5 Application No. C17/0557/38/LL - Land by Ffordd y Traeth, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli PDF 195 KB
Construction of affordable house.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Angela Russell
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Minutes:
Construction of an affordable house.
(a) The Planning Manager reported that the
Department had received amended plans regarding the appearance and design of
the above proposed house and, consequently, the Planning Committee was
therefore asked to defer the application in order to have a reassessment.
RESOLVED to defer the application.
5 Application No. C17/0557/38/LL - Land by Ffordd y Traeth, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli PDF 186 KB
Construction of affordable house.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Angela Russell
Link
to relevant background documents
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Construction of an
affordable house.
At the officers'
request the determination was deferred as a letter had been received doubting
the affordability of the proposed house due to its location. It was highlighted that a better
understanding was required of the open market value of the house, what was for
sale locally and if there was justification for a rural exemption.
RESOLVED to defer the application.
5 Application No. C17/0557/38/LL - Land by Ffordd y Traeth, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli PDF 273 KB
Construction of affordable house.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Angela Russell
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Construction of an
affordable house.
(a) The
Senior Development Control Officer expanded on the application's background and
noted that the JLDP's proposals maps for the village of Llanbedrog
indicated that the site lies outside the village development boundary and it
was considered that this was tantamount to erecting a new house in the
countryside. Despite the applicant's arguments, officers were not convinced,
based on the information submitted, that the site formed a reasonable extension
to the village development boundary.
It
was noted that details and evidence had been submitted to show that the
applicant needed an affordable house and confirming they were willing to accept
an obligation through a Section 106 legal agreement to restrict the occupancy
and value of the house should it be sold in future to ensure that it remained
an affordable house.
Attention was drawn to the additional observations
received and it was noted that the applicant had submitted amended plans
reducing the floor area of the house to 100m2.
It
was noted that it was likely that erecting a house on the site would not create
a development that would have a significant harmful impact on the wider
landscape. It was explained that currently the site was part of a larger
agricultural field which extended to the nearby coastline and which offered
privacy and tranquillity to the occupants of the two nearby existing dwellings.
It
appeared that the proposed plot and the proposed house had been squeezed as
close as possible to the development boundary to try and meet the policy
requirements and this created a narrow site and an unacceptable development and
it was considered that it would not create a reasonable extension to the settlement.
It was therefore felt that approving the application would cause an element of
disturbance for the neighbour due to the activities related to the residential
use of a new property and coming and going from the plot, therefore the
proposal was contrary to policy PCYFF 2 and PCYFF 3 of the JLDP.
It
was noted that the plan indicated that it was intended to create a vehicular
access to the north along the site's boundary in order to connect to a private
access road within a nearby estate of 12 affordable homes. It is not considered
that using the estate road as an access to serve one additional house would
affect road safety.
It
was recommended that application should be refused on the grounds of:
·
That the proposal was contrary to PCYFF 1 of the JLDP
relating to sites forming a reasonable extension to the village development
boundary;
·
Approving the application would cause unacceptable
disturbance and would have a detrimental impact on the amenities of nearby
residents.
(b) Taking advantage of the right to speak, an
objector noted the following main points:-
·
She agreed with the officers' observations and they
had submitted a report to the Planning Service that came to the same
conclusions as the officers;
· That there was no evidence in terms of the ... view the full minutes text for item 5