Extension 1. The application is for a renewal of an identical application that was approved in 2016. 2. The site currently accommodates a small house and two sheds. It is bounded by residential property on two sides, a paddock to the rear and is on the residential fringe of Westleton. The prevailing scale in the neighbourhood is varied with traditional one and two storey dwellings with one much larger property next door. 3. The existing house is to be extended to provide a single storey garage and an additional bedroom and ground floor bathroom to make the accommodation more modern and flexible. 4. The proposed dwelling will have no openings onto neighbouring properties and is screened by hedges and fences with the principal trees and boundary hedging and fencing being retained. 5. Highway access, bin and oil storage will be unchanged. 6. The exception is to increase the height of the existing perimeter willow fence to up to 3 meters (to graduate up after a minimum of 4 meters from the roadway) along the boundary between the cottage and the new building next door to improve privacy for both buildings following the new build increasing the land elevation in their back garden and increased scale of overlooking windows. 7. External materials are limited to brick and tiling compatible with local styles. 8. No biodiversity issues are presented by the proposals. 9. The site has been checked for contamination in 2017 and 2019 with no issues being found. 10. The site is not within a Conservation Area and the building is not listed.

Construction of a stand-alone shed for the purpose of timber drying and storage of timber, kayaks and garden equipment. The shed is rectangular in plan, 8.0 m by 3.0 m, with a pitched roof, overall height 2.97 m. In the interests of sustainability and economy, it will reuse the roof tiles and A-frames from an old garage elsewhere on the site, due for demolition. The roof is supported on timber columns. The timber columns and timber edging to the roof are painted black. The proposal includes continuing an 800 mm high earth bank along the boundary with the road, topped with a hedge.

1no. Conifer (T1 on plan) - Fell 1no. Oak (T2 on plan) - Remove large lateral branch over shed roof to boundary line.

In the rear grounds:1/erect a new wooden 9x1.5m (lxh) fence and a 2x1m (lxh) extension to an existing picket fence close off an area to assist with child safeguarding.2/ to provide more outdoor storage for church equipment. Add two sheds, 3x3x1.75m and 2.75x2x1.75m (wxdxh). DC/15/3361/FUL and DC/16/1077/AME previously granted permission for outdoor storage and an artificial turf area with associated fencing and hedging in the rear grounds. Note the area stated of 270 square meters in the application is the area of the affected portion of the rear grounds. Permission is required because the grounds lie within a conservation area and form part of a curtilage of a grade 2 listed building (listing is subject to ecclesiastical exemption and is the remit of the trustees). The long fence will provide a physical barrier to people from the street casually entering the rear grounds when we have children outside. It will prevent children straying into the front areas of the grounds where they have easy access to Quay Street. The short picket fence extension will complete the enclosure. Children are on our site from our community parent and child toddler groups and our church services/youth events. The long fence will extend from the rear of the church building to the holly hedging (see#1). It will be mostly hidden from Quay Street and it will be obscured from Crown Place Maltings residents by the 3m high holly hedge. The fence would be of a wooden construction, of a horizontal lattice type (see #2) with a gate on the existing path. The additional storage would be adjacent to the church car park. It will replace the existing compost areas with enclosed storage and add an additional shed next to the existing bike rack. These will be of metal construction and to 1.75m high consistent with the existing shed. Whilst the boundary wall is 1.2m high on our grounds side, there are existing shrubs behind the compost area up to 2m high and these will remain.

Rear garden 1 x young Cork Willow - Fell to ground level Reason: very close to boundary fence and neighbours outbuildings and shed

TPO 178 - Woodland behind South Pork owned by Pine Trees Park Drive Beccles T1- Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) - Pollard to approximately 15ft to appropriate growth points. T2- Sweet Chestnut (Sativa Castanea) - Pollard to approx. 20ft to appropriate growth points. Reason: These two trees are growing from within Mr stringer's property and overhanging the boundary of both Southpork and its neighbouring property Mile End casting excessive shade over the two gardens. The sweet chestnut has shed a large limb in recent winds so residents are concerned for safety of overhanging limbs. Mr Stringer has been contacted regarding the trees and has provided written consent for the work to be undertaken.