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SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE Schedule of Applications for Consideration on 10 th September 2007 ……………………………………………. Planning & Development Services Torbay Council nd 2 Floor Roebuck House, Abbey Road, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5DP This is a BLANK PAGE! KEY: STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS AONB Area of Outstanding Natural GSSPD Greenspace Strategy Supplementary Beauty Planning Document AGLV Area of Great Landscape Value PPG Planning Policy Guidance Note CA Conservation Area (DoE/DETR) CPA Coastal Preservation Area PPS Planning Policy Statements (ODPM) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest PTR Principal Traffic Route CZ Countryside Zone SC 01-54 See Standard Conditions Booklet DSP Devon Structure Plan 2001-2016 TLP Torbay Local Plan 1995-2011 (Adopted October 2004) (Adopted April 2004) GPDO General Permitted Development TPO Tree Preservation Order Order (1995) UDGSPD Urban Design Guide Supplementary GDPO General Development Procedure Planning Document Order (1995) APPLICATION TYPES AD Advertisement MA Minor Amendment AG Agricultural Determination MOA Major Outline Application CA Conservation Area Demolition MPA Major Planning Application CD Certificate of Appropriate MRM Major Reserved Matters Alternative Development OA Outline Application CE/CP Certificate of Lawful Development PA Planning Application CS Telecommunications PD Permitted Development DEP Do I Require Planning Permission RM Reserved Matters enquiry R3/R4 Local Authority Development DM Demolition 14 Circular 14/90 (Power Lines) HS Hazardous Substances 18 Circular 18/84 (Crown Development) LB Listed Building ZP Pre-application enquiry CONSULTEES CE Chief Executive ASC Adult Social Care AHA Area Health Authority SD/Ch Strategic Director for Children EA Environment Agency SD/Com Strategic Director for Community Services EHO Environmental Health Officer SD/Perf Strategic Director for Performance TDA Torbay Development Agency NOTE: Letters of representation and other documents are referred to at times, throughout the Development Control Committee agenda. To find these documents, look at the end of the schedule for the item number reference at the bottom of each page. Listing of Schedule for Development Control Committee Date: 10 th September 2007 Application No. Item P/2007/1029/CA SP2 P/2007/1030/MPA SP1 SP1 P/2007/1030/MPA St Marychurch Cary Arms Hotel, Glen Hotel, Beach Cafe And Car Park Beach Road Torquay Alterations, Extensions And Pool At Cary Arms Hotel; Demolition Of The Glen Hotel And Construction Of 7 Dwellings. Demolition Of Cafe & Public Toilets And Construction Of New Cafe, Toilets and Dive Facility With 4 Holiday Apartments Over; Alterations And Improvements To Car Park. Representations Objection Support Neighbour Notified Constraints: Conservation Area - Babbacombe Downs Enforcement Case - 2004/0075/EN Site Of Special Scientific Interest - Babbacombe Cliffs, Torquay Within 250 Metres Of SSSI - Within 250M Of Babbacombe Cliffs Consultations: Comments Received (As of 29 August 2007): 5 Supporting Application Mr D Phillips - Hotels & Restaurants Association, Sea Scape, Woodland Avenue Mr M Bettesworth - 29 - 30 Fleet Street, Torquay Devon Dartmoor Tourist Association Ltd - The High Moorland Business Centre, Princetown, Yelverton Nick Goodwin - Babbacombe Cricket Club, Walls Hill Road, Torquay Antony Rios - 7 Lisburne Square, Torquay, TQ1 2PT Mike Whitbread - Divers Down,139 Babbacombe Road, Torquay A Williams - Address In Brixham Arthur Christian - Chairman Babbacombe & St Marychurch Traders & Hoteliers Association, c/o 68 Hartop Road, Torquay, Lindsay John Yelland - 10 Babbacombe Downs Road, Torquay, Devon The Old Milking Parlour - 3 Stewards Barns, Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot Terry Wright - 100 Fore Street, Barton,Torquay Objecting To Application Philip Wilson - 371 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, TQ1 3TB Mr & Mrs Larkin - 57 Babbacombe Downs Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs Hillgrove - 20 Burridge Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs Shaddick - 70 Shiphay Lane, Torquay, Devon Mr & Mrs Baker - 12 Charmouth Close, Torquay, Devon Nicola Gray - Beach Cottage, Beach Road, Babbacombe W James Gill - 10 Banbury Park, Torquay, Devon Lesley Cooper - 55 Babbacombe Downs Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs Bennett - 6 Higher Cadewell Lane,Torquay, Devon R S Downey - Teign Grace, 42 Woodway Road, Teignmouth Rosemary Firch - Greenhill, Seaway Lane, Torquay Mrs Allday - 40 Charmouth Close, Torquay, Devon Eileen Geipel - 10 Cedar Court Road, Torquay, Devon Marilyn Easton - Risca, 23 Hatfield Road, Torquay Owner - The Grove, Walls Hill Road, Torquay Mr & Mrs Woodford - 8 Charmouth Close, Torquay, Devon R G Bailey - Candleford Cottage, Beach Road, Torquay Owner - Foxes Walk, Beach Road, Torquay Mrs Sage - 81 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon John Lawes - Beach Road, Babbacombe, Torquay Mrs Broome - 44 Charmouth Close, Torquay, Devon Mrs Holtom - 8 Courtland Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs S P Rockett - Lydwell Park, Torquay, TQ1 3TQ Mr and Mrs PGC Wilkinson - Rose Grange Bungalow, 4 St Annes Road, Torquay Mr & Mrs Ramsey - Beechdene, 5 Rundle Road, Newton Abbot Mr Nuttall - 54 Warbro Road, Torquay, Devon Mr D Gill - 9 Armada Crescent, Torquay, Devon Marilyn Easton - 23 Hatfield Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs J Lawes - Candleford Cottage, Beach Road, Torquay Mr Cawley - Homefield, Higher Downs Road, Torquay Mr & Mrs Theaker - Undercliff, Beach Road, Torquay Mr & Mrs Sims - 6 Walls Hill Road, Torquay, Devon David Appleton - Natural England, Level 2, Renslade House, Bonhay Road, Exeter Ms P Young - 42 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon Mrs Stockbridge - 10 Cedar Court Road, Torquay, Devon Luke Bennett - 103 Beechwood Rd, Sheffield 6 SP1 Site Details The site comprises three parcels of land; the Cary Arms, The Glen Hotel and the Beach Café and Car Park. The Cary Arms is a two storey public house and hotel which has been extended significantly over the years. The Glen Hotel is a two storey hotel containing 12 bedrooms accessed via Beach Road via an access shared with a private dwelling, Foxes Walk. The car park contains 32 Parking spaces and accommodates a flat roof toilet block, to the western end of the car park is a single storey, flat roof café with small ancillary outbuildings. The site extends to include part of the wooded coastal slope which extends to the south and west. The site is within the Babbacombe Downs Conservation Area and is also washed over by the Area of Great Landscape Value, the Coastal Preservation Area, the Coastal Protection Zone. The woodlands are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and the site is crossed by the recreational footpath system. Relevant Planning History Glen Hotel P/1988/2425 – Use of hotel and annexe as seven self-contained flat – PER – 26/1/89 P/1989/1113 – Demolish hotel buildings and erect four houses and four flats – REF – 1/9/89 P/2005/1571 – Alterations and change of use from hotel with owners accommodation to five residential units – REF – 28.10.05 P/2006/0120 – Alterations and change of use to five residential units (resubmission of P/2005/1571) – PER – 20/04/06 Cary Arms P/1989/2639 – Alterations, extension and conversion of part hotel to form residential flats with parking – PER – 22/01/90 P/1989/2640 – Removal of flat roofed extension and replace with part pitched roof, replace flat roof over bar with part pitched roof – PER – 8/12/89 P/2005/0391 – Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use as two self contained flats – PER – 26/04/05 Relevant Policies HS – Housing Strategy H2 –New housing on unidentified sites H9 –Layout, design and community aspects H10 – Housing Densities TUS – Tourism Strategy TU3 – New tourist facilities elsewhere TU5 – New holiday accommodation TU7 – Change of use or redevelopment of holiday accommodation outside principal holiday accommodation areas CFS –Sustainable communities strategy CF7 – Educational contributions RS – Recreation and leisure strategy R2 – Outdoor recreation developments R11 – Footpaths LS – Landscape Strategy 7 L2 – Area of Great Landscape Value L3 – Coastal Preservation Areas L8 – Protection of hedgerows, woodlands and other natural landscape features L9 – Planting and retention of trees NCS – Nature Conservation Strategy NC2 – Protected Sites – nationally important sites EPS – Environmental Protection Strategy EP8 – Land Stability EP12 – Coastal Protection Zone BES – Built Environment Strategy BE1 – Design of new development BE2 – Landscaping and design BE5 – Policy in Conservation Areas TS – Land Use Transportation Strategy T1 – Development Accessibility T2 – Transport Hierarchy T25 – Car Parking in new development T26 – Access from development onto the highway A number of policies have been reproduced in full for Members. Proposals Cary Arms It is proposed to demolish the single storey extension to the property. This would be replaced with a two storey extension containing seven en-suite bedrooms, laundry and housekeeping area. To the south and west of the Cary Arms it is proposed to erect single storey buildings housing a delivery bay, refuse store and gym, spa and games room. To the west of this, within the existing walls it is proposed to construct an additional bedroom. Two single storey blocks are proposed, one is to the south east of the main building, linked to the spa, this would contain four en-suite bedrooms. A further single storey block is proposed to the north east of the building which contains five en- suite bedrooms with verandas. A decked platform links this to an enlarged front terrace. To the north of the building it is proposed to construct a swimming pool, accessed via steps from