.

- Plots 22-24 should have a decent size garden (similar to plots 19-21) suitable for elderly people, and delineated by fences if necessary.

- The applicant has indicated that the rear gardens to plots 22, 23 and 24 will be managed by a management company, however practically this is not going to work.

- The reason for the condition includes ‘the amenities of properties adjoining the site’ which appears to have been totally omitted.

-Given the likelihood of the site flooding, what chance has a timber structure got for long term survival?

- The amended plan proposes a strange combination of minimum run of brick walls and maximum runs of timber fencing.

- Neither the desk revision or the original submission appear to have paid any regard for or attention to the adjacent properties or existing natural features

- The proposed fencing is sterile, characterless and prevents ground based wildlife from accessing territory.

  • Since publication of the Officer report, the applicant had met with local residents resulting in the submission of a revised plan and additional supporting information, which had lead to the withdrawal of a number of the objections.

 

RESOLVED that condition 16 attached to planning application 13/00966/FUL be discharged.

 

Approved details:-

Site layout plan PC-2001- REV E received 07.10.2015

Estate railing details PC-2009 received 07.10.2015

Fencing details PC-2008 received 30.09.2015.

73.

PS Application No 15/00536/FUL - Post Office, 6 High Street, Bracknell pdf icon PDF 171 KB

Erection of 7 storey building (with undercroft for parking/storage) accommodating A1 (retail) use at ground floor (170 sq m) and 14 residential units over following demolition of Post Office building - resubmission of 14/01015/FUL.

Minutes:

Erection of 7 storey building (with undercroft for parking/storage) accommodating A1 (retail) use at ground floor (170 sq m) and 14 residential units over following demolition of Post Office building - resubmission of 14/01015/FUL.

 

This application was WITHDRAWN from the agenda to allow for further consideration of the terms of the proposed planning obligation.

74.

Application No 15/00660/FUL - Oak Cottage, St Marks Road, Binfield pdf icon PDF 160 KB

Erection of 2no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings with access and parking following demolition of existing dwelling and outbuilding.

Minutes:

Erection of 2no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings with access and parking following demolition of existing dwelling and outbuilding.

 

The Committee noted:

 

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • Binfield Parish Council had recommended refusal for the following reasons:

1. This is overdevelopment of the plot.

2. There is insufficient parking on the site as what is proposed looks impractical and won't be used.

3. The second floor window overlooking the rear neighbours should perhaps be on the front elevation.

·         Three letters of objection had been received, summarised as follows:

-   Proposal is shoe-horning 2 large houses on a relatively narrow site which are unlike other properties in style and height

-   Accommodation in the roof space with dormer window contrary to design of surrounding properties

-   Overlooking and loss of privacy

-   Loss of daylight

 

RESOLVED that following the completion of planning obligation(s) under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to measures to avoid and mitigate the impact of residential development upon the Thames Basins Heath Special Protection Area (SPA);      

 

That the Head of Planning be authorised to APPROVE the application subject to the following conditions:-

 

01.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

           

02.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 23 July 2015 and 26 August 2015:

            drawing no. 21506-2/01

            drawing no. 21506-2/02 Rev A

            drawing no. 21506-2/03 Rev B

            drawing no. 21506-2/04 Rev B

           

03.       No development shall take place until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

           

04.       The first floor windows in the side elevations of plots 1 and 2 hereby permitted shall not be glazed at any time other than with a minimum of Pilkington Level 3 obscure glass (or equivalent).  They shall at all times be fixed shut with the exception of a top hung openable fanlight.

           

05.       Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no additional windows, similar openings or enlargement thereof shall be constructed at first floor level or above in the north and south elevations of the dwellings hereby permitted except for any which may be shown on the approved drawings.

 

06.       The rooflights in the roof slopes facing north and south of the proposed development shall at all times be no less than 1.7 metres above internal floor level.

 

07.       The development hereby permitted shall not be begun until details showing the finished floor levels of the building hereby approved in relation to a fixed datum point have been submitted to and approved in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 74.

75.

Application No 15/00674/FUL - 31 Mill Ride, Ascot pdf icon PDF 152 KB

Raise main ridge of existing house by 415mm, erection of two storey front extension, two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, installation of rear dormer and alterations to include render (white) and timber cladding.

Minutes:

Raise main ridge of existing house by 415mm, erection of two storey front extension, two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, installation of rear dormer and alterations to include render (white) and timber cladding.

 

The Committee noted:

 

  • The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.
  • Winkfield Parish Council had objected to the proposal on the grounds that it would be overdevelopment of the site, out of keeping with the street scene and impacted the residential amenity of neighbouring properties.
  • A total of 3 objections had been received from residents of surrounding properties, summarised as follows:

-   Overlooking and loss of privacy from the second floor dormer windows.

-   Overbearing scale of the alterations to the rear.

-   Out of character for the area.

 

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:-

 

01.         The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

 

02.          The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans, received by the Local Planning Authority on 18 September 2015:

1501-MillRide-03 ‘Proposed Elevations – Revision P2 Cladding and Gable Windows Amended’

1501-MillRide-02 ‘Proposed Floor Plans’

 

03.         Those windows shown on the approved drawings as having obscured glazing in part or full shall at all times be so fitted with a minimum of Pilkington Level 3 obscure glass (or equivalent). They shall at all times be fixed with the exception of a top hung openable fanlight.

 

04.         Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no additional windows, similar openings or enlargement thereof shall be constructed in the first floor and above of the east and west side elevation and rear elevationhereby permitted except for any which may be shown on the approved drawing(s).

76.

Application No 15/00760/FUL - 73 Wroxham, Bracknell pdf icon PDF 122 KB

Retention of external solid wall insulation with silicone render finish.

Minutes:

Retention of external solid wall insulation with silicone render finish

 

The Committee noted:

  • Bracknell Town Council had raised no objection.
  • Four letters of objection had been received, summarised as follows:

- the colour is very strong and is out of keeping with the adjoining properties.

- the chosen render finish will devalue property prices and is an eyesore.

 

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED.

 

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