Agenda item

Application to amend conditions attached to planning permission C21/0042/25/LL f or the erection of a two storey dwelling, garage, creation of new vehicular access and associated works : Condition 2 - Variation of the approved plan to enable a change in the position of the proposed building within the site; Condition 9 - amendment in wording to require the completion of the access shown on the submitted plan prior to the occupation of the dwelling.

Local Member: Councillor Menna Baines

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DECISION: To approve subject to relevant planning conditions:

1.    Compliance with the new submitted plans

2.    The window on the eastern elevation of the ground floor to be opaque

3.    The development shall be commenced within five years

4.    No development to commence until a drainage plan for the site has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing.

5.    The exact mitigation measures and the biodiversity enhancement suggestions, as included in sections 5.2 to 5.4 of the Preliminary Ecological Report submitted with application C21/0042/25/LL, must be followed.

6.    It will not be permitted at any time for the highway's current boundary wall/hedge/fence or any new highway-facing boundary erected to be higher than 1 metre above the carriageway level of the adjacent county road from either end of the site's boundary to the highway and it is not permitted to erect anything higher than this within 2m of the wall in question.

7.    The access must be planned and constructed completely in accordance with the submitted plans.

8.    Removal of permitted development rights

Notes

1 - Party Wall Act Note

2 - Draw the applicant’s attention to the observations of Welsh Water

3 - Sustainable Drainage Systems Note

An application to amend conditions attached to planning permission C21/0042/25/LL for the erection of a two-storey dwelling, garage, creation of new vehicular access and associated works: Condition 2 – Variation of the approved plan to enable a change in the position of the proposed building within the site; Condition 9 – amendment in wording to require completion of the access shown on the submitted plan prior to the occupation of the dwelling.

Attention was drawn to the additional observations.

a)    The Planning Manager highlighted that this was an application to vary Condition 2 (planning permission C21/0042/25/LL) for full planning permission to erect a two-storey dwelling and associated works, to allow changing the position of the approved dwelling 3m north-eastwards. He explained that the site was served by an access from Ffordd Penrhos which was a third-class county road, and that a parking area, garage and car port would be provided as part of the development. The rear of the site bordered with a wooded area that was designated as the Ffordd Treborth Woodland Wildlife Site, which separated the site from the Treborth Garden Centre.

Revised plans were received when discussing this application, showing a reduction in the building's footprint compared to what had been approved originally. He noted that the proposal to move the location of the dwelling resulted from the need to avoid development within the buffer zone, which extended 4m either side of the centre of the main sewer pipe that crossed the site.

He highlighted that the application also included a proposal to vary Condition 9 of the previous permission to facilitate the construction work by ensuring that the final vehicular access was in place before the dwelling was occupied rather than before development of the site.

The application was submitted to the Committee at the Local Member’s request. A message had been received from the local member noting that, after reading the officer's report and in light of further discussions with the residents of the nearest property, they had confirmed to her that they no longer objected to the application as it stood. However, they emphasised the need to adhere to the plans submitted with the application.

The principle of the proposal to erect a house of a similar size and design on this site was considered to have already been accepted via planning permission C21/0042/25/LL – the relevant policies had not changed since then, therefore that permission had been implemented and was extant. It was considered that the principle of building a dwelling on the site remained acceptable and in accordance with the principle of current housing policies.

Considering the reduction in the development's footprint, especially in the extension towards the north, together with the discussion regarding the amenity impacts, it was not believed that moving this house to the new position would have a significantly harmful amenity impact on the site's appearance, the local development pattern or on private amenities.

b)    It was proposed and seconded to approve the application.

RESOLVED to approve subject to relevant planning conditions:

1.         Compliance with the new submitted plans

2.         The window on the eastern elevation of the ground floor to be opaque

3.         The development shall be commenced within five years

4.         No development to commence until a drainage plan for the site has been submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved in writing.

5.         The exact mitigation measures and the biodiversity enhancement suggestions, as included in sections 5.2 to 5.4 of the Preliminary Ecological Report submitted with application C21/0042/25/LL, must be followed.

6.         It shall not be permitted at any time for the highway's current boundary wall/hedge/fence or any new highway-facing boundary erected to be higher than 1 metre above the carriageway level of the adjacent county road from either end of the site's boundary to the highway and it is not permitted to erect anything higher than this within 2m of the wall in question.

7.         The access must be planned and constructed in full accordance with the submitted plans.

8.         Removal of permitted development rights

Notes

1 – Party Wall Act Note

2 – Draw the applicant’s attention to Welsh Water observations  

3 – Sustainable Drainage Systems Note