Planning Committee - Meeting Agenda
Monday 15th July 2024
Table Of Contents
Introduction
AGENDA
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO ATTEND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING ON 15 JULY 2024 AT 7.30PM IN THE LIONEL RIGBY ROOM AT THE VILLAGE CENTRE, ROGERS LANE, STOKE POGES, SL2 4LP.
Julie Simmonds
Clerk
10 July 2024
Agenda Items
028/PL/24 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.
029/PL/24 Apologies for Absence
030/PL/24 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.
031/PL/24 Minutes
Approval of the Minutes of the Planning Meeting held on 17 June 2024 (previously circulated)
032PL/24 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.
033/PL/24 Planning Decisions, Enforcements and Appeals.
District Decisions made since the last Planning Committee Meeting. See Appendix 3.
034//PL/24 Councillors/Members Update
035/PL/24 Correspondence.
Request to make comments on a planning matter in Wexham, details previously circulated. To decide.
036/PL/24 Neighbourhood Plan
Update
037/PL/24 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.
038/PL/24 Outstanding Enforcements See Appendix 4.
039/PL/24 Next meeting date: 19 August 2024
APPENDIX 1
DELEGATED DECISIONS
APPENDIX 2
NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
PL/24/1711/TP Grove House, 2A Freemans Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks SL2 4ER
2 yews - reduce branches closer to building by 1.5m (TPO/SBDC/2003/13)
PL/24/1800/FA 43 Pennylets Green, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4BX
Single storey rear extension
PL/24/1795/FA 143 Vine Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4DH
Conversion of existing garage, single storey front and rear extension. Extend eisting hard standing and vehicular access
PL/24/1840/TP Serendipity, 12 Freemans Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4ER
T1 plum - reduce by 2m (TPO/SBDC/2003/12)
PL/24/1824/HB Focus School Stoke Poges Campus, School Lane, Stoke Poges, SL2 4QA
Listed building consent for taking down and reinstatement of a dangerous part of the boundary retaining wall and planter walls.
PL/24/1892/FA Snitterfield House, Grays Park Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4HX
Erection of a new garage block with accommodation above.
PL/24/1930/VRC Rotherfield, Gerrards Cross Road, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4EJ
Variation of condition 8 (approved plans) of planning permission PL/22/0492/FA (Part two storey /part single storey rear extension, first floor side extension, attached double garage to front, hip to gable front roof extension, gable to hip side roof alteration, 3 rear dormers and 2 front skylights and changes to windows) to allow for corrected drawings.
PL/24/1968/FA High Farm, Duffield Lane, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4AL
2 dormers and single storey infill extension.
PL/24/1986/FA 102 Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4LL
First floor rear extension and alterations.
PL/24/1786/FA Land To The West Of Wexham Street, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
192 permanent staff car parking spaces with associated landscaping.
AMENDED PLANS
PLANS FOR INFORMATION ONLY
TREE PRESEERVATION ORDER
APPENDIX 3
PLANNING DECISIONS
PL/24/1145/VRC MH House, Lakeside Drive, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4LX
Variations of conditions 2 (Materials), 3 (Hard surface materials) and 14 (Approved plans) of planning permission PL/23/1510/FA (Demolition of existing property to be replaced with two new dwellings, with provisions of bin/cycle storage and parking.) to allow for changes to materials and windows.
Parish Comments: Object.
The replacement houses as proposed are shown to be a large and bulky building, aggressively symmetrical and monolithic in appearance. The neo-Georgian detailing would appear out of place in this suburban area. Compared to the relatively narrow-span ridged roofs of the existing house, the proposed house is excessive in depth, and relies on a large flat crown roof. Although the plot is large and allows reasonable gaps to both side boundaries, the proposed houses would appear overlarge and out of keeping with its surroundings and with the character of the area, designated a 'Woodland Road'. The excessive depth of the building and the unbroken flank elevations would be apparent in angled views from the road and would result in an unduly bulky appearance that would be at odds with the character of this residential area. In terms of design and scale, the proposed replacement dwellings are not considered to accord with the principles set out in policies EP3 and H9 of the South Bucks District Local Plan, adopted 1999, and the standard of design would not comply with advice in the National Design Guide. The development would therefore fail to accord with guidance set out in the NPPF (2019).
The two different styles of houses side by side would look odd in the street scene.
We would like to draw your attention to the Stoke Poges Design and Guidance Codes of the Neighbourhood Plan September 2023 section LB03 page 70 & 71.
This has now been completed via regulation 14. Which can be found on our website.
4. Decision-making
48. Local planning authorities may give weight to relevant policies in emerging plans according to:
(a) the stage of preparation of the emerging plan (the more advanced its preparation, the greater the weight that may be given).
(b) the extent to which there are unresolved objections to relevant policies (the less significant the unresolved objections, the greater the weight that may be given); and
(c) the degree of consistency of the relevant policies in the emerging plan to this Framework (the closer the policies in the emerging plan to the policies in the Framework, the greater the weight that may be given).
Hereby Permits
PL/24/1308/FA 40 Sefton Close, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4LJ.
Part two, part first floor side and two storey rear extensions and single storey extension to front porch.
Parish Comments: No Comment.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0643/FA Serendipity, 12 Freemans Close, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4ER.
Single storey front and side and first floor side extension.
Parish Comments: No Comments
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0013/FA West Tradesman Cottage, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG.
Minor external alterations (retrospective)
Parish Comments: - No comment other than we are extremely disappointed that this is a listed building and these works have already taken place without going through the proper planning process, forcing this retrospective application.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0014/HB West Tradesman Cottage, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG
Listed building consent for minor external alterations (retrospective)
Parish Comments: - No comment other than we are extremely disappointed that this is a listed building and these works have already taken place without going through the proper planning process, forcing this retrospective application.
Hereby Grants Listed Building Consent
PL/24/0015/FA Bray Cottage, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG.
Minor external alterations (retrospective)
Parish Comments: - No comment other than we are extremely disappointed that this is a listed building and these works have already taken place without going through the proper planning process, forcing this retrospective application.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0016/HB Bray Cottage, Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PG.
Listed building consent for minor external alterations (retrospective)
Parish Comments: - No comment other than we are extremely disappointed that this is a listed building and these works have already taken place without going through the proper planning process, forcing this retrospective application.
Hereby Grants Listed Building Consent.
PL/24/1390/FA 24 Clevehurst Close, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4EP
Part two, part first floor side, part two, part single storey rear, part single, part two storey side and front porch and single storey front extensions (part retrospective) (Proposed enlargement from approved plans under permission PL/22/3670/FA).
Parish Comments: Object, Policies H9, EP3, H11 (a), (b), (c) all apply. This is clear Overdevelopment of the site.
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.
We understand that his has not been built to the original plans and should be an Enforcement Matter.
Hereby Permits.
PL/23/2347/FA 45 Sefton Close, Stoke Poges, Bucks, SL2 4LH
Proposed attached dwelling.
Parish Comments:- Object, Policy 8.55 applies as well as by virtue of its design, appearance and form, and the prominent location, a corner site on a corner plot, would result in an unsympathetic addition to the host building, out of keeping with the general pattern of development in the locality where the prevailing character comprises semi-detached dwellings. The proposal would therefore be detrimental to the character and appearance of the dwelling, the street scene and the visual amenities of the locality in general and as such are contrary to Policies EP3 and H11 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999), Core Policy 8 of the Core Strategy (adopted February 2011) as well as the recommendations of the Townscape Character Study Part 2 adopted July 2015.
This proposal, if permitted would be likely to act as a precursor of further applications for similar types of development, which the Planning Authority would find increasingly difficult to resist.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0724/HB Old Tiles, Stoke Green, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4HN.
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of ground floor window.
Parish Comments: No Comment.
Hereby Grants Listed Building Consent
PL/24/0313/FA 7 Elizabeth Way, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4LQ.
Outbuilding
Parish Comments: - No Comment
Hereby Permits
PL/24/0406/FA 30 Plough Lane, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4JR.
New vehicular access and associated dropped kerb.
Parish Comments: No Comment.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/1333/FA 33 Vine Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4DW
Single storey rear extension
Parish Comments: No Comment.
Hereby Permits
PL/24/1491/RM Brockhurst Wood, Templewood Lane, Stoke Poges, Bucks
Installation of a new sharable 25m lattice mast (co-located with an existing mast approximately 35m to the east), installation of 1 transmission dish, 3 operator cabinets, 1 meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto.
Prior Notification from one of the Government’s Licence Telecommunication Code Operators is not a planning application. The telecommunication equipment proposed in this case is ‘permitted development’ under national legislation and does not therefore require planning permission from the Council. The only matters on which the Council may comment or raise objection are being the specific siting or appearance of the proposal.
Parish Comments: Object, previous comments from application PL/24/0023/RM still apply which were:
Parish Comments: - Object our previous comments still apply which were: -
There is no ecology report to refer to? There are concerns over noise that can be generated by the telecommunications cabinets that are planned to be installed. This may have a detrimental effect on people living in close proximity to the compound.
Prior approval for the siting and appearance of the proposed installation is required, and objections are raised to the proposed siting and appearance of the installation in relation to the prior notification under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, as amended. The proposed telecommunication mast would be sited in a prominent location where it would be visible within the open countryside in a sensitive Green Belt location. Given its height and bulky form the proposed lattice tower (and associated equipment) are of an urban and particularly insensitive design and would be highly visible when viewed from the surrounding area, thus appearing visually intrusive to the detriment of the sensitive open countryside location. It would also significantly intrude on the skyline in the surrounding area. Also, greater consideration/justification in relation to the suitability of other nearby sites could have been provided the proposal is contrary to policies GB1, EP3 and EP18 of the South Bucks District Local Plan (adopted March 1999) and section 15 of the NPPF. As such the proposal would adversely affect the character and appearance of the area and the application for prior approval under the Town and Country (General Permitted development) Order 2015, as amended.
Permission Given