5 Application No C17/0198/30/LL - Pwll Melyn, Rhiw, Pwllheli PDF 267 KB
Retention of
garage / store.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor W Gareth Roberts
Link to relevant background documents
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Application to
retain work of erecting a garage / store.
(a)
The Senior Development Control Officer elaborated
on the background of the application and noted that the application had been
deferred at the Committee meeting held on 5 June, 2017 in order to reassess the
application in terms of the design and need and that the description had now
changed to "erecting a garage / store" rather than erecting an
agricultural building. Some members had visited the site prior to the meeting
and were therefore familiar with the context of the application within the
landscape and the AONB. Amended plans were received on 9 February which showed
that the building had been pushed further back from the listed house, and that
the design had changed to become a pitched roof rather than a mono pitched
roof, and the finish would be timber with a reduction in height.
Reference was made to the relevant local and
national policies and the responses to re-consultation within the report. No
objection to the amended plan had been received.
In terms of the assessment, the applicant noted
that the building was necessary for multi-purpose use, which included storage
and shelter for animals during occasional inclement weather.
In the context of visual amenities, it was not
considered that the proposed development in its amended form would impact the
AONB.
It was noted that the proposal was acceptable in
terms of general and residential amenities, and matters relating to
biodiversity, highways, conservation/listed building and that it was acceptable
with regard to the relevant local and national policies for the reasons noted
in the report. In terms of the concerns
raised about the listed building of Pwll Melyn Cottage, a meeting was held with
a Conservation Officer and an Enforcement Officer following the previous
Committee's decision, and it was noted that the amended plans complied with the
officers' observations, and policy PS20 of the LDP along with Planning Policy
Wales.
The officers’ recommendation was to approve the
application subject to the conditions listed in the report.
(b) It was proposed and seconded to approve the application.
(a) A Member noted that the concerns he had had about a listed cottage had
been alleviated after he attended the site visit and saw that the size of the
listed building had been reduced and had been set farther back.
RESOLVED to approve the application.
Conditions:
1. In accordance with the amended plans received on 9 February 2018;
2. No caravan to be sited within the extended curtilage;
3. Stain the external timber board covering dark brown;
4. Building roof to be of a BS 18 B 29 dark grey colour;
5. Demolish the existing structure in its entirety and restore the land to
its original condition before starting work on the building approved here.
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Retrospective application for retention of agricultural Building
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor W Gareth Roberts
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Retrospective application for the retention of an agricultural shed
a)
The Development Control Officer elaborated on the
background of the application, noting that this was a retrospective application
to retain a steel frame agricultural building that was in the process of being
constructed. The current frame of the building suggested a mono pitch roof;
however, it was intended to finish the building with a pitched roof. It was
proposed that the building's external finish would be a combination of concrete
block wall and metal profile covering in dark green. The building is located in
the countryside outside any development boundary, and in an agricultural field
within the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty. It lay 5.5 metres from a one-storey dwelling which was a Grade II
listed building.
Attention was drawn to the relevant policies that
had been listed in the report along with the additional observations received.
It was
highlighted that the principle of approving buildings for agricultural use in the
countryside had been established by Policy D9 of the GUDP which approved
proposals to erect buildings for agricultural purposes if they were reasonably
required. The applicant's agent stated that the building was necessary to house
stock during occasional harsh weather and to store equipment associated with
stock that graze the land, and agriculture.
Since no details had been submitted regarding stock, consideration
should be given to place a condition restricting the building's use for
agricultural purposes only and the building should be demolished if the
agricultural use ended within a period of 10 years. Subject to the inclusion of the above
condition, it was considered that the proposal would conform to policy C1 and
D9 of the GUDP, and it would not undermine Policy PCYFF 1 of the Joint Local
Development Plan.
With
the site situated within a prominent position within the Llŷn
AONB, the need to reduce any impact on the AONB's visual amenities was
considered. Consequently, an amended
plan had been received (30 March 2017), showing the proposed building with a
pitched roof, and a reduction in the height of the final building 3.7 metres
above ground level - a 0.4 metre reduction.
In addition, it was intended to cover the building in dark green coloured
profile sheeting, as it would reduce the impact of the building on prominent
locations in the landscape. Observations had been received from the AONB
Officer noting that the adaptations would make the building less visible from
the road.
It was
explained that the nearest dwelling (apart from the applicant's property) to
the proposed building was situated approximately 30 metres from the site. Due to the size of the proposal and its
location in relation to the nearby property, it was not considered that the
development would cause significant harm to that property. In addition it was
not considered that the proposal was likely to affect the reasonable privacy of
users of the nearby property, nor that it would it entail an over-development of
the site.
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