East Dorset District Council Planning Committee 11Th September, 2007
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Everyone 7 128 1383 rep_agd_ID Draft 3 Chief Executives 1 0 57 rep_exe_IDsNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoENV1 11/09/ 2007 09:30: 59 Chi ef E xec uti ve Ol d 52 1 East Dorset District Council Planning Committee Agenda Item No 6 11th September, 2007 Public Report Schedule of Planning Applications Item for Decision: To consider the planning applications contained within the schedule and to receive details of any withdrawn or requested deferred applications, if any. Contributors: Chief Executive Contact Officer: Michael Hirsh, Head of Planning & Building Control Financial Implications: None Council Priorities: ENV1 Recommendations: It is RECOMMENDED that the applications contained in this schedule be determined or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the Head of Planning and Building Control's recommendation. 1. Applicable Lead Member Area(s) 1.1 Environment. 2. Crime and Disorder – Section 17 Implications 2.1 Where there is a specific crime and disorder matter that is a material planning consideration, it will form part of the report related to the particular application. 3. Equalities Implications 3.1 There are no implications associated with this report. 4. Risk Implications 4.1 There are no implications associated with this report. 5. Application Schedule 5.1 No. Application No. Site Address Pg. 1. 3/07/0548/FUL Wimborne Minster Model Town, 16 King Street, Wimborne 2 2. 3/07/0702/OUT Land Opposite, 21- 27 Leigh Lane, Colehill 3 3. 3/07/0750/FUL 3 Coppers Close, Alderholt, Fordingbridge 7 4. 3/07/0769/FUL 70 - 72 Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne 9 5. 3/07/0770/FUL Tivoli Theatre, 19 - 27 West Borough, Wimborne 14 6. 3/07/0792/FUL Horton Heath Methodist Church, Burts Lane, Mannington 16 7. 3/07/0883/FUL Caravan Site, Church Farm, High Street 18 8. 3/07/0925/REM St Leonards Hospital, 241 Ringwood Road, St Leonards 21 9. 3/07/0942/FUL 6 Badbury View, Wimborne, Dorset 26 10. 3/07/0961/FUL Moors Valley Country Park, Visitors Centre, Horton Road 30 11. 3/07/0965/FUL 17 Queenswood Drive, Ferndown, Dorset 32 1 Item Number: 1. Ref: 3/07/0548/FUL Proposal: Temporary Visitors Centre Exhibition Hall and Workshops. Site Address: Wimborne Minster Model Town, 16 King Street, Wimborne, for Wimborne Minster Model Town Trust Constraints Scheduled Ancient Monument LP Airport Safeguarding (90m high) Airport Safeguarding (Birdstrike) Conservation Area Green Belt LP Groundwater Protection Zone Local Distributor Road LP Traffic Calming Area LP Urban Areas LP Windfarm Consultation Zone Site Notice expired: 6 July 2007 Advert expired: 6 July 2007 Nbr-Nfn expired: Wimborne Minster Town No Objection Council Comments: Consultee Responses: County Highways Development No Objection Liaison Officer Neighbour Comments: None Officers Report: This application comes to Committee as the proposal is contrary to green belt policy. No objection has been raised by the Town Council. The proposal is for the retention of the single storey visitors’ centre, exhibition hall and amenity buildings used in conjunction with the Wimborne Model Town. Temporary planning permission for these buildings expired on the 31st January 2007, therefore the buildings on the site do not currently have planning permission. The application site lies wholly within the Green Belt and also in the Conservation Area. The proposal is considered to be inappropriate development in the green belt as it does not fall into the categories of appropriate development set out in Policy GB2 of the local plan, and does not maintain the openness of the green belt. The Model Town first moved to its current site in 1987 from a site within the urban area. The Council first granted permission for buildings at the site in 1988, and since then has granted various temporary permissions for buildings as it wanted to retain control over the long-term use of the site. At the time of the application to re-site the Model Town, Members considered that the retention of the Model Town in Wimborne represented a ‘very special circumstance’ to justify its location within the green belt. Temporary planning permission for the buildings it is now proposed to retain was subsequently granted under further applications. Therefore the principle of the buildings currently on the site has been accepted. However, Officers remain concerned that the current buildings are of a temporary nature and are in 2 need of attention. The buildings are also considered to detract from the character and appearance of the conservation area. In this respect it is considered that any permission is again made temporary to continue to allow the Council control over the long-term use of the site. The applicants propose seven years but are also aware of the need to replace the buildings in any event. Recommendation: GRANT – SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION(S):- Conditions/Reasons:- 1 This permission shall expire on 31 JANUARY 2014, by which date the use shall have been discontinued, any associated buildings or other structures shall have been removed from the land, and the land restored to its previous authorised state as open ground in all respects To reserve to the Local Planning Authority control over the long term use of the land. Policy Considerations and Reasons In reaching this decision the policies in the Development Plan for the area, which currently comprises the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Structure Plan 2000 and the East Dorset Local Plan, were taken into account. This includes specifically the following policies: GB2 DES8 BUCON1 Item Number: 2. Ref: 3/07/0702/OUT Proposal: Remove Existing Barn and Replace with Dwelling Site Address: Land Opposite, 21- 27 Leigh Lane, Colehill, for Mr Ted Bush Constraints Airport Safeguarding (90m high) Airport Safeguarding (Birdstrike) Green Belt LP Site of Nature Conservation Importance L Urban Areas LP Windfarm Consultation Zone Site Notice expired: 10 August 2007 Advert expired: 10 August 2007 Nbr-Nfn expired: Colehill Parish Council No Objection Comments: Greenbelt Consultee Responses: County Highways Recommend permission be refused on lack of detail and Development Liaison visibility Officer Wimborne Civic Society There appears to be considerable uncertainty as to whether this plot lies within the Colehill urban boundary or to the greenbelt. On consideration we feel that the development 3 would sufficiently impinge on green belt territory for us to recommend that the proposed development be turned down. Dorset Wildlife Trust No objections provided the development does not impact on the SNCI. Natural England Objection unless applicant contributes to the mitigation policy. Objection due to lack of information on Bats EDDC Tree Section Situated on and adjacent to this particular site are many young trees of relatively poor form. They should not be considered as a material constraint on this proposal. Taking this into account, I have no arboricultural objections. Neighbour Comments: E Harper 1 Fairfield Close, Colehill Object Traffic/parking Out of place Mr And Mrs Orpin 29 Leigh Lane, Support with reservations Colehill Is a Green Belt Area Access onto Leigh Lane Officers Report: The application comes to Committee as the Officer recommendation that the proposal is considered to be contrary to Green Belt Policy conflicts with the Parish Council comments. The original Parish comment stated they had no objection to the proposal but that they noted that the development extends into the Green Belt. They also requested that if the Officer recommendation was at variance to their views that the comments be reported to Committee. When clarification of their views was requested by email the response was that they supported the application for the new property on the old railway line. They stated that “if the grounds for refusal are that it crosses the green-belt boundary, then we can't see that bit of green belt being any use to anyone where it is. There are already the two existing properties in the old railway line, the access is being shifted so that it's opposite Fairfield Close and not on the bend and, with the possible objection that it's likely to be another non-affordable half-million pound property, we support the idea of building on that otherwise redundant land.” Site Description The long, narrow site is situated mainly within an area designated as Green Belt, with only a small triangular slither of land at the far west end of the site classified as Urban Area. To the south of the site is Leigh Common, which is designated as Green Belt as well as a Nature Conservation Reserve. Land to the east of the site is also designated as Green Belt and includes land designated for open space/recreation. To the north and west of the site is residential development, which lies within the Urban Area. The site, part of a derelict railway line is occupied by a large pitched roof barn at the far west end of the site, and a small greenhouse towards the centre of the site. Planning History 4 In July 2001 an outline application for a bungalow and garage was refused on a similar piece of land on the grounds of it being situated in the Green Belt (ref 01/0552). Earlier that same year an outline application for 2 bungalows and garages was refused on the grounds of Green Belt and inadequate turning facilities (ref 01/0270). Proposed development The proposal involves an outline application to demolish the barn and erect a 2 storey timber framed dwelling, (with a layout indicating 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms), to be positioned in the centre of the site.