Planning Committee - 24/04/2014
UPDATES
ITEM 21
Planning Ref:
W/14/00631/PN
Proposal:
Site:
Land at, 31-33
Newland Road,
Droitwich Spa, WR9
Ward Councillor
Cllr Mike Barratt Cllr
Bob Brookes
Recommendation
Approved Planning
Resubmission of application W/13/02330/PN (amended house types)
Officer: Vicky Stone
Parish/Town Council: Droitwich
Applicant: Mr Dugan
Consultation Responses
Town Council
The Town Council consider it would be inappropriate to comment upon this
application in view of the close connection with the applicant who is a Town
Councillor.
Council’s Engineers
No objections raised however according to the Environment Agency surface water
maps the far eastern boundary may be at medium risk from surface water flooding
therefore the applicant should ensure the floor level of the nearest plot is not affected
by any potential surface water issues.
County Highways
The Highway Authority requires that the shared access drive to be a minimum of
3.5m in order to comply with the residential design guide. Subject to this no
objections have been raised to the grant of permission.
Representations Received
Mr & Mrs R.C. Lewis of 29 Newland Road, Droitwich Spa
Mr & Mrs B Cornish of 27 Newland Road, Droitwich Spa
Representations Made
- the three bedrooms dwellings already approved are the maximum that should be
allowed
- concerned over excessive traffic movement and the inevitable pollution and noise
nuisance due to close proximity to boundary
- concerned over the positioning of the parking/turning area close to the boundary
and the disruption to residential amenities
- boundary hedge should be maintained between application site and No.29
Newland Road as the loss of the hedge would have a devastating effect on the
ecology
- request a condition is attached should permission be granted that removes all
future permitted development rights including additional garages, outbuildings or
extensions
- request that the strict conditions which were attached to the previous permission
will be reattached
Update Officer Appraisal
Response to representations received
The amenities of neighbouring properties has been carefully assessed and it is
considered that the introduction of two four bedroom properties to this site would not
cause demonstrable harm to the amenity of the occupiers of the surrounding
properties. Furthermore, it is considered that the potential traffic generation, to
serve two dwellings would be acceptable in respect to the impact upon neighbouring
properties.
The same conditions which were attached to the previous planning permission are
considered to be necessary and reasonable for this scheme. This includes a
condition removing permitted development rights for Class A, B and C and a
condition regarding the boundary treatment to ensure the council has control over
the retention of the hedgerow between the application site and the adjoining
property, 29 Newland Road.
Impact upon Drainage and Flooding
The application site lies in Flood Zone 1 where there is a low risk of flooding. The
council's Engineers have stated that whilst there are no site specific details of
flooding at this location, the Environment Agency (EA) surface water maps identify
the far eastern boundary may be at medium risk from surface water flooding.
It is worth noting at this point that the EA's maps are based upon the worse case
scenario and a series of storm events for certain periods of time and do not take into
consideration site specific issues.
Taking into account the EA maps it is likely that a small section (the north-east
corner of Plot 1) of the built form may fall within this area and therefore the council's
Engineers have requested that this property would need to provide finished floor
levels at least 300mm above current ground conditions. It is considered that raising
the floor levels of Plot 1 would not have a harmful impact upon residential amenity of
the surrounding properties or upon the visual amenity of the locality therefore a
condition requesting details of the floor levels is considered necessary.
It is noted that there is some medium risk of surface water flooding on part of the
access road to the new dwellings. The access road, would have its own drainage
measures which are considered to be acceptable therefore it is not considered that
the vehicular access of the site would be adversely affected by surface water
flooding.
Additional Condition
The precise floorslab levels of Plot 1, relative to the existing development on the
boundary of the site shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning
authority prior to the commencement of the development.
Reason - In order to ensure that the dwelling would not be adversely affected by
surface water flooding.
Recommendation
As per committee report with the addition of the above condition.