Planning decisions by Peterborough City Council

Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committee held their online meeting this week (Tuesday, Sept 1).
Here is a summary of the three decisions from applications made:

21 The Village, Orton Longueville Peterborough.

Proposal: Permission is sought for the for the construction of one detached dwelling house and one detached garage.

The application site comprises of the existing garden land that serves 21 The Village. There is a nearby property at 21a The Village which is accessed via a shared access drive onto The Village. The surrounding area is predominantly residential in use and character, with the Orton Longueville Conservation Area encroaching into the northern portions of the application site where the access drive meets the public highway at The Village.

Proposal Permission is now being sought for the erection of a detached dwelling and detached garage to be located within the side garden of the existing dwelling at 21 The Village. 
Amendments have been sought from the original plans submitted following officer’s concerns that the proposal would have caused unacceptable harm to the amenity of adjacent neighbours at 21a The Village, to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding Orton Longueville Conservation Area. These revised plans have been consulted upon with adjacent neighbours and statutory consultees.

Outline permission was granted in 2017 for ‘Detached dwelling and adaptions to drives to 21 and 21a The Village to create shared access’ (determined 1 September 2017).  This permission expires on 1 September 2020.

The Executive Director of Place and Economy recommended that Planning Permission is granted subject to conditions that have to be met:

Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committe decision: GRANTED (unanimous)

Cedar House, Sommer Close, Thorney.
Proposal: Building contractors’ yard and building.
The application site is part of an agricultural field that lies adjacent to Cedar House, the applicant’s residential property. The plot of land is accessed from the end of Sommer Close, a private roadway which currently serves residential properties, those being to the West adjacent to Cedar House. Cedar House lies immediately to the West of the field which is subject to this application. Immediately to the North of the site lies the A47 trunk road and to th

East and South lie agricultural fields. Despite the existence of the small number of residential properties that lie to the west of the site, the application site lies in an area of predominantly undeveloped open countryside

The application seeks for permission to materially change the use of an area of agricultural land to a building contractor’s yard and the change of use of some of the land to be used as an extended garden in connection with Cedar House. 

The previous, identical planning application was withdrawn by the applicant before determination under delegated powers.
Local Residents/Interested Parties Initial consultations: 5 
Total number of responses: 2 
Total number of objections: 1 
Total number in support: 2
The Executive Director of Place and Economy recommended that Planning Permission was refused for the following reasons:

The proposed use of the agricultural land for a building contractor’s yard, along with the construction of a building and the associated open storage of building materials, plant, machinery and commercial vehicle parking would represent an unwarranted and unjustified intrusion into the open countryside in a highly visible and exposed location. The proposed use and development have not been demonstrated as being essential to warrant such an intrusion.

The proposed extension of the garden land associated with Cedar House represents an unjustified erosion of the agricultural land for residential purposes and is considered to undermine the historic compact working nature of the site.

The proposal would introduce an unjustified commercial use into the open countryside.

Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committee

Decision: REFUSED (by majority)

1 Rectory Lane, Glinton, Peterborough.

Erection of a single storey detached double garage with attached covered walkway, first floor extension and single storey rear extension with conversion of existing garage
The application site is a mid to late 20th century chalet bungalow style dwelling located on Rectory Lane off High Street and is within the Glinton Conservation Area. The application site is one of four similar design chalet bungalows found in ectory Lane, however, there is a presence of different architectural styles around the application site including The Blue Bell as well as other listed buildings directly opposite the application site. The application site is the first dwelling located on the east side of Rectory Lane and is closest to the High Street giving it a prominent position.

This application seeks the erection of a single storey detached double garage with attached covered walkway, first floor extension and single storey rear extension with conversion of existing garage. Amendments were made to the originally submitted plans in line with the recommendations made by the Council’s Principal Conservation Officer. The Conservation Officer was of the view that the original linear design elongated the application dwelling which is already a linear building as existing. This is especially important due to the close proximity of the host dwelling to the highway and that it is the first dwelling on the east side of Rectory Lane, thus forming a prominent feature in views. Not least it is within the setting of listed buildings opposite and to the north-east (the Bluebell). Given the concerns raised by the Conservation Officer in relation to the scale and dominant elongation of the property within the street scene, revised plans were submitted, which effectively detaches the garage from the house by a short distance and sets it back from the building line, creating some visual separation. It also lowers the roof pitch and introduces a more subservient material for its elevations, above a brick plinth which would match the host dwelling.
Local Residents/Interested Parties Initial consultations: 3 
Total number of responses: 1 (Parish Council)
Total number of objections: 0 
Total number in support: 0
The Executive Director of Place and Economy recommended that the Amendment to an existing Planning Permission was GRANTED subject to conditions.
Peterborough City Council Planning and Environmental Protection Committee
Decision: GRANTED (Unanimous)