RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL please ask for: OLWEN HEAP Council Offices direct line: 01200 414408 Church Walk CLITHEROE e-mail: [email protected] Lancashire BB7 2RA my ref: OH/CMS Switchboard: 01200 425111 your ref: Fax: 01200 414488 date: 14 May 2012 DX: Clitheroe 15157 www.ribblevalley.gov.uk Dear Councillor The next meeting of the PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE is at 6.30pm on THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 at the TOWN HALL, CHURCH STREET, CLITHEROE. I do hope you can be there. Yours sincerely CHIEF EXECUTIVE To: Committee Members (copy for information to all other members of the Council) Directors Press Parish Councils (copy for information) AGENDA Part I – items of business to be discussed in public 1. Apologies for absence. 2. To approve the minutes of the last meetings held on 4 April 2012 and 12 April 2012 – copies enclosed. 3. Declarations of Interest (if any). 4. Public Participation (if any). DECISION ITEMS 5. Planning Applications – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 6. Designation of Extension to Longridge Conservation Area – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 7. Delegation Scheme – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. Chief Executive: Marshal Scott CPFA Directors: John Heap B.Eng. C. Eng. MICE, Jane Pearson CPFA 8. Proposed Amendment to Content of Section 106 Agreement from that Agreed by Planning and Development Committee on 20 May 2010 in Relation to an Outline Planning Application for the Demolition of an Existing Commercial Building and the Redevelopment of the Cleared Site and Adjoining Land for Residential Development Involving the Erection of 17 Dwellings, together with Garages and Gardens at Old Manchester Offices, Whalley New Road, Billington (3/2010/0078/P) – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. INFORMATION ITEMS 10. Representatives on Outside Bodies – report of Chief Executive – copy enclosed. 11. Revisions to Development Control Protocol – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 12. Housing Land Availability Update – report of Chief Executive – copy enclosed. 13. Annual Planning Application/Enforcement Statistics – April 2011 – March 2012 – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 14. Quarterly Planning Application/Enforcement Statistics January – March 2012 – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 15. Proposed Deed of Variation to Provisions in the Supplemental Agreement dated 22 October 2010 to the Section 106 Agreement for Sites Around and Including primrose Mill for Residential Development – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 16. Proposed Deed of Variation to Modify the Section 106 Agreement dated 2 November 2010 relating to land at Barrow Brook, Barrow – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 17. Appeals: (i) 3/2011/0982/P – Two storey side extension to provide living room and utility/wc to ground floor and master bedroom suite to first floor at 33 Victoria Court, Chatburn – appeal allowed. (ii) 3/2011/0245/P & 3/2011/0508/P – conversion of existing offices (above a shop) to 2 flats (change of use A2 to C3) at 18-20 Berry Lane, Longridge – appeal dismissed. (iii) 3/2011/0205/P (LBC) & 3/2011/0206/P – extension and alterations to Mellor Lodge Gate House and patio to rear and decking walkways at Mellor Lodge Gate House, Preston New Road, Mellor – appeal dismissed. (iv) 3/2011/0578/P – site at Austin House, Malt Kiln Lane, Chipping – appeal withdrawn. (v) 3/2011/0653/P – erection of timber structure – two storey to create studio (ground floor) – storage first floor at 10 Longridge Road, Hurst Green – appeal dismissed. (vi) 3/2011/0488/P – erection of a single garage within the curtilage of an existing building/dwellinghouse at The Hey Barn, Back Lane, Newton – appeal dismissed. 15. Report of Representatives on Outside Bodies (if any). Part II - items of business not to be discussed in public None. # INDEX OF APPLICATIONS BEING CONSIDERED MEETING DATE 24 MAY 2012 Application No: Page: Officer: Recommendation: Site: A APPLICATIONS REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS: NONE B APPLICATIONS WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOMMENDS FOR APPROVAL: 10 The Dene 3/2011/0618/P 1 GT AC Hurst Green Brookside Farm, Moss Side Lane 3/2011/0861/P 9 GT AC Thornley-with-Wheatley Hey Moo, Elswick Farm 3/2011/0927/P 17 CS AC Mellor Brow, Mellor 6 Lincoln Park Industrial Estate 3/2011/1033/P 22 RH AC Clitheroe Land off Clough Bank Lane 3/2011/1052/P 26 CS AC Chatburn Henthorn Road 3/2012/0006/P 32 SW AC Clitheroe Victoria Street Garage 3/2012/0185/P 37 CS AC Clitheroe Chatburn Village Motor Co 3/2012/0241/P 43 CS AC Sawley Road, Chatburn C APPLICATIONS WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOMMENDS FOR REFUSAL: Hazelmere, Pimlico Road 3/2011/0991/P 49 GT R Clitheroe 57 Site 2, Barrow Brook Business 3/2012/0158/P CS R Village, Barrow 72 Brickhouse Caravan Site 3/2012/0291/P CS R Garstang Road, Chipping D APPLICATIONS UPON WHICH COMMITTEE DEFER THEIR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO WORK DELEGATED TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BEING SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED: Milton Avenue 3/2011/0892/P 77 SW DEFER Clitheroe Dale View 3/2012/0065/P 98 CS DEFER Billington Whitehall Farm 3/2012/0261/P 107 RH DEFER Whitehall Lane, Grindleton E APPLICATIONS IN ‘OTHER’ CATEGORIES: NONE LEGEND A Approved JM John Macholc GT Graeme Thorpe AC Approved Conditionally SW Sarah Westwood RH Rachel Horton R Refused CS Colin Sharpe CB Claire Booth M/A Minded to Approve AD Adrian Dowd DECISION RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL REPORT TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda Item No meeting date: THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 title: PLANNING APPLICATIONS submitted by: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PLANNING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990: APPLICATION NO: 3/2011/0618/P (GRID REF: SD 368331 437920) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO BEDROOM DETACHED COTTAGE DWELLING TO INLCUDE DRIVEWAY WITH PARKING AND TURNING AREA ON LAND ADJACENT TO 10 THE DENE, HURST GREEN AIGHTON, BAILEY & Whilst the Parish Council did not originally choose to object, a CHAIGLEY PARISH letter received earlier this year noted that they did now wish to COUNCIL: object. The PC have chosen to support local objections on similar grounds to previous objections to development on this site, namely: 1. Overdevelopment of the site; 2. Highways issues on The Dene; and 3. It is development outside the village centre. LCC ENVIRONMENT No objections to the application in principle on highway safety DIRECTORATE grounds, subject to the addition of relevant conditions. (COUNTY SURVEYOR): ENVIRONMENT AGENCY: Following the submission of a Flood Risk Assessment, the EA have withdrawn their initial objection to the proposal. They strongly advise that the developer incorporates measures to reduce flood risk and damage as advised in the DCLG publication ‘Improving the Flood Performance of New Buildings’. ADDITIONAL Nineteen letters have been received from surrounding REPRESENTATIONS: neighbours in respect of this proposal. The points of objection are summarised below: 1. The site lies outside the village boundary. 2. The scheme will have an impact on the AONB and Conservation Area and will be harmful to the character of the area. 3. Scheme will create ribbon development. 4. Scale and density of the scheme will have an overbearing impact on the street scene and will give a cramped appearance. 5. The scheme will dominate the existing property at 10 The Dene. 1 6. Loss of light. 7. Detrimental to highway safety as a result of poor carriageway width, insufficient parking. 8. Increase in noise and nuisance. 9. Loss of views to the south of the site where the important wooded east bank of Dean Brook lies. 10. Site is prone to flooding. 11. Wall of the small dwelling will be right up against the existing dwelling. 12. Scheme is a hybrid of a number of proposals that have disrupted the wellbeing of neighbours continuously. 13. The land is unstable and may slip into the stream. 14. Insufficient parking provided,and 15. The bridge should be closed off for ‘Pedestrian Only’ access thereby making The Dene safer. Proposal This application seeks permission for the demolition of an existing large, detached, timber double garage on land adjacent to 10 The Dene, Hurst Green, in order to erect a small, two bedroom residential cottage with a driveway and turning area. Site Location The application relates to land adjacent to a detached bungalow that lies outside the village boundary of Hurst Green, as defined by the Ribble Valley Districtwide Local Plan. The site lies within the Hurst Green Conservation Area (adopted April 2007) and within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Relevant History There are a number of other applications relating to 10 The Dene, however the applications below only relate to the site subject to this application. 3/2011/0187/P - Demolition of the existing detached garage and replacement garage to be built and driveway with turning area – Granted Conditionally. 3/2009/0378/P – Demolition of domestic double garage and erection of a detached two-storey holiday cottage (Re-submission) - Withdrawn. 3/2008/0892/P – Demolition of domestic garage and construction of holiday cottage in part of side garden – Withdrawn. 3/2008/0891/P – Demolition of conservatory, boiler house and detached domestic garage, and erection of 2-storey extension and alterations – Withdrawn. Relevant Policies Policy G1 - Development Control. Policy H10 – Residential Extensions. Policy ENV1 – Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 2 Policy ENV16 - Development Within Conservation Areas. SPG – “Extensions and Alterations to Dwelings”. Hurst Green Conservation Area Appraisal (adopted April 2007). Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. National Planning Policy Framework. Environmental, AONB, Human Rights and Other Issues This application seeks permission for the demolition of an existing large, detached, timber double garage on land adjacent to 10 The Dene, Hurst Green, in order to erect a small, two bedroom residential cottage with a driveway and turning area.