Retrospective Application - Construction of a 12x7 timber shed to house motorcycle

Proposed removal of dilapidated shed and replaced with extension to family home.

The proposal comprises the reconfiguration and extension of the existing studio room and internally connecting it to the main house, the addition of a new playroom space to the front of the house at lower ground floor level and the extension of the dining room also to the front at upper ground level. The proposal also includes the replacement of the existing external shed to the rear of the property for a new external bike storage.

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.

Change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage. Part demolition of existing house and erection of two storey extension. Erection of cart shed double garage.

Construction of a black feather edge timber finish building to match house finish - a single garage and carport with workshop/shed beside, including demolition of existing garage, construction of garden room extension and clad existing old part of bungalow

Discharge of Condition Nos. 4 and 8 of DC/21/5487/FUL - Repairs, alterations and improvements to existing cottage, erection of brickwork garden wall and new summer house and shed - precise details of the foundations and specification of brick to new garden wall; coping and buttress details and details of the new gate

Discharge of Condition Nos. 4 of DC/21/5488/LBC - Repairs, alterations and improvements to existing cottage, erection of brickwork garden wall and new summer house and shed -

Demolition of existing garage and potting shed. Construction of proposed garage, bike store, garden store and green house. Alterations to section of existing garden wall.

Demolition of existing rear, single storey buildings originally built for the earlier use as a care home. These are in poor condition , badly insulated and leaking. The aim is to provide a larger garden area for the present use as a family home, bring more light into the habitable rooms and better access to the garden and better heat retention. Part of the extension to be retained and converted to a bike shed.