Agenda item

Discharge and variation of condition 2 (minor external and internal amendments to some of the dwellings together with the erection of an additional privacy fence) of appeal consent APP/Q6810/A/20/3264389

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth A Roberts

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To delegate the right to the Senior Planning Manager to approve the application, subject to the following condition: -

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict conformity with the details submitted to the Local Planning Authority, and contained in the form of application and in any other documents accompanying such application unless condition(s) to amend them is/are included on this planning decision notice. Notwithstanding the amendments hereby permitted, the remainder of the development must be completed in strict conformity with the details and conditions included in planning permission number C19/1072/11/LL.

Discharge and variation of condition 2 (minor external and internal amendments to some of the dwellings together with the erection of an additional privacy fence) of appeal consent APP/Q6810/A/20/3264389.

a)    The Senior Development Control Officer highlighted that this was a planning application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition number 2 of appeal permission APP/Q681/A/20/3264389 to erect 30 houses on the Pen y Ffridd site in Bangor. The application was submitted to Committee as the size of the site exceeded 0.5ha in surface area and involved undertaking the following changes:

·         Erecting a hit and miss timber fence, 1.8m high, between the side gardens of plots nos. 26 and 27 and the rears of nos. 1 and 2 Pen y Ffridd cottages to ensure privacy for cottage occupants.

·         Replace a flat roof with a slate roof on the front porch of houses on plot nos. 23 to 26; 27 to 30; 5 to 14 and 21 to 22.

It was explained that the principle of developing the site for residential development had already been accepted by the Planning Inspectorate back in April 2021 and, therefore, any consideration of this latest application would be limited to the effect of the proposal on the visual amenities and residential amenities of neighbouring occupants. The proposal involved replacing flat roofs for the front porches of 20 houses with natural slate roofs to be in keeping with the main roofs. Given the requirements of Policy PCYFF 3 which stated that developments were expected to display a high-quality design, it was believed in this case that the proposal to replace flat roofs in prominent places on the front of houses was an improvement compared to that approved previously for flat roofs.

It was also noted that erecting a timber fence, 1.8m high, would be acceptable between the side gardens of plots nos. 26 and 27 and the rears of nos. 1 and 2 Pen y Ffridd cottages on grounds of the effect on the visual amenities. The fence would ensure the privacy of the occupants of these cottages and, at the same time, comply with a condition included in the decision of the Planning Inspectorate in relation to introducing boundary treatment details. It was considered that the proposal was acceptable on grounds of protecting the visual amenities of the local area and the residential amenities of neighbouring occupants.

b)    Taking advantage of the right to speak, the applicant’s agent noted the following observations:

·         Proposed amendments to the plans were not significant - they related to minor amendments to the plan only.

·         The proposed amendments related to the replacement of the flat porch roof with a slate roof, as well as minor amendments to the internal layout of affordable housing type 4P2B and 5P3B and private property type 5P3B. The proposed changes would improve the appearance of the property.

·         The minor improvements appeared on a revised site plan. 

·         Proposed revisions to the Boundary Treatment Plan involved erecting a hit and miss timber fence, 1.8m high, on the boundary between Pen y Ffridd cottages (nos. 1 and 2) and plots 26 and 27.  This would ensure privacy for the occupants of the cottages.

·         The proposed changes complied with local and national planning policy and should therefore be approved.

c)    A proposal was made to approve the application and it was seconded.

RESOLVED to delegate the right to the Senior Planning Manager to approve the application, subject to the following condition: -

The amendment/s hereby permitted shall be carried out in strict conformity with the details submitted to the Local Planning Authority, and contained in the form of application and in any other documents accompanying such application unless condition(s) to amend them is/are included on this planning decision notice. Notwithstanding the amendments hereby permitted, the remainder of the development must be completed in strict conformity with the details and conditions included in planning permission number C19/1072/11/LL.