Erection of 4 dwellinghouses and accesses with associated landscaping and parking.

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on the above application.  Attached to the report at Appendix A was the report on the application submitted to the meeting held on 26 June 2019, at which consideration of the application had been deferred for a site visit.  An update report was tabled at the meeting which amended the proposed date for completion of a s106 legal agreement, and set out comments from the Council’s Conservation and Heritage Consultant on the most up-to-date plans with an amended condition.

Comments and objections were received and considered.

Objectors David Cooper, Anoushka Henderson and Mike Thomas, the agent Andy Meader, and Ward Councillors Tony Jones and Jamie Whitham, attended the meeting and addressed the Committee on this application.

Resolved -

          (1)      That the application be refused;

(2)      That the Head of Planning, Transport and Regulatory Services be authorised, in consultation with Ward Councillors and the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee, to finalise the reasons for refusal, to incorporate the following issues raised by the Committee: the impact on the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and setting of Listed Buildings through the loss of the brick garden boundary walls and open garden space between the buildings, and the lack of affordable housing contribution.