Decision details

Construct single storey front extension. Conversion of garage to living accommodation including alterations to roof and construct dormer within garage roof

19 Rolleston Crescent, Watnall, Nottinghamshire NG16 1JU 

Councillor C Carr had requested that this proposal come before Committee.

There were no late items.

Jonathan Parker, the applicant, made representation to the Committee prior to the general debate.

Having considered all the representations before it, the Committee debated the application.  Discussions centred on the impact of the street scene and whether the proposed development would have a detrimental impact on the character of the area.  It was considered that the proposal would not be out of place. 

RESOLVED that planning permission be approved, with the conditions to include details on plans, materials and time, and that the precise wording of the approval be delegated to the Vice Chair of Planning Committee in agreement with the Head of Planning and Economic Development.

Conditions:

1.         The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

2.         The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 30 July 2024:

·       Site Location Plan, and in accordance with the following plans received by the Local Planning Authority on 07 August 2024:

·       Proposed Plan (Drawing Reference 1956/102 Rev A),

3.         The single storey front extension and the raising of the garage roof  shall be constructed using materials to match the existing house and as specified in the application form received by the Local Planning Authority on 30 July 2024, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

4.         The development hereby approved shall be used solely as accommodation ancillary to the main

dwellinghouse and at no time shall it be occupied as a separate stand alone dwelling

Reasons :

1.         To comply with S91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by S51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.         For the avoidance of doubt

3.         To ensure a satisfactory standard of external appearance and in accordance with the aims of Policy 17 of the Broxtowe Part 2 Local Plan (2019) and Policy 10 of the Aligned Core Strategy (2014).

4.         To ensure that the development does not become used as a separate dwellinghouse in recognition of

unacceptable impact on neighbour amenity, in accordance with the use applied for and in accordance with

the aims of Policy 17 of the Broxtowe Part 2 Local Plan (2019) and Policy 10 of the Aligned Core Strategy

(2014).

Note to Applicant

1.         The Council has acted positively and proactively in the determination of this application by working to determine it within the agreed determination timescale.

2.         You are advised that construction work associated with the approved development (incl. the loading/unloading of delivery vehicles, plant or other machinery), for which noise is audible at the boundary of the application site, should not normally take place outwith the hours of 08:00 and 19:00 Monday to Friday, 08:00 and 13:00 on Saturdays or at any time on a Sunday or Bank Holiday, as prescribed in Schedule 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (as amended).