Delegated applications Recommendations accepted by Planning Committee members – Week Commencing 5th October 2020

Reference No. Proposal Site Location Officer Objections Recommendation LA06/2019/1116/F Dwelling & Garage 50m North East of Approve 0 47 High Bangor Road,

DEA: Bangor East & Donaghadee

LA06/2020/0432/F Erection of dwelling (in 170m South of 15 Approve 0 substitution for planning The Burn Road, approval LA06/0875/F) Drumhirk,

DEA:

LA06/2020/0179/F Erection of Stone Wall The Ard House, 31 Approve 1 along the southern Road, boundary of the site in addition to the hedgerow as DEA: Newtownards referenced on Drawing No. LA06/2016/0368/RM/32a under Condition 14 of Approval LA06/2016/0368/RM for 14 Detached & Semi Detached Dwellings, Garages and associated site works. (Retrospective)

LA06/2019/0889/F Remove existing 2-4 Georges Street, Approve 0 advertisement display Newtownards signage; construction of 2 No. semi-detached dwellings DEA: Newtownards

LA06/2018/1383/F 6 No. Detached houses Lands at 35 Warren Approve 42 (5 addresses) and 4 No. Detached single Road, (South of 1 garages with associated and 3 Warren car parking and Avenue), landscaping Donaghadee

DEA: Bangor East & Donaghadee

LA06/2020/0626/F Replacement of existing 30m West of 1B Approve 0 15m street pole with a new Faulkner Road, 20m street pole with West Circular Road, integrated antenna plus Bangor new additional ground based equipment cabinets DEA: Bangor Central and all associated ancillary equipment. LA06/2015/0012/F Proposed installation of a Lands 616m North Refuse - Lack of 0 wind turbine on a tubular West of 34 Inishargy submission of requisite tower 40m (to hub height) Road, Kircubbin information with blades 55.5m (to tip DEA: Peninsula height) - maximum 250kw output LA06/2015/0042/F Proposed installation of a Lands 508mNorth Refuse - Lack of 0 wind turbine on a tubular West of 34 Inishargy submission of requisite tower of 40m (to hub Road, Kircubblin information height) with blades 55.5m (to tip height) - maximum DEA: 250kw output LA06/2017/0869/O Replacement dwelling No 10 Balligan Road Refuse 0 Kircubbin

DEA: Ards Peninsula

LA06/2018/1186/O Erection of one detached Land 20m SW of 2a Approve 0 dwelling and garage Cloughey Road, (Renewal of outline approval X/2014/0562/O) DEA: Ards Peninsula

LA06/2018/1176/O Dwelling and garage Land adjacent and to Refuse 0 the south of 200-202 Road, Donaghadee

DEA: Bangor East & Donaghadee

LA06/2020/0342/F Proposed change of use 8 Enterprise Road Approve 1 from an indoor high rope Bangor course and ancillary cafe to a First Aid Training DEA: Bangor Central Centre and Ambulance Base for St John Ambulance (NI)

LA06/2020/0732/F Single storey extension St Mary’s Primary Approve 0 School, 3 Church Grove, Kircubbin

DEA: Ards Peninsula

Refusal Reason for LA06/2015/0012/F & LA06/2015/0042/F 1. The proposal would be contrary to the Habitats Regulations and Planning Policy Statement 2: Natural Heritage in that the development would be likely to harm bats protected by law and insufficient information has been submitted to establish otherwise

Refusal reason for LA06/2017/0869/O 1. The proposal is contrary to the Strategic Planning Policy Statement for and Planning Policy Statement 2 – Natural Heritage (Policy NH2) in that it has not been demonstrated the development would not harm statutorily protected species.

Refusal Reasons for LA06/2018/1176/O 1. The proposal is contrary to The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland and Policy CTY1 of Planning Policy Statement 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside, in that there are no overriding reasons why this development is essential in this rural location and could not be located within a settlement. 2. The proposal is contrary to The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland and Policy CTY2a of Planning Policy Statement 21, Sustainable Development in the Countryside, in that the identified cluster is not associated with a focal point or located at a cross-roads, the site does not provide a suitable degree of enclosure and is not bounded on at least two sides with other development in the cluster, development of the site would not be absorbed into the cluster and would visually intrude into the open countryside. 3. The proposal is contrary to the provisions contained in the Strategic Planning Policy Statement and Policy CTY8 and CTY14 of Planning Policy Statement 21, Sustainable Development in the Countryside, in that the proposal, if developed, would further erode the rural character of the area due to a build-up of development and the extension of a ribbon of development. 4. The proposal is contrary to The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland and Policy CTY13 of Planning Policy Statement 21, Sustainable Development in the Countryside, in that the application site lacks long established natural boundaries at this exposed coastal location and would have to rely primarily on the use of new landscaping for integration. 5. The proposal is contrary to The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland and Policy NH1 of Planning Policy Statement 2, Natural Heritage, in that insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the development of this land will not have an adverse effect on the integrity of adjacent European Sites. 6. The proposal is contrary to Paragraph 6.42 of the Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland (SPPS) in that the building is located within an area of the coast known to be at risk from coastal erosion.