Council Report

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