Stone Acre

Copt Hall Road

Ightham

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN15 9DT

Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council 14 February 2021

Development Control

Gibson Building

Gibson Drive

Kings Hill

West Malling

Kent

ME19 4LZ

Dear Sirs

NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION TM/2020/1031/FL FOR DEMOLITION OF DWELLING AND GARAGE AND ERECTION OF DWELLING AT STONE ACRE, COPT HALL ROAD, IGHTHAM,

Further to the granting of planning permission on 17 July 2020 for a replacement dwelling at Stone Acre, please find accompanying this letter an application for a non material amendment to the approved scheme. The proposed changes are:

Front (west) – The roof on the right side would now match the left side. In the context of this elevation, the changes would not be readily noticeable.

Rear (east) – Inclusion of bifold doors in lieu of patio doors and window on ground floor. Omission of small flat roof to be replaced with pitch roof. These changes would not be readily noticeable given the extent of the flat roof on the approved scheme was small.

North (side) – Addition of a canopy over door and insertion of window at ground floor level serving the utility room. In the context of this elevation, the changes would not be readily noticeable

South (side) – Replace window on ground floor with bifold doors. The cat slide roof would remain with the forward section of the roof continuing up. In the context of this elevation, the changes would not be readily noticeable.

There would be no change to the width and depth of the dwelling and the revisions to roof would be within the existing envelope of the approved details. The basement would be as approved. Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) advises "There is no statutory definition of 'non-material'. This is because it will be dependent on the context of the overall scheme - an amendment that is non-material in one context may be material in another".

In the assessment for the approved scheme, the local planning authority, in relation to the Green Belt concluded the replacement dwelling resulted in the redevelopment of previously developed land and went on “the above ground form of the replacement dwelling is both smaller in terms of length, width and footprint than the building it is replacing with the above ground form only resulting in a modest 7% (55m3) increase in volume. Taking all the above into account I am of the view that the above ground form of the replacement dwelling would not result in a greater impact on openness than the existing built form on site.” Whilst it is acknowledged there would a slight increase in volume as a result of the change to the roof, it would not be materially so. Therefore the proposed amendments do not raise any new issues which need to be addressed in terms of residential amenity, character of the area, green belt, archaeology or contamination.

The purposed of the amendment is to make the roof buildable and not to increase any floor area. I look forward to receiving confirmation that the changes can be considered as a non material amendment to the approved scheme.

Yours faithfully

Thomas James