Full application for the erection of 12 dwellings and construction of an access and estate road
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Elfed Wyn Williams
Minutes:
Full application to construct 12 houses and create
an entrance and estate road.
(a) The
Planning Manager elaborated on the background of the application, noting that
the application had been deferred at the meeting of the Committee held on 13
March 2017 in order for the applicant to submit further information regarding
the drainage plan and to receive further details about why it was not possible
to include a play area within the application site. It was reported that the
information regarding the drainage plans has been received but no further information
had been received, justifying why a play area could not be included as part of
the planning application.
When
the application had been submitted before the Committee in March, it had been
explained that the site was within the development boundary and had been
designated for housing under the Gwynedd Unitary Development Plan (GUDP).
However, in July 2017, the GUDP had been superseded by the Gwynedd and Anglesey
Joint Local Development Plan (JLDP), and the site was no longer located within
the development boundary, although it did abut it.
It
was noted that despite the fact that 4 of the 12 houses were affordable, it was
not considered that the application now conformed to the existing planning
policies as the site as a whole was located outside of the development boundary
as included in the JLDP, that the proposal did not show that its location in
the countryside was essential and the proposal was not for 100% affordable
housing, therefore, the application in its present form would not be acceptable
in principle.
Having
considered the above and all the relevant matters including the local and
national policies and guidance, as well as all the observations/objections
received, it was not believed that this proposal, in its current form, was acceptable
in principle and that it was contrary to the requirements of the relevant
policies as noted in the report.
(b) The
local member (not a member of this Planning Committee) objected to the
application, noting that there were flooding risks, there was no need for
housing in the area and that the site was outside the development boundary.
(c) It
was proposed and seconded to refuse the application.
A member
asked whether the officers would be supportive of the application if all the
houses were affordable. In response, the Planning Manager noted that details
would need to be assessed should such an application be submitted.
A member noted that she would be voting to refuse
the application due to the flooding risk.
RESOLVED to refuse the application.
Reason:
The proposal was unacceptable on the basis of principle and was contrary to the requirements of Policy PCYFF1 (development boundaries), TAI3 (houses in service villages) and TAI16 (exception sites) of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan and to Technical Advice Note 6 on Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities along with Planning Policy Wales, Chapter 9 Housing as it involved erecting new houses in the countryside and outside the development boundaries of Deiniolen without justification.
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