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PLANNING APPLICATIONS FOR 20TH AUGUST 2003 (EAST) Page No. 1 MC2003/0461 Watling Construction of one detached 3-bedroomed house with attached single garage Rear of 60, Allison Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3BX 3 2 MC2002/0489 Watling Erection of non-food retail warehouse (Class A1) including bulk builders yard and garden centre together with access and servicing arrangements, car parking, a new cycleway and landscaping Land at former Civil Service Sports Ground, Watling Street/Will Adams Way, Gillingham, Kent 7 3 MC2003/0529 Rainham Central Construction of first floor front, side and rear extension to accommodate 8 additional bedrooms, two storey side extension to facilitate a lift and single storey extension and conservatory to rear Hawthorne Residential Home, 369, Maidstone Road, Gillingham, Kent 20 4 MC2003/0645 Rainham Central Conversion of part ground floor, first and second floors from one residential dwelling to five 1-bedroomed flats 2, Norreys Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 9AJ 25 5 MC2003/0690 Watling Erection of non-food retail warehouse(class A1) including bulk builders yard and garden centre together with access and servicing arrangements, car parking, a new cycleway and landscaping (Duplicate Application) Land at former Civil Service Sports Ground, Watling Street/Will Adams Way, Gillingham 29 6 MC2003/0874 Luton & Wayfield Erection of two 3-bedroomed link-detached chalet bungalows and garages (demolition of existing garages) Land at Sailmakers Court (rear of 39a - 39d Dagmar Road) Chatham, Kent 30 7 MC2003/0946 Hempstead & Wigmore Reserved matters application pursuant to condition 1 of outline planning consent MC1999/6034 for construction of a detached 4-bedroomed house with integral garage Rear of Swithindene, Spekes Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3RS 36 8 MC2003/0966 Rainham North Construction of sludge cake storage bay roof covering Motney Hill Wastewater Treatment Works, Motney Hill, Gillingham, Kent 40 9 MC2003/1205 Twydall Construction of a two storey extension, two single storey extensions and a conservatory to rear and insertion of two dormers in rear roof elevation 33-35 South Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6EG 46 DC0902MW 1 BACKGROUND PAPERS The relevant background papers relating to the individual applications comprise: the applications and all supporting documentation submitted therewith; and items identified in any Relevant History and Information section and Representations section with a report. Any information referred to is available for inspection in the Planning Offices of the Council at the Compass Centre, Chatham Maritime, Chatham. DC0902MW 2 1 MC2003/0461 Date Received: 4th March 2003 Location: Rear of 60, Allison Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3BX Proposal: Construction of one detached 3-bedroomed house with attached single garage Applicant: Mr A Abramian 106 Balmoral Road Gillingham Kent ME7 4QE Agent: Ward: Watling Recommendation - Approval with Conditions (as amended by revised block plan received 29th July 2003) 1 The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission. 2 No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before the building is occupied and shall thereafter be maintained for the duration of the development. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 3 Details and samples of any materials to be used externally and any means of enclosure shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority before development is commenced and development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. 4 No development shall take place until full details of both hard and soft landscape works have been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority and these works shall be carried out as approved. These details shall include hard surfacing materials. Soft landscape works shall include planting plans, written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with grass and plant establishment, aftercare and maintenance); schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate; and implementation programme. 5 All hard and soft landscape works shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the programme agreed with the Local Planning Authority. The approved planting stock shall be maintained for a minimum period of five years following its planting and any of the stock that dies or is destroyed within this period shall be replanted in accordance with details to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. DC0902MW 3 6 Vision splay(s) of 2.0 metres x 2.0 metres shall be provided on both sides of the vehicular access point(s) and no obstruction of sight more than 0.6 metres above carriageway level shall be permitted within the splay(s). 7 The area shown on the permitted drawings for vehicle parking and garaging shall be kept available for such use and no permanent development, whether permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order) or not, shall be carried out on the land so shown or in such a position as to preclude vehicular access to this reserved parking space. 8 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no windows shall be installed in the flank wall(s) of the dwellinghouse herein approved without the prior written approval of the Local Planning Authority oither than those shown on approved plans. Site Description 60 Allison Avenue is a detached two storey house on the corner with Preston Avenue. It has a rear garden, approximately 18 metres deep, which widens so that at the far end it is approximately 31 metres wide. The application site is formed by the end of the rear garden and measures 12.5 metres wide by between 25 and 31 metres deep. Due to the orientation of Preston Avenue, the frontage is at a slight angle. It is enclosed by a brick wall and is well screened from the public highway and from neighbouring properties. The surrounding area is entirely residential with a detached house immediately to the north (8 Preston Avenue), and similar detached properties to the west in Allison Avenue. Apart from 8 Preston Avenue, the area to the north comprises semi-detached houses, whilst to the east the predominant form of development is terraced housing. Proposal The proposal is to construct a detached three bedroom house with an attached single garage on the land. The house would be set back between 2.8 and 5.4 metres from the highway following a similar building line as the adjacent property at number 8. It would measure 9 metres wide by 9 metres deep, with a single storey rear projection of 5 metres for the kitchen. The rear garden to serve the proposed property would be between 13 and 18 metres deep leaving number 60 with a rear garden of between 9 and 14 metres deep. Site area/density Site area: 0.035 ha (0.086 acre) Site density 28.5 d.p.h. (11.5 d.p.a.) DC0902MW 4 Relevant Planning History GL/89/250 Outline application for erection of one dwelling with garage. Refused 15th December 1989 MC2002/1908 Construction of two storey rear extension and single storey side extension to either side of property (demolition of existing garage). Approved 13th November 2002 Representations The application has been advertised on site and neighbour notification letters have been sent to the owners/occupiers of 58, 60 and 62 Allison Avenue and 8 Preston Avenue. Three letters have been received objecting on the grounds of: - overlooking/loss of privacy; - loss of light; - increase in noise and disturbance from additional people and from vehicles gaining access. Six letters have been received raising no objection and stating that the proposal would enhance the neighbourhood. One resident has withdrawn her letter of support and written objecting on the grounds that the proposal would increase on street parking and noise. Development Plan Policies Kent Structure Plan 1996 Policy ENV15 (Built Environment) Policy T17 (Parking) Medway Local Plan 2003 Policy BNE1 (General principles for built development) Policy BNE2 (Amenity protection) Policy H4 (Housing in urban areas) Policy T13 (Vehicle parking standards) Planning Appraisal The principle issues for consideration in respect of this application are: · whether the proposal is acceptable in principle; · the design and appearance of the proposal and its impact on the street scene and the character of the area; · the effect on the amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring and nearby properties; and DC0902MW 5 · parking. The principle of development The site lies within a residential area where Policy H4 of the adopted Local Plan contains a presumption in favour of infilling providing that a clear improvement to the local environment will result. Therefore, providing the development is acceptable in terms of its effect on the character of the area and the amenities of the occupiers of neighbouring and nearby properties, the proposal would comply with this Policy and is acceptable in principle. Design and appearance The immediate locality comprises mainly detached properties, including the existing house at 60 Allison Avenue, the neighbouring house at 8 Preston Avenue and a detached bungalow at 1 Preston Avenue. All these detached properties have their own individual design and therefore the proposed house would not be out of character with the surrounding area. The density, at 11.5 dwelling per acre is comparable with that of the surrounding development and the proposal is, therefore in accordance with Policy BNE1 of the adopted Local Plan.