(Public Pack)Agenda Document for West Dorset District Council
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Public Document Pack PLANNING COMMITTEE Members of Planning Committee are invited to attend this meeting at South Walks House, South Walks, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UZ to consider the items listed on the following page. Matt Prosser Chief Executive Date: Thursday, 17 August 2017 Time: 1.00 pm Venue: Rooms A and B, South Walks House Members of Committee: F Horsington (Chairman), N Bundy (Vice-Chairman), T Bartlett, S Christopher, D Elliott, I Gardner, S Jones MBE, M Lawrence, R Legg, F McKenzie and R Potter USEFUL INFORMATION For more information about this agenda please telephone Linda Quinton 01305 252211 email [email protected] This agenda and reports are also available on the Council’s website at www.dorsetforyou.com/committees/ West Dorset District Council. Members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting with the exception of any items listed in the exempt part of this agenda. 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A G E N D A Page No. 1 APOLOGIES To receive any apologies for absence. 2 CODE OF CONDUCT Members are required to comply with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and the Council’s Code of Conduct regarding disclosable pecuniary and other interests. Check if there is an item of business on this agenda in which the member or other relevant person has a disclosable pecuniary or other disclosable interest Check that the interest has been notified to the Monitoring Officer (in writing) and entered in the Register (if not this must be done within 28 days) Disclose the interest at the meeting (in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct) and in the absence of dispensation to speak and/or vote, withdraw from any consideration of the item where appropriate. If the interest is non-pecuniary you may be able to stay in the room, take part and vote. 3 MINUTES To confirm the minutes of the meetings held on 6 and 20 July 2017, previously circulated. 4 PLANNING APPLICATIONS To consider the applications listed below for planning permission. A copy of third party representations is available to view on the Planning Portal at Dorsetforyou.com/planning applications. Please note that third parties that have indicated that they wish to make verbal representations to the committee are allowed up to 3 minutes to speak. There will be specific occasions when, at the chairman’s discretion, this may vary and the relevant parties will be notified accordingly. 5 APPLICATION WD/D/17/0758 - CHARITY FARM, MAIN STREET, 5 - 30 LITTON CHENEY 6 APPLICATION WD/D/17/0654 - LAND AT 2 ALINGTON PLACE, 31 - 44 MARTINSTOWN 7 APPLICATION WD/D/16/2726 - FIELD SOUTH OF MEADENS 45 - 54 CARAVAN SITE, KNIGHTS IN THE BOTTOM, CHICKERELL 8 APPLICATION WD/D/17/0190 - ANCREN, COAST ROAD, BURTON 55 - 66 BRADSTOCK 9 APPLICATION WD/D/17/0826 - LAND SOUTH EAST OF WINDSOR 67 - 76 LODGE, CHEDINGTON LANE, MOSTERTON 10 APPLICATION WD/D/17/1220 - HARD STANDING AND ROCK 77 - 86 ARMOUR SOUTH OF SEA HILL LANE, SEATOWN 11 DATE OF SITE VISIT Monday 11 September 2017. 12 QUESTIONS To receive questions submitted by members in writing to the Chief Executive and in respect of which the appropriate notice has been given. 13 INFORMAL MEMBER'S BRIEFINGS To receive informal briefings from officers on major forthcoming applications (if any). 14 URGENT ITEMS To consider any items that the Chairman decides are urgent. 15 EXEMPT BUSINESS To move the exclusion of the press and public for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 3 of schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended). 16 EXEMPT - BREACH OF PLANNING CONTROL - LAND AT Exempt report circulated FLEETWOOD, FLEET ROAD, FLEET, WEYMOUTH. separately This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 5 Planning Committee 17 August, 2017 WD/D/17/000758 Application Number: WD/D/17/000758 Full Registration Date: 21 March, 2017 Application Site: CHARITY FARM, MAIN STREET, LITTON CHENEY, DORCHESTER, DT2 9AP Proposal: Erection of 6no. dwellings & conversion of a redundant agricultural building to a dwelling Applicant: Mr Romans Ward Members: Cllr J Russell Case Officer: Ann Collins 1. Summary Recommendation 1.1 Refuse 2. Description of development 2.1 The proposal is for a development of a total of 7 no. dwellings. Six of the homes will be located on the south side of the former farmyard with the seventh formed by conversion of the former bull pen. Development of the site was originally discussed with WDDC as a Pre- Application, Ref. WD/D/14/001603 and subsequently submitted as planning application WD/D/15/000945. Those applications were withdrawn for further consideration following discussions with the Parish Council and WDDC. The proposals include: 1. Replacement of the Bull pen with a small 2- bedroom dwelling. This will improve the aspect at the entrance to the site. 2. To dismantle and remove a 112m2 corrugated sheet covered appendage from the east side of the former pig shelter which is currently used for machinery storage. 3. To construct 6 no. 3- bedroom homes each with an internal area of 84 m2 to form a small development. 4. To repair and relocate the former pig maternity shelter. The shed will be used as an ancillary structure to provide 2no. car parking spaces for the development and storage to support the Tithe barn Page 5 holiday accommodation. 2.2 There is a corresponding listed building consent application 3. Main planning issues · Principle of development · Impact on the setting of the listed building. · Impact on character and appearance of Conservation Area · AONB · Residential amenity · Highway safety · Biodiversity · CIL 4. Statutory Consultations Parish/Town Council 4.1 Litton Cheney Parish Council met on 18th May to consider the two planning applications for Charity Farm. In addition to the applicant and agent, twenty six local residents attended indicating considerable interest in this proposed development. Also in attendance was District Cllr John Russell. Litton Cheney Parish Council during a meeting that lasted two and a half hours, having listened to all those wishing to speak, deliberated for some time before deciding to respond via “Comment” rather than “Object” or “Support” for the following reasons and concerns:- 1. Litton Cheney has no Defined Development Boundary and the Local Plan indicates that other than an area identified as an Exception Site no development would take place in such a situation. SUS2 iii) of the Local Plan, while stating that outside of a DDB, development will be strictly controlled, allows for affordable housing and open market housing through re-use of existing rural buildings. The planning application has elements of the two exceptions plus an assertion by the applicant in the application form that the proposed development area is a redundant farmyard, although more accurately described as agricultural land of little use. The Parish Council are therefore unsure how this fits with the Local Plan. Litton Cheney Parish Council welcomes the proposal for three affordable dwellings on the Charity Farm site. The “affordable” aspect however needs to be more clearly defined and established, given the application form only refers to market housing. As a result of a recent survey Litton Cheney has chosen not to pursue a Neighbourhood Plan on a 60/40 percentage outcome believing that the Local Plan will accommodate the aspirations of the majority of Page 6 local residents. In addition the Parish Council have the following concerns: We believe that there is inadequate car parking provision in accordance with the Dorset Residential Car Park Study, which will lead to cars being parked on the already congested village highways. We understand that there is a requirement such that if the developer wishes to provide a different level of parking, they will need to provide evidence to support their proposals and agree the variation with both Highways Development Control Engineers at Dorset County Council and with the Planning Officers. The Parish Council believe the 6 proposed dwellings to be over-development of the site given the density of dwellings and is out of scale within the village, AONB and conservation area. The density impacts considerably on the ability to satisfy the requirements of a). The site is elevated higher than adjacent properties and the council are concerned about overlooking and loss of privacy of several nearby properties thereby giving cause for a material planning objection. We are heartened however that at the meeting the architect indicated he would submit amended plans to show a fence along the south and west boundaries of affected properties. The applicant and architect also indicated a willingness to liaise with owners of neighbouring properties in order to seek resolution of their concerns including effective landscaping. If the District Council was considering approving the application the council would ask for a condition requiring that the pig barn be dismantled and relocated to its new position before development commences, and that the roof of the pig barn be constructed or covered in appropriate material and painted a suitable colour.