95 11/4341M - Former Beech Lawn and Woodridge, Brook Lane, Alderley Edge, SK9 7QG: Amended Scheme for Erection of 20 Apartments in Two, Three Storey Buildings for P E Jones (Contractors) Limited
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To consider the above
planning application
Minutes:
Prior to consideration of the following item, the meeting was
adjourned for 5 minutes for clarification from the Planning
Solicitor on declarations of interests.
Having declared a personal and prejudicial interest in this
application, Councillors Keegan, Hoyland, Stockton and Brown withdrew from the
meeting during consideration of this item.
Ms K Phillips (on
behalf of the agent) attended the meeting and addressed the
committee on this matter).
The Committee
considered a report regarding the above planning
application.
RESOLVED
That for the reasons set out in the report and
detailed by the Officer at the meeting, the application be REFUSED
for the following reasons:
- The proposal would by reason of
scale, form, mass and bulk result in a cramped and intrusive form
of development out of keeping with the character of the area within
which the development would be sited. The proposed development
fails to achieve an adequate quality of design to justify approval
of planning permission. In reaching this conclusion regard was had
to the scale, mass and bulk of the buildings, their proximity to
one another and the amount of building and hardstanding coverage within the site in the
context of the character of the surrounding area. It is therefore
concluded that the proposal would detract from the character and
appearance of the area, within which the site is located and be
contrary to development plan and national planning policies which
seek to promote high quality and inclusive design. It would therefore be contrary to policies DC1 and
BE1 of the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan 2004 and national
planning policy PPS1.
- The proposed development, by virtue
of its size, design and position of the front block relative to
adjoining property at Highfield House, would be unduly dominant
when viewed from that adjoining property, causing an unacceptable
loss of outlook and increased sense of enclosure to the detriment
of the residential amenities of the occupiers of Highfield House. In
addition the relationship of habitable room facing windows and
neighbours habitable rooms/ balcony space between the two proposed
blocks is substandard. The approval of the development would
therefore be contrary to policies H12, DC3 and DC38 in the Macclesfield Borough Local Plan and
cause harm to the objectives of those policies.
Prior to consideration of the following items, Councillors
Hoyland, Stockton, Brown and Keegan
returned to the meeting.