March Planning Meeting

The date for the NWBC March planning meeting is Monday 11th March, so we will keep you updated accordingly.

Update

I have today received and email from Jeff Brown regarding visiting Alpha House to assess the impact of the proposed building on the premises.  In that email he states that:-

"The application for the new dwelling at the Social Club is likely to be referred to the March meeting of the Council’s Planning and Development Board"

We will let you know when there is any further information.

Wendy 

Planning Objection

Today is the last day for objections - please don't forget.

Follow the link to see how you can send in your objection - or indeed your support if you have any.

How to send your objection


If you want help, what I have submitted is shown below.

Revised Planning Application Ref: PAP/2012/0394

I am writing to object to the planning application above.

The revised drawings submitted do show some changes in design, however my objections raised in my original letter of 24^th August 2012 have not been addressed.

The particular points I would like to reiterate are:-

1. The proposed building obscures the view of two listed buildings (Grade 2 and Grade 2*), particularly Alpha House.

2. The proposed building is not “affordable housing” it is a speculative development for which there is little or no demand. There were 15 one, two or three bedroom properties for sale in Fillongley as at 7^th February 2013 (Zoopla.co.uk). Furthermore there is no need for further affordable housing in Fillongley when the Council is already able to house even single, working, men.

3. The proposed building does not respect its surroundings, the surrounding buildings are not predominantly timber clad and certainly not in dark grey.

4.  The proposed development would deprive Alpha House of light during the afternoon and evening as with the slope of Ousterne Lane  it would stand some 6.7 metres  higher than the ground level at the back of Alpha House to the west side of the building.

The proposed building would be denied any light at all in its miniscule garden as it is surrounded by walls at least 2 meters high on all sides and is north facing.

The proposed building would not have any natural light from noon onwards as there are no windows to the west of the building.

5. The proposed development means that the Steward’s vehicle and those of his/her family will no longer be in view of the occupants and will therefore be vulnerable to theft.

Reference to the actually planning policies can be found in my original letter to yourselves of 24^th August 2012.

My other comments raised in that letter have also not been addressed and I would ask that you take my original letter in consideration of my current objection.

Please would you acknowledge receipt of my objection.

Objections

Here is a copy of the letter that Iain has submitted - obviously it refers to his original letter so you may wish to amend it to suit yourself.  Mine will be much more long-winded but will be posted here today.

"Dear Mr. Brown,

Re.: Planning Application reference PAP/2012/0394, Fillongley Social Club.

I am writing to object to the above amended application.

Whilst the roof line of the new proposed building has been slightly lowered it still does nothing to address the issues I raised in my last letter dated 21^st August 2012

The drawings of the new proposed building show significant areas of wood cladding on three of the elevations which is not in keeping with properties in the area. Bizarrely it is also indicated that these would be painted “dark grey to match timber of the adjacent listed building”, there are no areas of  Alpha House painted dark grey let alone any significant areas of wood panelling.

In brief the objections that I raised on the 21^st August 2012 still apply.

Yours sincerely,"

Hope that helps you all.

Come back here later today for a reminder of where to send your objection.

Revised Planning Application

Hi all you interested people out there.

Fillongley Social Club have submitted revised plans for the property they propose to have built on the land at the bottom of their car park.

You can find all the new files attached to their original application - look for the ones dated 24th January 2013 - this link is to the right of this posting.

However in summary, all they have done is to revise the format of the house - which is now called "A Cottage" and submit the plans for the house.  There is nothing about how this addresses any of the issues raised.  We will of course be looking at this in detail and will be posting on here.

However, here's a couple of drawings to whet your appetite, particularly about the view when approaching Fillongley via Ousterne Lane.

New Planning picture submitted.

What it looks like when filled in:-

Does this really look different from the original plan when filled in?

Have they really made that many changes?

Here's also the picture of what they propose it will look like from Ousterne Lane - even though that is actually from Bournebrook Close

Come back here for more updates

Decision Pending

Just a quick update - not much to report.

I have received an email from NWBC saying:-

"We are still waiting to hear from the applicant as he has now requested time to re-consider his whole proposal. I understand how frustrating this is but we do normally allow an applicant time to consider the principle of his application.

"We will let you know what happens, but I’m not expecting any news soon."

So, no definite news for the new year, but I'll post again if I hear anything.

Cheers

Wendy

Decision Pending

I'm checking the planning website frequently and just to let you know that as of today's date the status is:- DECISION PENDING I'll update this blog again when there is anything new to report.