Parking concerns over bungalow plan in neglected Peterborough garden

Applicant, Peter Brett, withdrew his previous plans to build two semi-detached homes at the site near to numbers 2 and 4 Wainwright in Werrington.

Instead, he is now looking to construct a one-bedroom bungalow with a lounge, dining and kitchen open area, bathroom and study.

The proposed site is described in planning documents as “unused, overgrown and with discarded varied materials lying around”.

Werrington Neighbourhood Council said it would support the new plans if its concerns around parking were resolved.

A statement from the neighbourhood council reads: “We are pleased to see that following the withdrawal of the previous high-density application the new application takes in the comments made by the various parties and addresses the previous impact on the neighbours.

“Our only remaining concern is the provision of parking, although we are still unclear as to why this redundant area has been created when in the rest of the area these have formed open buffer zones between the dwellings and improved the open aspects.

“In regard to the parking provision while an explanation has been given in the access statement that No 3 Wainwright has retained its own parking space adjacent to the property, the remaining spaces indicated 1,2,4 and 5 serve the respective properties.

“The space indicated for the new development within the existing would be designated for visitor use under the Local Plan guidelines and therefore provision of an additional parking space needs to be addressed.”

Responding to the parking concerns, Mr Brett claimed that he owned the existing parking bay proposed for the bungalow and noted it was within a private car park.

He said: "We're looking for planning for the bungalow on the two bits of land which was number 1 and 3's garden originally, but we don't need planning for parking, we've already got the parking.

"We just want to prove that a piece of land that was scrapped could be turned into something that could be useful and good for somebody."

The refreshed plans were submitted by Mr Brett on July 23 and will be decided on by city council planners at a later date.