Agenda item

The Planning Team Leader:

a.    advised that planning permission was sought to erect a dwelling to the rear of 129 Yarborough Road with access taken from Carline Road; the property would provide 4 bedrooms split over three floors and have off- street parking and private external amenity space

b.    described the application site on the east side of Yarborough Road close to its junction with Carline Road, located to the rear of the host property which formed part of the rear garden, currently occupied by a single storey garage

c.    described the location of the proposed development within Conservation Area No.8 - Carline

d.    provided details of the policies pertaining to the application as follows:

·         National Planning Policy Framework      

·         Central Lincolnshire Local Plan

·   Policy LP1     A Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

·   Policy LP25   The Historic Environment

·   Policy LP26   Design and Amenity

5. outlined the responses made to the consultation exercise

6. advised members of the main issues to be considered as part of the application as follows

7. concluded that it was considered that the applicants had addressed the constraints of the site and the proposal was appropriate in this location, the proposal was therefore in accordance with national and local planning policy.

Mr Chris Appleton, Applicant, addressed Planning Committee in support of the proposals, covering the following main points:

·         He thanked the City of Lincoln Council for their support through the design process.

·         He had worked closely with planning officers over a period of time since April 2017.

·         The design of the building had evolved following numerous meetings.

·         The design of the building had a modern feel internally, however, retaining traditional red brick and slate materials to fit in with Carline Road.

·         The boundary wall to the property would be retained as part of the character of the surrounding area.

·         The development was of correct height/size/ mass and materials.

·         He intended to live in this modern detached house himself, he was not a developer.

·         There was 35 metres of frontage onto Carline Road, however, his house would be only 12 metres wide.

·         There had been no objections from immediate neighbours.

·         He thanked Planning Committee for giving him the opportunity to speak.

Members discussed the content of the report in further detail.

Reservations were made by the Ward Councillor for the area in terms of stability of the area, traffic issues and the design and build of the property in a Conservation area.

The Planning Team Leader offered the following points of clarification:

·         Planning officers were satisfied that any problems with slope stability could be dealt with through appropriate conditions and the structural engineer would deal with this in the same manner.

·         The design of the building was indeed a material planning consideration. Planning officers had worked with the applicant throughout the planning process and considered the end proposals to be an appropriate development.

RESOLVED that planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

• Development to commence within 3 years
• Development to be carried out in accordance with the plans
• Land stability and foundation design details
• Surface water details
• Contaminated land
• Hours of working