Public Document Pack PLANNING COMMITTEE Members of Planning Committee are invited to attend this meeting at Commercial Road, Weymouth, Dorset to consider the items listed on the following page. Matt Prosser Chief Executive Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2018 Time: 9.00 am Venue: Council Chamber - WPBC Members of Committee: M Tewkesbury (Chairman), M Leicester (Vice-Chairman), K Brookes, H Bruce, I Bruce, J Ellis, C James, O Kanji, P Kimber, C Page-Nash, A Weaving and S West USEFUL INFORMATION For more information about this agenda please telephone Elaine Tibble, 01305 838223 email [email protected] This agenda and reports are also available on the Council’s website at www.dorsetforyou.com/committees/ Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. Mod.gov public app now available – Download the free public app now for your iPad, Android and Windows 8.1/10 tablet from your app store. Search for Mod.gov to access agendas/ minutes and select Dorset Councils Partnership. 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Members of the public can indicate if they wish to reserve their right to speak at the beginning of the agenda item. 7 APPLICATION NO: WP/17/00323/FUL - UNDERHILL COMMUNITY 5 - 42 JUNIOR SCHOOL, KILLICKS HILL, PORTLAND 8 APPLICATION NO: WP/17/00870/FUL - BEACH CAR PARK, 43 - 48 LODMOOR WAY, WEYMOUTH 9 APPLICATION NO: WP/17/00642/ADV - WYKE REGIS INFANT 49 - 54 SCHOOL AND NURSERY, SHRUBBERY LANE, WEYMOUTH 10 URGENT ITEMS To consider any items of business which the Chair has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be specified in the minutes. 11 EXEMPT BUSINESS To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following items in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraphs 3 & 5 of schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 7 APPLICATION NO: Application No. WP/17/00323/FUL 10th January 2018 Proposal: Partial demolition of the existing school buildings (class D1), conversion of the remaining school building into dwellings (class C3) and the construction of new dwellings, associated access, parking and landscaping; to form a total of 20 no. new dwellings LOCATION UNDERHILL COMMUNITY JUNIOR SCHOOL, KILLICKS HILL, PORTLAND, DT5 1JW Applicant: c/o the agent MH Architects Limited Case Officer: David Hodges FOR DECISION 1. SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION 1.1. Approve subject to the conditions listed in para.10.3 below. 2. PROPOSAL 2.1. Proposal relates to the former Underhill School, Killicks Hill, Portland. The site consists of a fine municipal school dating from 1913 in natural stone and slate roof fronting the north side of Clovens Road, set down from the highway. The original building has later additions to its side with an outdoor swimming pool to the rear. The buildings are surrounded by hard surfacing used for playground and sports as well as car parking. There is a small grassed area to the far north- west of the site. 2.2. The land slopes considerably from south to north with a difference of approximately 10m between the south-east & north-west corners of the site with the existing buildings and hard surfaces set at different levels across the site. East of the site are the dwellings in Three Yards Close with their rear gardens backing on to the site. To the north, are the properties in Cove Cottages. These properties have small rear yards with their main amenity spaces being to the north across the road. The buildings are separated from the site by a small parcel of vacant land. On the western side, the site adjoins a footpath which is also part of the SW Coast Path and beyond this, the land falls away dramatically down the coastal slope to the Quiddles Café. 2.3. The school has been redundant since 2014 following the construction of a new a new primary school at Lerret Road, becoming known as the ‘Osprey Quay Campus’ taking pupils from Brackenbury Infant and Underhill Junior Schools after their closure. 2.4. The proposals are for the part-conversion and part redevelopment of the site for 20 dwellings. The modern school buildings are to be demolished and part of the Page 5 original school building. The reminder of the 1913 school building will be retained and converted to 5 no. ground floor flats, each with individual entrances. To the east of this, fronting Clovens Road a terrace of 3 no. 2-storey dwellings is proposed. Beyond this running behind the area of properties in Three Yards Close is the access road into the development on the site of a current car park. 2.5. The access road leads down north into the site. The parking for the proposed dwellings is arranged around the access road. Along the western boundary, two terraces, both with four properties are shown. These are mainly 2-storey with 3- storey units at each end. These properties have their gardens to the west running up to the site boundary with the adjacent coast path and their entrances and parking to the eastern side. To the other side of the site is proposed four properties. These are arranged as a ‘FOG’ (flat over garage) in the north-east corner, a pair of semi-detached dwellings and a further detached dwelling. Each of the properties is provided with a private outdoor garden space. A total of 37 parking spaces are shown. 2.6. The site is approximately 0.45ha. With 20 dwellings proposed, this would be a density of 44 dwellings per hectare (dwpha). The schedule of accommodation proposed is as follows; Plot Accommodation GIA 1 2-bed 4 pers house 78m2 2 2-bed 4 pers house 78m2 3 2-bed 4 pers house 78m2 4 2-bed 4 pers flat 84 m2 5 1-bed 2 pers flat 73 m2 6 2-bed 4 pers flat 89 m2 7 1-bed 2 pers flat 56 m2 8 1-bed 2 pers flat 57 m2 9 3-bed 5 pers house 167m2 10 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 11 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 12 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 Page 6 13 3-bed 5 pers house 167m2 14 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 15 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 16 3-bed 5 pers house 113m2 17 2-bed 3 pers FOG 69 m2 18 3-bed 5 pers house 93m2 19 3-bed 5 pers house 93m2 20 3-bed 5 pers house 93m2 Total 1950m2 2.7. The land lies within the Defined Development Boundary (DDB) for Fortuneswell. The site adjoins the boundary of the Underhill Conservation Area on the northern side where it adjoins the rear of Cove Cottages. The site lies within the Portland regionally important geological and geomorphological designation which covers the wider area. Although outside of the site, the adjacent coastal slope to the west of the site contains the Isle of Portland Site of Special Scientific Interest, the Portland Coastline heritage coast designation, the designated World Heritage Site and the Isle of Portland Special Area of Conservation 2.8. The scheme has been amended during the course of the application in response to concerns raised by officers and through the consultation process.