Listed building application for conversion of barn to form additional living accommodation, erection of link extension, garage and boundary wall, installation and removal of windows, doors, replacement roof and package treatment plant, lowering of ground floor and removal of agricultural shed.

Conversion of barn to form additional living accommodation, erection of link extension, garage and boundary wall, installation and removal of windows, doors, replacement roof and package treatment plant, lowering of ground floor and removal of agricultural shed.

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.

Conversion of existing attached garage into additional living accommodation including erection of single storey extension to front, first floor extension to side, single storey extension to rear, installation of hardstanding to front and rear, demolition of existing shed and alterations to boundary treatments to front and side including installation of two gates

Amendments to the northern boundary to create better access, alterations to windows and roof light, minor changes to landscape design and waterproofing of dwelling (Application under Section 73 to vary condition no. 2 (Approved plans), remove condition No. 3. Large scale details of windows, eaves, verges and ridges and variation of condition no. 4. Drainage: as imposed by planning permission 20/04625/FUL - Demolition of timber shed, removal of existing timber fence to the northern boundary to provide access to the site, erection of a dwellinghouse with detached garage/workshop, provision of off-street car parking accommodation and associated landscaping works

Demolition of timber shed, removal of existing timber fence to the northern boundary to provide access to the site, erection of a dwellinghouse with detached garage/workshop, provision of off-street car parking accommodation and associated landscaping works