Planning & Development Committee – 19th August 2020

Notes & Decisions of the Planning and Development Committee Meeting

Held on Wed 19th August 2020 at 7.30pm via Zoom

Planning Committee Members: Bob Tyrrell, Brian Butcher, Murray Harlow, Norma Smith, Andrew Savage, Ex officio Chris Stevenson and Laura Walkingshaw (Parish Clerk) Next meeting:

Wed 2nd Sept 2020 at 7.30pm via Zoom

(Extraordinary Planning Meeting)

Apologies:  None
Members of the public present: One
Declarations of Interest: None

It is the aim of the Parish Council to seek a high standard of design for all new developments and extensions in the Village. The Parish Council will take into account the Village Design Statement and the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan when making comments and decisions on Planning Applications

Item 1:         To receive any pre-application representations regarding proposed planning applications

None were received.

Item 2:         New & current planning applications:

Location Proposal Application No. and link to CBC planning website Object / Support / Observations Decision or Recommendation Comments made by Planning Committee
The Treble Tile,
Colchester Road,
West Bergholt,
CO6 3JQ
Change of use from public house to Use Classes A1, A2 and B1 on   ground floor and Use Class C3 (two-bedroom apartment) on first floor. 201460 Observation Decision The Parish Council supports this application for a proposed change of use, to ground floor offices and a single flat to the first floor, as it is in accordance with the WB Neighbourhood Plan’s aim to increase local employment opportunities, subject to Colchester Borough Council having satisfied itself that the policy regarding a pub closure has been met.
4 Garthwood Close, West Bergholt,
CO6 3EA
Proposed single storey rear extension. 201555 Support Decision The Parish Council has no comment.
Barton Olivers,
181 Colchester Road,
West Bergholt,
CO6 3JY
Construction of new detached two-storey house with garage, drive and new access. 201472 Object Decision The application for a new two-storey poorly designed house behind 181 Barton Olivers, Colchester Road is clearly outside the West Bergholt settlement boundary however it falls within the remit of the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan.

The development is backland development, out of keeping with the existing urban grain and threatens the village coalescence with Colchester, being close to the A12.

The application is contrary to paragraphs 15.3.2 and 15.3.3., policies PP9, PP10 and PP12 in the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan now adopted as planning guidance, also contrary to CBC Planning Policies on no development outside settlement boundaries SD1, DP1 and ENV1 which WBPC fully support. Finally, to West Bergholt’s Village Design Statement, approved and adopted by CBC in 2011 specifically policies DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, DG5, DG7, DG8, DG10, DG11, DG35 and DG37.

155 Colchester Road, West Bergholt,

CO6 3JX

Outline application for erection of two dwellings, complete with access and parking. 201642 Object Decision The application for two bungalows adjacent to the Colchester Road and is outside the West Bergholt settlement boundary but falls within the scope of the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan.

The Parish Council totally disagree with the planning statement “that new housing within this existing developed cluster does not threaten coalescence” the new bungalows are adjacent to the main road and thus very visible much of the year and will connect to property on the east of Colchester Road making the cluster double in size. The statement also makes no more than a derisory reference to the adopted Neighbourhood Plan and ignores the fact that the Inspectors decision on 179 Colchester Road was based, as the decision notice says, on the then emerging Neighbourhood Plan.

The application is contrary to paragraphs 15.3.2 and 15.3.3., policies PP9, PP10 and PP12 in the West Bergholt Neighbourhood Plan now adopted as planning guidance, also contrary to CBC Planning Policies on no development outside settlement boundaries SD1, DP1 and ENV1 which WBPC fully support. Finally, to West Bergholt’s Village Design Statement, approved and adopted by CBC in 2011 specifically policies DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, DG5, DG7, DG8, DG10, DG11, DG35 and DG37.

 

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