The Agenda for the planning meeting of 11th March has just been published and I thought I would share with you an excerpt from that
document regarding the planning application for the Social Club.
There's a lot to read and you can view the full document here:-
Planning meeting agenda and documents 11th March 2013
Recommendation
That planning permission be REFUSED
for the following reasons:
i) The proposal would lead to moderate
harm to local heritage assets – namely
the loss of views of the rear
elevations of the Coventry Road frontages within
the Conservation Area and the impact
on the setting of an adjoining Grade 2
Listed Building. It is not considered
that there are public benefits to the
community arising from this proposal
that outweigh this harm – it is not for an
affordable home and it is not
essential to the provision of housing in the
settlement. As such the proposal does
not accord with saved policies ENV15
and ENV16 of the North Warwickshire
Local Plan 2006 and the requirements
of the National Planning Policy
Framework 2012.
ii) The proposal would have a material
impact on the residential amenity that
occupiers of neighbouring occupiers
might reasonably be expected to enjoy
as well as those of the future
occupiers of the house. The proposal would
have a significant visual and
prominent impact on Alpha House as well as
reducing light due to its size, its
location and its proximity bearing in mind the
small rear garden of that property and
its lower ground levels. The proposal
would also directly overlook the rear
garden of Church Heights due to its size
and proximity to that property. The
proposed rear garden to the property is
small and would be in shade for much
of the day. As such this harm would
not accord with the requirements of
saved policy ENV11 of the North
Warwickshire Local Plan 2006 and the
requirements of the National Planning
Policy Framework 2012.
I'll post any new information here as and when we have it to hand.
Wendy
