Everyone 7 128 2035 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 30/11/2010 09:30:55 Chief Executive Old 52 1 East Dorset District Council Planning Committee Agenda Item No 6 30th November, 2010 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Item for Decision: To consider the planning applications contained within the schedule and to receive details of any withdrawn or requested deferred applications, if any.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 Contact Officer Michael Hirsh, Head of Development Management Financial Implications: None Council Priorities: Environment - East Dorset’s natural and built environment is well managed. Recommendations: It is RECOMMENDED that the applications contained in this schedule be determined or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the Head of Development Management'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 Planning application determination requires a positive and questioning approach by the decision maker to equality matters. Where a particular issue requires a focused consideration there will be a reference in the particular report. 4. Risk Implications 4.1 There are risk implications associated with this report. These relate to the potential for judicial review or maladministration if the applications being reported have not been considered properly in a procedural sense or there is a substantial flaw in the consideration. 5. Application Schedule No. Application No. Site Address Pg. 1. 3/10/0447/FUL Moors Valley Country Park, Ashley Heath, Ringwood 2 2. 3/10/0655/HOU Woodpecker Lodge, 6a Pinehurst Road, West Moors 3 3. 3/10/0717/FUL 65 St Ives Park, Ashley Heath, Ringwood 10 4. 3/10/0810/COU 60 Ringwood Road, Verwood, Dorset 18 5. 3/10/0885/COU Martha's Cottage Dental Practice, 45 St Marys Road, 23 Ferndown 6. 3/10/0909/HOU 53 Ringwood Road, Alderholt, Fordingbridge 28 7. 3/10/0934/FUL Naughty Boy Studio, Cripplestyle, Fordingbridge 31 8. 3/10/0937/HOU The Old Inn Cottage, Holt Lane, Holt 36 1 9. 3/10/0946/FUL 120 Pinehurst Road, West Moors, Ferndown 38 10. 3/10/1002/FUL Land To The R/O Bethel Chapel And, 36-44 Ringwood 45 Road, Verwood Item Number: 1. Ref: 3/10/0447/FUL Proposal: Retention of High Ropes Activity Course Site Address: Moors Valley Country Park, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, for Mr B Davies Constraints Bournemouth International Airport Heathland 5km Consultation Area Green Belt LP Open Space Site Notice expired: 22 October 2010 Advert expired: Nbr-Nfn expired: N/A St Leonards And St Ives No objection Parish Council Comments: Consultee Responses: Neighbour Comments: Officers Report: Permission is sought to retain the high rope activity course known as ‘Go Ape’ within Moors Valley Country Park. Planning permission was granted in 2003 for five years with the intention that traffic management issues could be reviewed in 2008 if a further application was submitted. In 2005 permission was granted for an office and store to serve the activity course (3/05/0071). The current application seeks to remedy the current breach of planning control which has occurred by the continued presence of the structures beyond June 2008 contrary to condition 1 of 3/03/0463. The course comprises five zones sited several metres above ground each of which is accessed by a rope ladder and finishes with a zip-wire. The layout is slightly different to that permitted in 2003 but the wooden platforms and rope bridges remain visually acceptable within the forest where views are limited. In 2003 the Council was concerned about a traffic management problem at the park at times of peak activity. Since then measures have been introduced to alleviate those issues, including the introduction of a roundabout at the car park entrance. A maximum of 14 people can start the activity course every half an hour, most of these would book in advance but some are existing park visitors. The course is open between 8am to dusk with the latest starting time of 6pm so traffic is dispersed throughout the day. Data provided by the operator suggests high vehicle occupancy for those visiting the facility and there is no evidence that the activity course has exacerbated traffic flows to an unacceptable level. The proposal continues to comply with green belt policy. The initial transport management issues have been resolved. No objections have been raised and the application is recommended for approval. 2 Recommendation: GRANT – SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION(S):- Conditions/Reasons:- Informatives: 1 This permission is granted in accordance with Section 63 (2) (a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. 2 In addition to the policies listed below, in reaching this decision the Council has had regard to national policy guidance, namely Planning Policy Guidance 2: Green Belt. 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: CSIDE1 CSIDE7 Item Number: 2. Ref: 3/10/0655/HOU Proposal: Construct access, entrance gates with double garage and vary condition No.9 of planning permission reference 3/08/0981 (as amended by plan rec'd 02.11.2010). Site Address: Woodpecker Lodge, 6a Pinehurst Road, West Moors, for Mr M Holloway Constraints Bournemouth International Airport Heathland 5km Consultation Area Heathland 5km or 400m Consultation Area Urban Areas LP Site Notice expired: 27 August 2010 Advert expired: Nbr-Nfn expired: 16 November 2010 West Moors Parish Council No objection. Comments: Consultee Responses: EDDC Tree Section No harm to significant trees. Two conditions recommended. County Highways Development No objection. Liaison Officer Neighbour Comments: Mr & Mrs E M I Hailey Flat 1, Object Blue Cedars Applicant is applying for a double garage and drawings as submitted would not permit use of the building as a garage. Plans show 2.45m wide doors to garage however this is 3 only one 2.5m wide access to plot and this would not connect to either of door openings Construction appears to be placed on boundary of plot without any access space for maintenance. Foundations of garage would severely affect roots of yew tree hedge/trees Further comments recd. on 11.11.2010 Revisions reflect some of the technical design problems referred to but do not address the fundamental opposition. Extra car spaces excessive for a domestic property. There appears to be no advantage to traffic flow along Pinehurst Road. Plans will be detrimental to the other dwellings in the area. Access drive is a "restricted byway"; single track for the benefit of Blue Cedars' leaseholders and inadequate for vehicles to pass each other. The extra traffic will adversely affect traffic flow to the detriment of Blue Cedars' residents. Mrs C H Vermart Flat 3, Blue Object Cedars Drive which residents keep maintained is a restricted byway Does not believe 6a Pinehurst Road has similar rights of access Plans are incorrect, parking spaces are straight not on an angle Loss of parking spaces Further comments recd. on 11.11.2010 My views have not changed. Do not wish gardens and trees destroyed so that 6a Pinehurst Road can have access to the end of his garden. Mrs A Jones Flat 2, Blue Object Cedars Loss of landscaping, loss of yew trees which are an amenity enjoyed by all Legal concerns Do not understand need for another garage Plans submitted with regard to parking spaces are incorrect Further letter received 10.11.10 My views on the current proposal remain the same as my original objection Nothing has changed regarding our amenity of 25ft yew trees being destroyed and our landscaping of plants and a sapling being removed to enable the possibility of access to the rear garden of Woodpecker Lodge. The Easement that has been granted is approx 7ft wide and in order to gain access the new amended plans seem to suggest that a passage way alongside the car park space for flat 4 be built to gain access to this easement - the easement as granted is on the original plans that you have in your possession which show parking places sited 4 at an angle and the easement adjoining them. There is no scope for this to be altered and I cannot see how a car is going to be able to turn and go through a gap of 7ft in the available space. We all strongly contest the right of South Coast Construction to have granted this easement in the first place. All other issues raised in my original letter remain the same. E M I Hailey Flat 1, Blue Object to proposed access because the enjoyment of the Cedars amenity provided by the estate will be adversely affected by additional traffic Proposed does not appear to include closing the access from 6a to Pinehurst Road so there will be no advantage to traffic flow along Pinehurst Road Drive from Pinehurst Road to Blue Cedars is a restricted 'byway' with rights of way Drive from Pinehurst Road is a single width driveway and extra traffic that will be created will be detrimental to residents of Blue Cedars Object to access opening being formed through mature yew tree hedge Loss of mature shrubbery, oak and beech tree in area Further email received 20.9.10 Revised plan does not improve the situation except to allow access to the garage Moving garage further into plot will bring construction more within the protection zone of the existing Oak tree Mr Graham Prall 11 Pinehurst I wish add my support for this application as I believe it will Road, West Moors make it safer for my neighbours entering and leaving his property if they go via the Blue Cedars driveway.