Agenda item

South View, 120 Grantham Road, Bottesford

 

Application:	20/01054/OUT
Location:	South View, 120 Grantham Road, Bottesford
Proposal:	Demolition of existing dwelling and to allow the erection of 5 detached dwellings

The Planning Officer (HW) addressed the Committee and provided a summary of the application and advised that the application was recommended for refusal.

 

The Planning Officer responded to Member queries as follows:

 

·       There was precedence to apply the most up to date planning policy, therefore in this case, the adopted Neighbourhood Plan Policy 1 took precedence over policies in the Local Plan

·       When the application was submitted initially in 2020, the draft Neighbourhood Plan would have carried limited weight however since then the Neighbourhood Plan had been adopted and full weight of that document had been applied. Also when the application was received there were technical issues to overcome which had since been addressed

·       There was no housing need for houses of this size as both the Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan specified a need for 2/3 bed homes

 

Pursuant to Chapter 2, Part 9, Paragraphs 2.8-2.28 of the Council’s Constitution in relation to public speaking at Planning Committee, the Chair allowed the following to give a 3 minute presentation:

 

·         Cllr Bob Bayman, Chairman of Bottesford Parish Council

     

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

·       There was concern that the site was in a bad state of repair

·       There was a footpath on the south side of the site and there was a condition of the development that this be joined up

·       It was considered that the application could be updated with items such as PV and EV

 

Councillor Freer proposed that the application be refused. Councillor Smith seconded the motion.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the application be REFUSED.

 

(7 for, 3 against)

 

(Councillors Chandler and Pritchett requested that their votes against the decision of this application be recorded.)

 

REASONS

 

The application site is located on the edge of the Bottesford and outside of the limit to development set within the Neighbourhood Plan.

 

Neighbourhood Plan Policy 1 of the Bottesford Neighbourhood Plan requires all new residential development to be within the set limit to development.

 

On sites that are located outside of settlements and within the open countryside, Policy SS2 of the Melton Local Plan states new development will be restricted to that which is necessary and appropriate in the open countryside.

 

The erection of 5 new detached dwellings at the site is not considered to fall into a development type that would be necessary or appropriate. The principle of the proposed development is therefore considered to conflict with the aims and objectives of both Neighbourhood Plan Policy 1 and Policy SS2.

 

The proposal is considered to be acceptable in terms of the impact on the character of the site, Highway safety, residential amenity, flood risk and ecology.

 

Potential wider public benefits of the scheme have been put forward, including the reduction of the speed limit on the adjacent highway and provision of a new residential development on an untidy site. The potential benefits have been acknowledged and afforded limited weight, however these are considered to not outweigh the clear conflict with policy guidance in relation to the principle of development.

 

(The meeting was adjourned at 7:27 pm and reconvened at 7:33 pm.)