Agenda item - BH2017/03884,Rear Of 74 And 76 Greenways,Brighton - Full Planning

Erection of 2no four bedroom detached dwellings with associated landscaping and new access. Creation of new vehicle crossover to 74 Greenways.

RECOMMENDATION – GRANT

Ward Affected: Rottingdean Coastal

Erection of 2no four bedroom detached dwellings with associated landscaping and new access. Creation of new vehicle crossover to 74 Greenways.

Officer Introduction

(1)       The Principal Planning Officer, Jonathan Puplett, introduced the application and gave a presentation by reference to plans, elevational drawings, photographs and floor plans.

(2)       The main considerations material to this application were the principle of development on the site, the impact of the proposed dwelling on the character and appearance of the street, the impact on the amenities of adjacent occupiers, the standard of accommodation to be provided, sustainability, ecology and traffic issues.

(3)       The principle of four dwellings on the site had been established in 2014 when application BH2013/04327 had been granted permission to redevelop the whole site. Two subsequent applications had been refused as they were considered to be overdevelopments of the site (BH2017/01199 and BH201605006). The current scheme was scaled back and had a similar footprint to the originally granted scheme.

Questions to the Planning Officer

(4)       In response to Councillor Bennett, the Planning Officer stated that permitted development rights were to be removed by condition.

(5)       In response to Councillor Miller, the Planning Officer confirmed that the proposed materials were to be agreed under a condition.

            Debate and decision making process

(6)       Councillor Theobald stated that she was not in favour of backland developments such as the one proposed and felt that they had a significant negative impact on surrounding properties.

(7)       Councillor Gilbey stated that the proposal fitted in with other backland development in the area..

(8)       Councillor Inkpin-Leissner stated that he felt in the light of the extant permission that it would be difficult to justify refusing the application.

(9)       A vote was taken and by a vote of 10 For and 1 Against with no abstentions planning permission was granted.

133.4  RESOLVED - That the Committee has taken into consideration and agrees with the reasons for the recommendation set out in the report and resolves to GRANT planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives and for the reasons set out in the report.

Note: Councillor Mac Cafferty was not present for the debate and vote on the application.