Category: Planning Permission

We received an email from the Planning officer to say that we have approval over the addition info we sent at the end of April. So No further planning issues are outstanding.

We were reading our planning permission again the other day and realised we had forgotten to send in the information it requested about building levels and boundary treatments. So I have drawn up plans covering these items and sent them to the planing officer.

Just looked at the planning website and seen those wonderfull words ‘Decision – APPROVED on 16/12/2009′.

There are some conditions as you might expect, here are the details from the council.

1. The development must be begun not later than three years beginning with the date of this permission. The reason for the condition is :- The time limit condition is imposed in order to comply with the requirements of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
2. No development shall take place until precise details of the slab levels of the dwelling hereby approved have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. such details shall also provide comparative levels with adjoining properties and details of the levels of any boundary treatments proposed. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details as approved. The reason for the condition is :- To ensure that the development hereby approved does not have an adverse effect on the amenities of local residents or on the charcater and appearance of the area.
3. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelliing hereby approved an on-site car parking and turning area shall be laid out in accordance with the approved plan and shall be demarcated, levelled and retained thereafter available for that specific use. The reason for the condition is :- To ensure sufficient parking on-site and to avoid uneccessary parking on Smiths Loke.
4. No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment tp be erected. The boundary treatment shall be completed before the dwelling is first occupied. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The reason for the condition is :- In the interests of the satisfactory appearance of the development and to maintain the amenities of adjacent occupiers.
5. REASON FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION :- The proposal meets the provisions of the Great Yarmouth Borough Wide Local Plan and in particular policies HOU7 and HOU15 as it is for the replacement of an existing dwelling
6. NOTES – Please read the following notes from the Environment Agency carefully:- The plant should be installed, operated and maintiane din accordance with the manufacturers instructions as updated from time to time. Our formal consent will be required under Schedule 10 of the Water Resources Act 1991 for any discharge of effluent from the plant, and such consent is not implied by these observations. We would require the developer to niminate a ‘Consentee’ who would be legally responsible for the correct future maintenance and discharge quality of any private treatment works. The Envirnoment Agency recommends the use of a separate sewage treatment plant for each property. A Consent under Schedule 10 of the Water Resources Act 1991 will be required for each individual seage treatment plant. The granting of planning approval must not be taken to imply that consent has been given in respect of the above.

Here we go again. New application for full planning  permission has been submitted.

The only changes to the design are to the roof and the rooms inside and out.

Plans

Its on the councils website as 06/09/690/F

Two of our neighbours seem annoyed with the council for not passing the first plans. One of them has started to bring round examples of timber clad building he finds in the local paper! What a lovely neighbour…

The planning officer (Mrs Pieterman) seems a pleasent lady. She looked at the new designs and was very favourable. It seems like we may have done enough to satisfy them! Now we need to draw up the full plans. Mrs Pieterman suggested that we show her the new plans before submitting them — Good Idea.

From what we can work out the conservation officer wants us to do the following.

• Change all gables to hips — This we can live with! In some ways this looks better, esp. at the ends.
• Replace the both porches with extended main roof sections — Makes a more complicated roof but thats ok.
• Change the size and move about the rear extensions to get a symetrical design — This seems pointless as nobody can see the rear of the building except us! So we havent done this at all.
• Reduce the ridge height to 5.5m — We have reduced the main roof slope and removed 300mm from the downstairs celing height giving at new ridge of 6m – hope thats enough.

We have also added windows to the TV Room and Utility (This will be a false window or decorative feature in reality) to help with the balance of the front wall. The other thing is extending the roof overhang by 200mm which helps to give a more normal ratio between  walls and roof appearance.

We will take these ideas to the planners tomorrow.

After looking at the planning file, I’m a bit happier.

There was a 2 page report from the planning officer and another from the conservation officer. Only one letter from a neighbor who worried about the size of the new house.

The planner has stated that there is no objection too the principle of a replacement dwelling but just some problems with the scale, design and proportions.

• Scale – doesnt reflect other dwellings in immediate area. Visually dominant.
• Design – appears rather ‘blockish’
• Proportions – Awkward appearance of gables-windows-porch and conservatory. 

The conservation officer wrote that he thought it was too tall as well as not very proportional. Helpfully he included some sketches of design changes. Now we just have to interpret these and decide if we can live with some/all of them.

Made an appointment with the planning officer on Thursday.

The councils letter arrived today. It contains no more than was shown on the counciuls website!!

We will have to go to  the councils offices on Monday.

I have been checking the councils website for news on our planning application every few days. This morning it’s showing our application as refused. The reason given is

The external appearance of the proposed building falls short of the standard required in this location. Its scale, proportions and design are inappropriate and the proposal would be likely to result in detriment to the character and visual amenities of the area.

What does this mean! Help!

I hope the councils letter will give more information.