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. Swanspool House Wellingborough Borough Council of NN8 1BP Wellingborough 19th April 2005 Regulatory Committee Wednesday 27th April 2005 at 7.00pm Council Chamber, Swanspool House AGENDA 1. Apologies for absence. 2. Declarations of Interest (if any). Ι 3. Confirmation of the minutes of the meeting held on 30/3/2005. Ι 4. Applications for planning permission, building regulation approval etc. Ι 5. Planning Appeal Decisions: (a) Turnells Mill Lane, Wellingborough; (b) Crown Inn, 34 Manor Road, Grendon. 6. Any other business that the Chairman decides is urgent. Ι Enclosed Please note: Site Viewing Group for Tuesday 26th April 2005 will be Councillors Waters, Morrall, A W Bailey and Palmer. Tony McArdle Chief Executive Membership: Councillor Waters (Chairman), Councillor Morrall (Vice- Chairman), Councillors A W Bailey, Beirne, Bell, Dholakia, Mann, Old, Palmer, Patel, Ryan, Smith and Ward. For further copies of agenda and reports contact Performance and Democratic Services 01933 231511. Borough Council of Wellingborough Regulatory Committee Wednesday 27th April 2005 at 7.00 pm Council Chamber, Swanspool House INDEX Page No. SITE VIEWING GROUP WP/2005/0074/O - Land at 53 Station Road, Earls Barton. 1 WP/2005/0106/F - 70 Northampton Road, Earls Barton. 6 WP/2005/0125/F - Grange Farm, 60 Wellingborough Road, Earls Barton. 10 WP/2005/0131/RM - 39 Broad Green, Wellingborough. 14 WP/2005/0145/F - 22 Park Road, Wellingborough. 19 WP/2005/0177/F - M T Car Sales, Wellingborough Road, Finedon. 23 DISTRICT WP/2004/0880/O - Land adj. 42 Windmill Close, Wollaston. 29 WP/2005/0031/O - 1 The Nursery, Isham Road, Orlingbury. 33 WP/2005/0081/F - 85-87 Highfield Road, Wellingborough. 39 WP/2005/0105/F - 3 Westlea Road, Sywell. 44 WP/2005/0141/F - Land adjacent 19 Duck End, Wollaston. 46 WP/2005/0143/F - Tasker House, 160 Westfield Road, Wellingborough. 49 WP/2005/0164/F 28 Elizabeth Way, Earls Barton. 52 WP/2005/0181/F - T S R Plastics Limited, Finedon Station Road, Finedon. 57 WP/2005/0191/O - In Rear Garden, 12 Easton Way, Grendon. 60 WP/2005/0196/O Wellingborough Borough Council Depot, Cannon Street, Wellingborough. 64 WP/2005/0217/F - Unit 3, 6 Olympic Way, Wellingborough. 71 FOR INFORMATION WP/1999/0272/C Nene Valley Waste Limited, Carrol Spring Farm, Sidegate Lane, Wellingborough. 73 WP/2004/0806/C Sidegate Landfill Site, Sidegate Lane, Wellingborough. 80 1 BOROUGH COUNCIL OF WELLINGBOROUGH AGENDA ITEM SITE VIEWING (Date of visit 26th April 2005 at 12.50 a.m.) Regulatory Committee 27/04/2005 Report of the Director of Environment and Economy APPLICATION REF: WP/2005/0074/O PROPOSAL: Outline application for erection of dwelling. LOCATION: Land at 53 Station Road, Earls Barton, Northampton. APPLICANT: Mr P Dodson. This application has been referred to the Regulatory Committee because three letters of representation have been received from occupiers of neighbouring dwellings and has been selected for Site Viewing by a Member. PROPOSAL: Outline application for one dwelling with siting and access to be determined at this stage. PLANNING HISTORY: WP/2003/0176/F New vehicular access and parking – conditionally approved. WP/2003/0331/O Erection of a new single storey dwelling to the rear of existing dwelling – refused. The reason for refusal on decision notice WP/2003/0331/O is “The proposed development would result in unacceptable harm being caused to lime trees to the rear of the site that are the subject of Tree Preservation Order and is therefore contrary to Policy G21 of the Adopted Borough of Wellingborough Local Plan 1999”. 53 Station Road, Earls Barton - Tree Preservation Order 2003. T9/92 - Consent to remove tree T4 subject to Tree Preservation Order 53 Station Road, Earls Barton. The reason for granting consent to cut down the tree is specified as influence on the foundations of a nearby property. PLANNING POLICY: Northamptonshire County Structure Plan – GS5, H1, H2, H3 and H6. Borough of Wellingborough Local Plan - G1, G4, G21, H1, H2, H12 and T9. Supplementary Planning Guidance – Parking, Trees on Development Sites, Building Better Places and Planning Out Crime. Planning Policy Statement 1; Delivering Sustainable Development. Planning Policy Guidance 3; Housing. Planning Policy Statement 23; Planning and Pollution Control Annex 2: Development on Land Affected by Contamination. S u ) b H 2 P 8 ( 4 St he n a T a w TCB 2 S 9 ld 78.0m 485100 3 485300 O 3 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. BM 7 3 Borough Council Of Wellingborough: Licence No.100018694.2 Published 12/04/20058.1 W 4 4 m 0 LB 1 852 3 8 2 O 3 263700 6 263700 3 P 4 4 Wks 5 2 4 1 to 8 5 2 8 1 a 4 H 5 a 1 rco 4 urt 3 S 7 qua re 4 2 9 2 1 8 1 7 2 9 b 5 3 2 3 a 4 1 3 1 9 5 y 8 r 1 e 1 g 2 21 1 r 20 25 2 9 7 u 1 3 S 80.2m 22 h c 6 1 r 3 u 1 h C Museum 49 3 Tank 7 636 636 4 5 d r Earls Barto Club a h c r o H O 5 3 4 5 4 1 owling Green 1 3 Tennis Court 3 5 7 75.6m 7 1 Tennis 3 8 Court 4 a E t S S I b u R l S a N E 635 8 635 0 4 5 O X A Y 1 9 A 6 S 9 3 W 2 2 8 N O a S 0 L 5 I W 1 70.4m 1 2 2 5 62 3 1 1 4 S T A T 70 3 8 1 I O 3 N 263400 R 263400 O 485100 485300 A 852 D Scale 1:1250 80 1636 2 CONSULTATIONS: 1. NCC Highways – offers highways access specification advice and points out the existence of a Public Right of Way that runs along the northern boundary of the application site. 2. NCC Archaeology – no comment received. 3. Earls Barton Parish Council – no objection. 4. Environmental Protection – request the submission of an Environmental Risk Assessment before devolvement commences to assess the potential for contamination of the site. 5. Landscape Officer – does not object to the proposal and comments that it would be difficult to refuse the application because the trees on the site could be adequately protected in accordance with BS5837. 6. Neighbours - letters of objection have been received from and on behalf of the occupier of 57 Station Road and letters of concern have been received from the occupiers of 49, 51 Station Road. The writers have raised the following issues: • Concern regarding the effect of the development on the TPO trees on the site. • Discrepancies in the submitted reports and drawings. • Loss of privacy • Differing ground levels between the application site and surrounding land. • Access and highway danger for vehicles and pedestrians • Increase in traffic • Proximity of existing access to habitable room window. ASSESSMENT: Site description The site is the garden area to the side and rear of no. 53 Station Road. The existing dwelling has a large attached garage that utilises vehicular access from a highway to the north of the site which follows an easterly direction and subsequently narrows to a footpath through to Saxon Rise. In the southwestern corner of the site is an off road parking area that has a tree growing in it which is served by a recently constructed vehicular access from Station Road. The ground level of the site falls generally in a southerly direction but it also perceptibly slopes down to the east towards the rear of the neighbouring dwelling in Saxon Rise which is set down at a lower level than the application land. The site has the benefit of fences on its northern, eastern and southern boundaries and also on the boundaries are a variety of trees and shrubs which include three limes trees that are the subject of a Tree Preservation Order. Main issues and material planning considerations: • Compliance with policy • Effect on the visual amenity of the area • Effect on trees • Effect on neighbours amenities 3 • Parking and traffic • Crime and disorder Compliance with policy The site is brownfield in nature and within the built up confines of a limited development village. The proposal therefore is considered to accord with the elements of national guidance and development plan policies that relate to achieving new housing development in the rural area on previously developed sites within the identified village policy lines of limited development villages. Effect on the visual amenity of the area The site will be capable of being seen from the adjacent public right of way but it is considered that the appearance of any scheme submitted for reserved matters can be adequately controlled at that stage. Effect on trees The application has been accompanied by a report to assess the potential for damage to the TPO trees on the site. It is accepted that there are some minor errors in the report but its methodology and conclusions have been studied by the Council’s Landscape Officer and are considered to be sound. Effect on neighbours’ amenities It is possible that the occupiers of adjacent dwellings will have their existing standard of residential amenity compromised to some extent by the proposed development but it considered that any diminution is not sufficient to withhold planning consent for the following reasons: • With regards privacy of no. 10 Saxon Rise it is accepted that the ground level falls down towards the east and the measured privacy distance of 17m between them is not up to the suggested standard mentioned in the Building Better Places SPG.