Decision details

It was noted that some Members had visited the site on the previous day.

 

The Director of Planning had declared an interest in this application and left the room.

 

The following spoke under the public participation at meetings scheme:

 

·         Mr R Gascoigne, Agent.

 

In response to Members’ queries the Planning officer stated that a footnote could be added to the recommendation regarding access for bats and that only the land edged in blue on the site plan was within the applicant’s ownership.

 

The recommendation for approval subject to conditions and the footnote regarding bats was moved and seconded.

 

It was agreed to amend condition 4 to state ‘The conversion hereby approved  shall be carried out entirely within the shell of the existing building, other than that rebuilding expressly allowed’.

 

The motion with the amended condition was voted on and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions / modifications:

 

Statutory Time Limit

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun within 3 years from the date of this permission.

 

Approved Plans

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out otherwise than in

complete accordance with the submitted plans, Drawing No.1503-05 Revision A

and Drawing No.1503-06 Revision B, subject to the following conditions or

modifications.

 

Landscaping

 

3. No development shall take place until a tree management plan has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the National Park Authority. Thereafter, the management plan shall be carried out in complete accordance with the approved scheme.

 

Conversion within Existing Shell

 

4. The conversion hereby approved shall be carried out entirely within the shell of the existing building, other than that rebuilding expressly allowed.

 

Underground Service Lines

 

5. All new service lines associated with the approved development, and on land with the applicant's ownership and control, shall be placed underground and the ground restored to its original condition thereafter.

 

Disposal of Foul Sewage

 

6. No development shall take place until a scheme for the disposal of foul sewage to a package treatment plant has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Authority. Thereafter, the package treatment plant shall be installed in complete accordance with the approved plans prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted.

 

Parking and Access

7. No development shall take place until a specification or sample of the material to be used for the surfacing of the drive, parking and manoeuvring areas has been submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority.

 

8. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted, the access, parking and turning areas shall be completed in accordance with the specifications approved under Condition 7 (above).

 

Residential Curtilage

 

9. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby permitted, the curtilage of the converted barn shall be defined with a drystone wall along the boundaries of the proposed garden shown on Drawing No.1503-06 Revision B. The drystone wall shall be constructed in locally obtained natural stone, to a height of 1.2m - 1.5m, coursed and pointed to match the stonework of the existing boundary walls.

 

External Lighting

 

10. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the National Park Authority, there shall be no external lighting and the converted building and associated curtilage shall not be provided with any other external source of illumination at any time during the lifetime of the development hereby approved.

 

Design Details and Architectural Specifications

 

11. Prior to the installation of any new windows, full details of their precise design, including any glazing bar detail, recess from the external face of the wall and external finish, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved specification and shall be permanently so maintained.

 

12. Prior to the installation of any new doors, full details of their precise design

including external finish and recess from the external face of the wall, shall be

submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. The

development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved

details and shall be permanently so maintained.

 

13. Prior to the installation of any external flue pipe for a wood burner or any other heating appliance, full details of its precise design including its size, location and external finish shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the National Park Authority. The development shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved details and shall be permanently so maintained.

 

14. All pipework, other than rainwater goods but including soil vent pipes and

drainage pipes, shall be completely internal within the building.

 

15. The rainwater goods shall be cast metal, painted black. The gutters shall be fixed directly to the stonework with brackets and without the use of fascia boards. There shall be no projecting or exposed rafters.

 

16. The roof verges shall be flush cement pointed, with no barge boards or projecting timberwork.

Permitted Development Rights

 

17. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General

Permitted Development Order 1995 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that

Order) no alterations to the external appearance of the converted building shall be carried out and no extensions, porches, sheds, or ancillary outbuildings shall be erected on the site without the National Park Authority's prior written consent.

 

18.  Footnote regarding bats.