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Design and Access Statement
CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION & ERECTION OF 2NO. SHEDS AT 2 HORSESHOE FARM COTTAGE, CHUNAL, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE, SK13 6JY
2026P, 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage, Chunal, Glossop
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CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE TO FORM SELF-CONTAINED ACCOMMODATION & ERECTION OF 2NO. SHEDS AT: 2 HORSESHOE FARM COTTAGE, CHUNAL, GLOSSOP, DERBYSHIRE, SK13 6JY
Design and Access Statement – 17th January 2021
Figure 1.(Cover)) Entrance to the site off Chunal Lane (A624) with the Garage subject to conversion visible behind the blue parked car and the cottage to the left.
INTRODUCTION
The property is located on Chunal Lane (A624), about a mile from Glossop town centre within the Peak District National Park. The site is accessed from Chunal Lane via a private driveway serving a number of properties and farmland. The building is presently used as domestic storage ancillary to 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage, the cottage being used as a private residence and also a Grade II Listed Building. The setting of the site is chiefly residential with houses to the north, and south of the site forming the hamlet of Chunal, the hamlet being set in moorland. The property also has extensive gardens and is largely screened from neighbouring properties and the A624 road by established trees and hedges. The planning application which this design and access statement relates to is for the proposed works as detailed below:-
• Extensions to the existing Garage; • Conversion of the Garage to a self-contained apartment; • Erection of 2no. timber sheds.
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STATEMENT ON USE OF PROPOSED SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENT
The detached self-contained apartment has been proposed by the applicant to provide ancillary accommodation with permission sought for use of the apartment only as ancillary to the existing use of 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage and not for plot subdivision as a stand-alone dwelling.
To this end gas, electricity and water will be fed via the existing supply and meters and are to be covered by the existing council tax bill applicable to the property as a whole.
Users of the apartment are to be the immediate family of the occupiers of 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage who will not be paying a fee, this occupation being solely intended to provide multi-generational occupation of the site. Thus no commercial gain or rental is proposed with this application and consequently this is a Householder Application which does not involve change of use.
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DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A LISTED BUILDING
Although no development is planned to the Grade II Listed Horseshoe Farm Cottage the works to the 20th century Garage to form the self-contained accommodation and the erection of the 2no. timber sheds will constitute work with the cartilage of a Listed Building. The details of the listing are taken from Historic England’s records and presented below and overleaf:
Figure 2.) Site location plan showing the listed building location – red circle to highlight added by author of this statement to aid clarity.
‘Statutory Address: HORSESHOE FARMHOUSE AND BARN, MAIN STREET (A624) The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
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High Peak (District Authority) Parish: Charlesworth National Park: PEAK DISTRICT National Grid Reference: SK0341591822
Details
SK 09 SW PARISH OF CHARLESWORTH MAIN STREET 9/4 Chunal (A624) (West Side) 21.4.67 Horseshoe Farmhouse and barn. GV II
Farmhouse. C17 and C18 with later alterations. Coursed rubble gritstone, mostly cement rendered. Stone slate roof with two stone ridge stacks. Two storeys, with cross wing at the south end. East elevation. To the ground floor of the gabled cross wing a 3-light C19 window. Above, a 3-light recessed chamfer mullion window. To the right a 3-light square sectioned mullion window with similar window above. Doorway with plain stone jambs and lintel. To the right a C19 window with a 2-light square section mullion window above. Similar window to the right with doorway below with plain stone jambs and lintel. Both doorways have raised and fielded six panel doors. Barn attached to the north under a continuous roof.
Listing NGR: SK0341591822’
N.B. The listing states the address as Main Street, the current postal address is Chunal Lane; it is believed that when the road between Glossop and Hayfield was widened this was done to the east of what was Main Street (hence the large hard surfaced verge visible to the west of the main carriageway in Chunal) the road was renamed Chunal Lane and this attributed to the postal addresses of the existing properties.
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USE
The site is currently residential and no change of use is proposed as a result of this application. The self-contained apartment is to be used by immediate family of the occupiers of 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage who will not be paying a fee. This use is complimentary to the existing residential use of the site, and will provide extra accommodation to the existing site. The changes externally will see the alteration and addition of some structural openings, the increase of the footprint of the Garage to the west into the existing rear garden and the increase of the ridge height to the Garage. The 2no. sheds are also to be erected in the rear garden and are to be used as a Summerhouse and garden storage (Shed 1).
The existing area occupying the proposed site for the Apartment is currently used as domestic storage for the occupants of 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage; the Garage is not presently used for vehicles, with plentiful off-street parking being available on the driveway.
There are presently four off-street parking spaces at the dimensions defined in PDNPA planning policies available on the site. The addition of one bedroom as represented by the self-contained apartment should be accommodated by the existing parking which is currently over supplied for the property.
As aforementioned the apartment is to be used by immediate family of the occupiers of 2 Horseshoe Farm Cottage, this scheme does not involve the sub-division of the plot or building to form a separate dwelling, or any intention to create a ‘holiday let’ for profit. The nature of the apartment being linked to the existing utility meters and opening onto the rear garden of the existing dwelling (with no garden subdivision) supports this intention.
The design as discussed later is to enhance the appearance of the site and be ancillary to the existing residential use and density.
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AMOUNT
The new Apartment has been designed to occupy the existing footprint of the garage with small additions into the extensive rear gardens and small canopy to the north elevation, thus not significantly impinging on any amenity space within the site and thus does not represent a significant increase in built footprint to the site when viewed in percentage terms.
The new sheds are also to be sited in the extensive rear gardens and again do not represent a significant loss of amenity space.
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LAYOUT
The new sheds have been positioned within the rear garden to enable their use as a Summerhouse and garden storage. This benefits the appearance as they will not be visible from the road or public rights of way.
The conversion of the Garage for the apartment was logical given the existing electrical supply from the house meter and the ability to make use of the rear garden. The principal elevation of the converted Garage/ apartment is into the rear garden enabling little change to the streetscape of Chunal Lane. This enlarged Garage footprint with the can easily accommodate the one bedroom apartment with Kitchen, Dining, Lounge and Shower Room. The main entrance door to the northern elevation to the apartment has been positioned so that it opens into the grounds but away from the parking area to provide pedestrian safety.
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SCALE
The Summerhouse and garden storage shed are single storey with a low roof height, both following the flow of both the building and the topography of the site and its locale.
The established vegetation to the site boundaries reduces the visual impact of stone walls to the extension to the Garage, whilst providing the opportunity to ensure no detraction from the privacy of adjoining sites. This is especially important given the terrace at First Floor to the former Garage, being positioned to avoid overlooking neighbouring properties.
Overall the new extension has been designed to blend in with the site and surrounding streetscape, whilst retaining the amenity space on the site, and not drowning the site and its neighbours with overbearing development.
The raising of the ridge height has been proposed following careful examination of the buildings in the hamlet of Chunal. The Garage is some distance from the public highway and largely screened by vegetation. The ridge proposed reflects that to the detached Garage to the converted Hillside Barn which is shown below and much nearer to the Chunal Lane frontage.
Figure 3.) Detached Garage (highlighted) to Hillside Barn from the eastern side of the carriageway to Chunal Lane showing the ridge height and proximity to the highway.
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LANDSCAPING
A narrow maintenance path in flagging to match existing is proposed to the new extension perimeter to enable window cleaning and other maintenance activities and a patio to the existing rear garden accessed from the fully glazed doors to the garden elevation. No trees, hedges or other planting are to be removed as part of the scheme.
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APPEARANCE
Chunal has chiefly agricultural building styles visible from the highway but on closer inspection modern styles can be seen as alterations and additions to make the buildings habitable to current standards and tastes. The area surrounding the site comprising chiefly both random and coursed stonework buildings with stone cills and heads to structural openings. Some houses have received a white paint finish to the stonework, these being to the south of the boundary of the site. The property subject to the application is under twenty years in age and was a new build Garage. Thus the new extensions are to be built of random stonework and to have stonework cills and heads (to match those to the existing Garage) used to all structural openings.
A stonework tiled roof covering to match existing in colour, profile and installation configuration is to be used to the extensions and the opportunity taken to install timber windows to new and existing structural openings.
The shed and Summerhouse are domestic in scale, scaled plans and elevations being provided with the application and images shown in the figures below and overleaf:
Figure 4.) Manufacturer’s image of the shed referenced in the application as ‘Shed 1’.
Figure 5.) Manufacturer’s image of the proposed Summerhouse.
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CAR PARKING AND APPROACH
ACCESS
Pedestrian access: graded access is provided from Chunal Lane to the driveway serving the property, and from the vehicular parking spaces to the principal entrance of the proposed apartment.
Vehicular Access and Parking: the original entrance to the site is to be retained to the site off Chunal Lane.
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