AGENDA
You are summoned to attend a Meeting of the Planning Committee to be held on
19 October 2020 at 7.30pm Via Zoom – Meeting Link:- https://zoom.us/j/99565827209?pwd=aTVLaVIvK3ZKOFdtaE85M1RjZ3NiUT09
Meeting ID:- 995 6582 7209 Password:- 506938
Julie Simmonds
Clerk
14 October 2020
029/PL/20 Items by Members of Public Present.
The meeting is open to the public and press and the first 15 minutes will be reserved, if required, for public comment.
030/PL/20 Apologies for Absence
031/PL/20 Declarations of Interest
Members to declare any personal interest in any item of business as defined in the Code of Conduct 2007. If that interest is a prejudicial interest as defined in the Code, the member should withdraw from the meeting for that item.
032/PL/20 Minutes
Approval of the Minutes of the Planning Meeting held on 21 September 2020 (previously circulated)
033/PL/20 Planning Applications
(i) To approve delegated decisions submitted for Planning Applications for which the response date was prior to this Committee Meeting. See Appendix 1.
(ii)To consider and formulate a response to new Planning Applications received. See Appendix 2. Plus amended plans for information only.
034/PL/20 Planning Decisions, Enforcements and Appeals.
District Decisions made since the last Planning Committee Meeting. See Appendix 3.
035/PL/20 Outstanding Enforcements See Appendix 4.
036/PL/20 Correspondence.
Buckinghamshire Council – Call in Process Update for Towns and Parishes – Circulated.
037/PL/20 Exclusion of the Press & Public
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 To resolve to exclude the press and public from the following business because publicity would prejudice the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business. Part two items:- To discuss any possible unlawful buildings or business’s which have not been granted enforcement notices and therefore are not public.
Next meeting date: 16 November 2020
APPENDIX 1
DELEGATED DECISIONS
APPENDIX 2
NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
PL/20/2007/HB The Clock House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PE
Listed building consent for: Repair of ground floor timber beam
PL/20/1620/FA 30 Penn Meadow, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EB
Subdivision of plot, erection of detached dwelling served by existing vehicular access and formation of a new access to serve the existing dwelling.
Design and Siting of dwelling amended, submission of tree survey details.
Pl/20/2902/FA Somerville, Duffield Park, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4HY
Single storey rear extension and garage conversion.
PL/20/2631/EU Macs Farm, Farthing Green Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4JQ
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing ancillary outbuilding to a dwelling house (Amended Plans)
Comments were required by 11/10/20
PL/20/2836/FA Luxters, West End Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4ND
Alterations to the front elevation and attached garage including raiding of roof heigh, single storey front infill extension, replacement porch.
PL/20/3005/KA East Lodge, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PG
T1 – Davidia involucrate – reduce crown by 1 meter (conservation areas Stoke Park)
PL/20/2595/FA 35 Penn Meadow, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EB
Erection of 2 bedroom bungalow with vehicular access.
PPL/20/2710/FA 14 Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LD
Two storey rear infill extension with alterations to roof, doors and windows including addition of rear dormer and front rooflight.
PL/20/3054/FA Stoke Park Ltd, Stoke Park House, Stoke Poges, Bucks
Construction of Security Gatehouse, entrance gates, re-aligned driveway and estate fencing.
PL/20/3140/TP 29 Freemans Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4ER
T1 Oak, Crown reduce by a third or 2-5 meters (SBDC TPO 12 of 2003)
PL/20/3069/FA 11 Penn Meadow, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EB
Part two storey/part first floor side extension, first floor rear extension, front porch, changes to doors and windows, demolition of garage and removal of chimney.
PL/20/2985/FA Khalsa Secondary Acadamy, Pioneer House, Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges SL2 4QB
New pedestrian access into and out of the Academy grounds which is compatible with Disability legislation. The proposed scheme widens, straightens and levels this path and extends it through to the cark park up to the Academy building entrance. The works also include changes to the existing railings and gates needed to accommodate the upgraded path.
AMENDED PLANS FOR INFORMATION
APPENDIX 3
PLANNING DECISIONS
PL/20/2014/FA Rosslyn House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PE
Single storey rear and double storey side extension and first floor side dormer.
Parish Comments:- No Objection subject to the Green Belt 50% rule
WITHDRAWN
PL/20/2540/KA Manor House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PG
T1 – Tilia Cordata, crown reduction by 30%. T2 – Tilia Cordata, crown pollard 50%. (SB Stoke Park Conservation Area).
Parish Comments:- No Objection subject to the Tree Officer report.
No TPO Required
PL/20/2120/FA 18 Penn Meadow, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EB
Single storey side extension and changes to windows and doors.
Parish Comments:- No Comment
Hereby Permits
PL/20/2309/RM Singh Sabha Sports Ground, Stoke Poges Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks
Installation of a 17.5m monopole supporting 6 antennas and 2 300mm dishes, the installation of 2 cabinets and 1 meter cabinet and ancillary development.
Parish Comments:- Object, the proposed telecom mast would be cited in a prominent location visible within the open countryside in a sensitive Green Belt location. The Height and bulk form would be highly visible when viewed from the surrounding area appearing visibly intrusive, it also forms an intrusion of the skyline particularly from the new Country Park and will adversely affect the appearance of this area. Policies GB1, EP3, EP18 and section 15 of the NPPF apply.
Refused
PL/20/2207/FA 25 Penn Meadow, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EB
Part single/part two storey side extension, single storey front extension, porch canopy/garage conversion and widening of existing vehicular access.
Parish Comments:- No Comment
Herby Permits
PL/20/0216/OA Spring Cottage, Stoke Wood, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4AU
Outline planning permission for construction of two detached dwellings (all matters reserved).
Parish Comments:- Object, policy GB1 and GB11 apply as well as NPPF Clause 144 & 145. This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Greenbelt, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, which, cumulatively, would seriously prejudice the openness of the Greenbelt and the aims and objectives of Greenbelt policy. This proposal would, by virtue of the resultant size and scale of the buildings when considered in relation to the original buildings and its potential intrusive impact upon its setting in the landscape, contribute to the erosion of the Green Belt which, individually and when considered in the context of an accumulation of similar proposals, would detrimentally affect the aims and objectives of the Green Belt. As such, the proposal is contrary to policies GB1 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999) which seek to ensure that extensions to dwellings within the Green Belt are, inter alia, of a small scale in relation to the size of the original dwelling, and to section 9 of the NPPF (Protecting Green Belt Land).
The application site is located within the Metropolitan Green Belt wherein there is a general presumption against inappropriate development except in very special circumstances. The proposed conversion of the existing residential out building, into a self-contained dwelling house, and use of the surrounding land as a separate residential curtilage would cause harm to the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it by virtue of the increase in the density of housing, and the associated siting of domestic paraphernalia, permanent boundary treatments, curtilage buildings, and an increase in the intensity at which the site would be used, including vehicular movements within the Green Belt, which by definition is harmful. No very special circumstances have been advanced sufficient to warrant an exception to the normal operation of Green Belt policy. As such the proposal is contrary to policies GB1 and GB2 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999) and section 13 (protecting Green Belt Land) of the NPPF.
We do not accept the argument set out within the planning statement, concerning either limited infilling in villages, nor do we accept the premise that the site is well connected to the village of Stoke Poges. Stoke Wood is not physically a part of the village. The suggestion it is a 30 minute walk from the village centre is an exaggeration for most people.
Hereby Refuses Permission
PL/20/0412/FA The House, Larchmoor Park, Gerrards Cross Road, Stoke Poges, SL2 4EY
Vehicular access to Gerrards Cross Road.
Parish Comments:- Object, policies TR5 (a) & (c) also EP3 (f) all apply.
The development, if permitted, would lead to the creation of a new private access on a section of busy route, in an area that is devoid of such features. The slowing and turning of vehicles associated with the use of the access would lead to conflict and interference with the free flow of traffic on the highway and be detrimental to highway safety.
The dwelling already enjoys a vehicular access and a second access at this point would unnecessarily add to the danger and inconvenience inherent in accesses to the highway.
We believe this is also contrary to GB1 (i) by virtue of the part demolition of an antique brick wall.
Hereby Refuse Permission
PL/20/0656/FA 27 Bunby Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4BS
Single storey side infill extension.
Parish Comments:- Object. The proposed development, by virtue of a combination of its size, scale, massing, style and proximity to the sites flank boundaries, would appear over dominant, obtrusive and out of keeping, as well as appearing as a cramped overdevelopment of the site. As such, it would have an adverse impact on the street scene and the character and visual amenities of the area. Therefore the proposal is contrary to policies H9 and EP3 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999), and policy CP8 of the South Bucks Core Strategy (adopted February 2011), and the NPPF. Furthermore, the proposed development would not reflect the form or height of existing buildings on this designated Formal Suburban Road, to the detriment of its appearance and character and contrary to the content of the South Bucks Townscape Character Study.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/0682/FA 43 Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LE
Retention of front brick boundary wall and brick piers. Proposed hedge behind front wall.
Parish Comments:- Object. Out of keeping. The proposed front boundary wall, if permitted, would result in a visually intrusive road-side feature that would appear prominent in the street scene, the predominant existing roadside features of which are mostly soft vegetative boundaries rather than formal engineered structures. This would have an urbanising impact on the locality and would have a detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the street scene. As such it is considered that this element of the proposal is contrary to policy EP3 of the SBD local plan.
This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Rogers Lane, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, which, cumulatively, would seriously prejudice the openness of the Greenbelt and the aims and objectives of Greenbelt policy.
Rogers Lane should be treated as a Woodland Road in accordance with the South Bucks Townscape Character Study, a wall of this nature does not respect vocabulary of the boundary treatment in such a Woodland Road
Hereby Permits
PL/20/0710/FA – 29 Vine Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4DW
Parish Comments:- No comment.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/0785/FA Calladown, Fir Tree Avenue, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4NN
Part two storey/part single storey read and side extensions, rear balcony and new front porch extension with alterations to fenestration.
Parish Comments:- Object, inappropriate/inadequate design, plain unadorned elevation which is over dominant and fails to harmonise with the existing dwelling. Green Belt so would question the 50% Green Belt Rules.
Hereby Refuse Permission
PL/20/1019/AV – Stoke Park, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2
Erection of 2 externally illuminated brick podium signs.
Parish Comments:- If the Local Authority are minded to approve we are concerned that adding floodlights into a woodland road setting may not be fitting therefore request that that be turned off at a reasonable time.
Hereby Grants Consent.
PL/20/1114/FA West End Cottage, West End Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4NE
Replacement of detached dwelling incorporating attic space with dormers, detached garage and construction of vehicular access. Including the retention of existing garden room
Parish Comments:- No comment subject to all of the previously applied conditions being retained.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1169/FA Grays Mead, park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PA
Installation of 2m high Electric Gates at the front of the property.
Parish Comments:- Object. This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Greenbelt, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, which, cumulatively, would seriously prejudice the openness of the Greenbelt and the aims and objectives of Greenbelt policy.
This is also contrary to the ethos of the South Bucks Townscape Character Study section 3.3 – Woodland Roads.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1261/FA – The Chimes, Chapel Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4QJ
Parish Comments:- Object – Drawings are very hard to read, we believe better drawings should have been submitted for validation. Chapel Lane is a small quiet country lane with a mixed design of smaller houses that are in keeping with a village lane. If this development was permitted it would likely act as a pre curser for future developments which would change the character of this lane. The dormer window is likely to overlook the properties to the northeast. We have have concerns about the 2.0m high garden wall and its effect on the amenity of neighbouring properties. Policy EP3 Applies.
This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Greenbelt, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, which, cumulatively, would seriously prejudice the openness of the Greenbelt and the aims and objectives of Greenbelt policy.
The proposed development, by virtue of a combination of its size, scale, massing, style and proximity to the sites flank boundaries, would appear over dominant, obtrusive and out of keeping, as well as appearing as a cramped overdevelopment of the site. As such, it would have an adverse impact on the street scene and the character and visual amenities of the area. Therefore the proposal is contrary to policies H9 and EP3 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999), and policy CP8 of the South Bucks Core Strategy (adopted February 2011), and the NPPF. Furthermore, the proposed development would not reflect the form or height of existing buildings on this designated Formal Suburban Road, to the detriment of its appearance and character and contrary to the content of the South Bucks Townscape Character Study.
Hereby Refuse Permission
PL/20/1430/FA 7 Journeys End, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4NT
Single storey side extension.
Parish Comments:- No Comment
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1590/FA Stoke Grange, Fir Tree Avenue, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4NN
Subdivision of plot and erection of dwelling house with detached garage.
Parish Comments:- Object, Contrary to GB1
This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Greenbelt, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, which, cumulatively, would seriously prejudice the openness of the Greenbelt and the aims and objectives of Greenbelt policy.
Hereby Refuses Permission
PL/20/1697/FA 46 Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4BX
Single storey side and rear extensions.
Parish Comments:- No comments apart from concerns around reducing parking spaces in the surrounding area.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1727/FA 40 Vine Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, Sl2 4DP
New Vehicular Access and car hard standing to front elevation.
Parish Comments – No Comment
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1741/FA Gateside, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PG
Two storey side and rear extensions, changes to doors and windows including insertion of rear dormer and front and rear rooflights, render to external walls, change of roof covering to slate. (amendment to PP PL/18/2117/FA)
Parish Comments:- No objection subject to the 50% Green Belt rules.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1770/FA 35 Sefton Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LH
35 Sefton Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LH
Parish Comments:- No Comment.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1806/KA 99 Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LP
Trees at T1 & T2 – laurel and hazel – remove. T 3 – conifer – fell. T 4 – laurel- fell. T5 – conifers tip reduce overhang by 1.5m to boundary. T6 – conifer hedge and laurels – remove. (Stoke Poges West End Conservation Area).
Parish Comment:- No objection subject to the tree officer report.
No TPO Required.
PL/20/1894/TP Copperfield House, Stoke Court Drive, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LU
G1 – 2 x Cypress (either end of row of 4) – fell. G2 – 8 x small diameter stemmed mixed species (predominantly Cypress) – fell. T3 – Yew – Crown lift by removing two lowest limbs. T3 – Cypress – fell. (SBDC TPO 2 of 1963)
Parish Comments:- No Objection subject to the tree officers report.
Hereby Grants Consent
PL/20/2016/FA Maple House, School Lane, Stoke Poges, Slough, Bucks, SL2 4QA
Single storey rear extensions and first floor extension above garage.
Parish Comments:- No objection subject to the Green Belt 50% rule.
Hereby Permits
PL/19/4006/FA Carrillon, Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4PX
Erection of detached house and new vehicular access adjacent to existing house.
Parish Comments: – Object EP3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) & (f) and H9 (a), (b), (c), (d) & (e) all apply.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/1160/FA – The Hermitage, West End Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4ND
Demolition of existing building and erection of a new dwelling.
Parish Comments: No Comment
Hereby Permits
PL/20/2517/FA 16 Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4BT
Erection of an Outbuilding/Gym room ancillary to the main dwelling.
Parish Council Comments: No Comment. However, we would ask that you be mindful of local knowledge. We understand that the public sewer runs along the rear of the gardens in this road. In recent years the sewers have had to be reconstructed due to intensification of previous extensions carried out in the road. We would suggest that the Officer contacts Thames Water to obtain details.
Hereby Permits
PL/20/2580/SA Claremont House, Gerrards Cross Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EL
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed: Single Storey rear extension that is the full width of the house including the width of the side extension under approved PP PL/19/0115/FA
Hereby Refuse to Certify – An Application for PP is required.
PL/20/2430/PNE The Poplars, Grays Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4JG
Notification under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, Part 1 of Schedule 2 Class A 4 for: single storey rear extension (depth extending from the original rear wall of 8.0 metres, maximum height 3.6 metres, eaves height 2.25 metres)
Prior Approval Not Required.
APPEALS
PL/18/4806/FA Spring Cottage, Stoke Wood, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4AU
Erection of dwelling house, demolition of existing house and outbuildings. Retention of existing garage.
Parish Comments:- We have no objection in theory, however we have concerns over the use of the applications permitted development buildings in calculation! We believe that if planning permission is granted then the permitted development rights should be removed.
We object to the style of the proposal which is contrary to the South Bucks Townscape Character Study dated July 2015 in particular to section 3.3 Woodland Roads. The character of the homes within these settings are in general to be of an asymmetrical and informal architectural composition and this is not!! Policies EP3 (f) and H9 (a) apply.
This proposal, if permitted, would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development within this part of the Green Belt, which the District Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist and which, cumulatively, would further seriously prejudice the openness of the Green Belt and the aims and objectives of the Green Belt Policy.
Hereby Refuse Permission
Appeal
Appeal Dismissed