Single storey detached outbuilding to rear for use as garage.
Recommendation: Refusal
Minutes:
Single storey detached outbuilding to rear for use as garage.
Officers introduced the report and outlined the changes as per the addendum.
In accordance with the Council’s constitution, a representative of the petitioners addressed the meeting. The petitioner objecting to the proposal made the following points:-
The applicant /agent made the following points:-
Members discussed the application and noted that it had been built more in accordance with accommodation in mind rather than as a garage. A number of further concerns were raised which included the need for cavity walls, access to the rear of the property via the garage and its overall dimensions. In response, the applicant informed Members that there was room to access the rear of the property with a vehicle inside the garage and that its size conformed to permitted development.
A ward Councillor was unable to attend but asked for a written statement to be read out at the meeting in support of the petition in objection to the proposal. The following points were noted:
In the course of discussions, Members noted there was a disparity between the level of the floor within the garage and the road at street level and a ramp would be required for this to become fully functional.
The recommendation was moved, seconded and on being put to the vote was unanimously agreed.
Resolved –
That the application was Refused for the reasons set out in the officers report and addendum circulated at the meeting and reason for refusal 2 to include 'level of the internal floor, ' between 'sightlines' and 'and'.
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