Full application for the use of garage building as a standalone residential property, retention of external cladding, easterly facing window, roof lights and boundary fencing (part retrospective)

Non-material amendment to planning permission CA/18/00868/FUL for the hybrid planning application comprising: detailed/full application for development of 456 residential dwellings comprising 402 houses and 54 flats, with associated open space, landscaping, car parking, access and other infrastructure (following demolition of 52 Shalloak Road, existing agricultural buildings and structures); and outline application (with all matters reserved) for development of a commercial area with up to 212sqm of Class A1 and up to 593sqm of Class B1 use; to allow fences to plots 336-338, footprint to flat blocks 348-395 and 366-377 updated, removal of screen wall to flat parking court entrances, materials to include product names and housing types amended from Dewhurst to Nuthurst, change of roof tile spec to monbond mini stonewold, closeboard fences to panel fencing and curved screen walls to chamfer, boundary treatments to show screenwalls to closeboard fence plots 28, 31, 75, 79, 103-108, 109-115, 165, 167 and 172, hardstanding added to plots 188 and 194, block paving to plots 408 and 412 extended, road surfaces and raised tables updated, plot 178 garage relocated, plots 162 and 163 compliance M4(2) removed and 71 and 269 M4(2) compliance added and parking, plots 150-151 and 155-156 carports combined, plot 150 relocated to north, Fairway plots 67-67,216-217,242-243 and 258-259 handed, driveway surface reduced to plots 25,179,194,203-204,233,309-312,326-327,330 and 335, grass verge added opposite 221-225, Layton type; roof construction, rainwater pipes, standardise tile hanging to Earleswood and Hereford and rainwater pipes revised, flat blocks; side doors omitted, window depth reduced to bathrooms, full brick cills indicated, inclusion of lift shaft, Barratt type; 73 fogs revised ground floor layouts, lutterworth front entrance canopy enlarged, Chester stone sills omitted and replaced with brick, updated carports to plots 155-156 and 4 bay carport omitted.

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.

Variation of condition 1 of planning permission DC/20/1647 (Variation of Condition 1 of previously approved application DC/19/1511 (Change of use from Orthodontic Practice (Use Class D1) to residential use (Use Class C3). Erection of a single storey rear extension, minor fenestration alterations to existing building and erection of a detached garage building. Erection of timber fencing and gates to west boundary with associated hard and soft landscaping works) Relating to the floor, roof and elevations plan). Amendments to roof form of single-storey rear extension.

To discharge Conditions 3 (Materials) & 4 (Windows, Rooflights & External Doors) of decision dated 2 January 2020 for Conversion of existing barn to residential unit including demolition of rear lean-to, new vehicular access, new garage with room in the roof, new garden boundary walls and fences

To discharge Conditions 3 (Materials) & 4 (Windows, Rooflights & External Doors) of decision dated 3 January 2020 for Conversion of existing Barn to residential unit including demolition of rear lean-to, new vehicular access, new garage with room in the roof, new garden boundary walls and fences

Variation of Condition 1 of previously approved application DC/19/1511 (Change of use from Orthodontic Practice (Use Class D1) to residential use (Use Class C3). Erection of a single storey rear extension, minor fenestration alterations to existing building and erection of a detached garage building. Erection of timber fencing and gates to west boundary with associated hard and soft landscaping works) Relating to the floor, roof and elevations plan.

Internal and external alterations including: Removal of later dilapidated single storey extension to South East corner; removal of modern conservatory; removal of most modern casement type windows to be replaced with new sash windows; adjustment of existing opening between house and conservatory (to be removed); adjustment in shape of pitched roof to Southern range; formation of internal door opening between existing kitchen and existing entrance hallway; removal of internal walls forming existing cloakroom/wc; removal of internal wall between two existing bedrooms; new build extension to listed Fort House; new build residential ancillary block containing leisure and home working facilities and guest suite; new build garage; removal of two existing garages/large sheds; removal of a tennis court and surrounding fence; general landscaping works; conservation repairs to Water Tower, boundary wall and store/old Gaol; new external steps and glazed enclosure to mid level of Water tower to provide interpretation facilities for the historic Battery and Fort Site

Listed Building Consent: Internal and external alterations including: Removal of later dilapidated single storey extension to South East corner; removal of modern conservatory; removal of most modern casement type windows to be replaced with new sash windows; adjustment of existing opening between house and conservatory (to be removed); adjustment in shape of pitched roof to Southern range; formation of internal door opening between existing kitchen and existing entrance hallway; removal of internal walls forming existing cloakroom/wc; removal of internal wall between two existing bedrooms; new build extension to listed Fort House; new build residential ancillary block containing leisure and home working facilities and guest suite; new build garage; removal of two existing garages/large sheds; removal of a tennis court and surrounding fence; general landscaping works; conservation repairs to Water Tower, boundary wall and store/old Gaol; new external steps and glazed enclosure to mid level of Water tower to provide interpretation facilities for the historic Battery and Fort Site