Non material amendment to application 21/P/1220/RM (reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 425 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), 300 sq m commercial floorspace (Use Class E), along with associated open space and landscaping, including discharge of conditions 3 (Reserved Matters), 11 (access for rhyne/watercourse maintenance), 13 (foul water disposal), 14 and 15 (hard and soft landscaping), 16 (landscape management plan), 17 (tree protection fencing), 20 (detailed highways plans), 23 (landscape ecological management plan), 24 (dark vegetated corridor), 25 (ecological constraints plan), 30 (energy strategy), 31 (finished levels), 32 and 33 (materials samples), 34 (boundary enclosures) and 35 (service equipment) associated to outline planning permission (ref. 16/P/2758/RG4 amended by 20/P/0692/NMA)) to allow for revision of house type plans and elevations affecting 4x housetypes.

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.

Demolition of buildings and erection of 13 dwellings along with parking and landscaping. Amended plans received 21/2/2022 showing retention of trees 6, 15,21, 23 and 25, re-positioning of plot 9, amendments to boundary of plots 1-3, changes to internal layout of plots,relocation of home office to plot 7, amended fence line, removal of shared footpath to secondary road as well as submission of addendum to Transport Statement, updated Road Safety Audit and landscape masterplan.