Extension to existing garage (amendment to plan refused under planning application No. C15/0012/41/LL).
Local Member: Councillor Aled Ll. Evans
Minutes:
Extension to existing garage (a revised plan to that refused under
application no. C15/0012/41/LL)
(a) The
Development Control Officer expanded on the application’s background and noted
that the application had been deferred at the Planning Committee dated 6 July
2015, at the request of the Local Member.
It was
noted that it was an application for the extension of an existing garage at
Llety Plu, Llangybi. The existing single
garage measured approximately 6.3m long and approximately 5.1m wide (32m²) and
was located in the corner of the property’s curtilage. The Design and Access Statement elaborated that the
reason for the extension would be to provide more room to store equipment and
machinery which was part of the owner’s collecting hobby. Planning permission had already been granted to extend
the garage, namely application C13/0162/41/LL, which also included extending
the curtilage of the site. The curtilage
had already been extended but work had not commenced on the extension. The proposed extension was different in the sense that
it was wider than the existing garage in the direction of the public footpath.
It was
noted that this application was a re-submission of application C15/0012/41/LL
for an additional extension which was slightly larger than the current
application and requesting an additional floor area of 32m² (which would have
meant a total floor area of 94m² for the whole garage). This application was refused in January this year for
three reasons: Over-development of the
site; Detrimental to the Conservation Area; Impact on Public Footpath No.
9 Llanystumdwy.
Attention was drawn to Policy B24 of the Unitary Development Plan that
recommended approving the extension of buildings within development boundaries,
rural villages and the countryside but only if the proposal met the two
following criteria:
·
That the design and scale were in keeping with the main building and the
local area,
·
That the extension would not lead to an unacceptable reduction in amenity
space within the curtilage of the house.
Whilst
it was realised that permission had already been granted for an extension to the
garage, there was significant concern about the size and scale of the proposed
extension bearing in mind that this was an ancillary building. The proposed extension to the garage was considered to
be an over-development in terms of scale, size and form compared to the main
building and was likely to have an impact on the setting of the conservation
area and was also contrary to policies B4, B22 and B24 of the GUDP.
(a)
The local member (not a member of this Planning Committee) made the
following main points:-
·
That describing the development as an 'alien’ ‘over-development’ was
rather going overboard
·
The area of the dwelling was sufficient to accommodate the size of the
extension to the garage
·
That no objection had been received from neighbours
·
The curtilage had already been extended
·
The purpose of the building was to provide more room for the applicant to
store equipment and old machinery.
·
Disagreed with the impact on visual amenities – the development conformed
with the area’s features and therefore did not impair on visual amenities
·
Proposed that the Planning Committee visited the site prior to coming to a
decision.
A proposal to undertake a site visit was made and
seconded.
RESOLVED to organise a site visit on the date of the next Planning
Committee (Pwllheli).
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