Agenda item

10.1 21C38H/VAR – Daniel Business Centre, Llanddaniel

10.2 28C257D/VAR – Bryn Maelog, Llanfaelog

10.1    21C38H/VAR – Application under Section 73A for the variation of conditions (10) (foul and surface water) and (11) (Management and Maintenance Plan) of planning permission reference 21C38G/VAR (erection of 4 dwellings) so as to allow the submission of information within 3 months instead of 2 months at the former Daniel Business Centre, Llanddaniel

The application was presented to the Planning and Orders Committee as the proposal is contrary to the policies of the Joint Local Development Plan (JLDP) but is one which the Local Planning Authority is minded to approve.

The Planning Development Manager reported that full planning permission has been granted on the site under a previous application which was approved in 2010. Since then a footway has been partly completed and two of the four dwellings are currently under construction. An application to vary a condition in relation to the approved plans in order to amend the design of the four dwellings was approved in February, 2018. As part of the conditions placed on consent at the time the developer was required to submit within 2 months of the permission, details of the design and construction of the proposed foul and surface  water drainage systems and how these would be managed and maintained. The developer is now applying to extend the timescale to 3 months but also to present the required details at the same time as the application. Those details have been submitted and have been assessed as acceptable by the relevant agencies.

The Officer clarified that the report is presented to the Committee because as a Section 73 application it is in effect a new application, and the proposal for the erection of a dwelling in this location being partly outside the development boundary, is contrary to current planning policies. But due to the fall-back position provided by the extant planning permission which is in the process of being effected, the recommendation is to approve the application.

Councillor Dafydd Roberts proposed that the application be approved in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Vaughan Hughes.

It was resolved to approve the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation and written report subject to the conditions contained therein.

10.2    28C257D/VAR – Application under Section 73 for the variation of condition (11) (approved plans) of planning permission reference 28C257C (demolition of existing building together with the erection of a new dwelling) so as to amend the design of the dwelling together with variation of conditions (02) (surface water soakaway system), (09) (no surface water to drain onto the highway) and (10) (Traffic Management Plan) so as to provide the necessary details as part of the current application on land adjacent to Bryn Maelog, Llanfaelog

The application was presented to the Planning and Orders Committee as the proposal is contrary to the policies of the Joint Local Development Plan (JLDP) but is one which the Local Planning Authority is minded to approve.

The Planning Development Manager reported that full planning permission has been granted on the site under a previous application to demolish the existing building and erect a new dwelling approved in July, 2017.The application under consideration is to vary the conditions as described. The proposed design amendments include a single garage with a slate pitched roof to be located to the North West of the site instead of a flat roof double car port to the East of the site; a small increase in the size of the ground floor utility; minor changes to windows and the re-location of the main dwelling to incorporate the new location of the garage. Overall the changes made to the dwelling are deemed minor in nature and will not affect adjacent residential properties any more than the previously approved planning permission. Details of drainage and traffic management plans have been submitted with the application under consideration and are acceptable. Although the proposal is contrary to current planning policies, the Officer’s recommendation is to approve the application since the extant planning permission for a dwelling provides a fall-back position and the amended design is an improvement on the previously approved scheme.

Councillor Richard Dew, a Local Member spoke to confirm that he supported the proposal.

Councillor Kenneth Hughes proposed that the application be approved in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation; the proposal was seconded by Councillor Bryan Owen.

It was resolved to approve the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation and written report subject to the conditions contained therein.