Issue - meetings

Full application for the construction of 6 residential dwellings (C3 class use) and associated development including access, parking and landscaping. 

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth Tudor Jones

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DECISION:

To delegate powers to the Head of Environment Department to approve the application subject to a 106 agreement for an educational contribution and an affordable dwelling, and conditions relating to the following:

1.     Time

2.     Development to comply with the approved plans

3.     Must agree on external materials including the roofing slates

4.     Removal of permitted development rights relating to the affordable unit and also restrict the ability to change or add new windows from what is permitted.

5.     Welsh Water Condition

6.     Highways Conditions

7.     Biodiversity Conditions

8.     A need to submit a Construction Management Plan prior to the commencement of the development work

9.     The housing estate and individual houses must be given Welsh names.

10.  Restrict the use to C3 use class only

11.  Landscaping

Borthwen Plot, Lôn Rhos, Edern, Gwynedd, LL53 8YN

Full application to construct 6 residential dwellings (use class C3) with associated developments including entrance, parking and landscaping

Attention was drawn to the late observations form which included information in the form of a Housing Statement which noted the situation locally in terms of the demand for housing and relevant information relating to the proposed development and the local benefit of approving it.

a)      The Development Control Team Leader highlighted⁠ that this was a full application to construct 6 residential dwellings to include 1 affordable house with associated developments and works within the Edern development boundary and within the Llŷn and Ynys Enlli Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest and within the Western Llŷn Special Landscape Area. It was noted that the development would include constructing one two-storey four-bedroom house, 3 three-bedroom dormer houses and 2 two-storey three-bedroom houses.

It was explained that Lôn Rhos, which abutted the front of the site, was a class 3 public road with a vehicular entrance already created into the site. It was elaborated that residential houses directly abutted some of the site's boundaries with open agricultural land beyond the southernmost boundary which also included a public footpath designation.

Although the site was located within the development boundary, it was highlighted that the development would mean that Edern would exceed its indicative supply level and as a result, justification was required for the proposal to demonstrate how the development would address a local recognised demand. It was noted that the information submitted with the application did confirm that the houses would directly contribute to the provision of more housing to meet the current high demand which existed for this type of permanent residential housing and it was therefore considered that there was justification and demand for them and that they addressed the needs of the local community. It was elaborated that, as the local Primary School was full, an educational contribution would be ensured through a 106 agreement.

It was considered that the principle of a new residential development would contribute towards fulfilling the need locally, and there was no evidence to show that the proposal would have a harmful impact on the language. It was noted that there was an intention to impose specific conditions to ensure that Welsh names were agreed for the estate and the houses.

Considering the context of the site and the fact that it would form a logical extension to the village, it was considered that the setting, design and materials of the proposed development in its revised form would appropriately suit the location, and the proposal was also acceptable in terms of road safety. It was considered that the existing built nature of the area was varied, but fairly dense as it formed part of an established village. In addition, it was considered that the distances, land levels and the presence of the proposed fence and existing vegetation meant that the houses would not disrupt  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8