22347
PROPOSED INCREASED FOOTPRINT TO THE EXISTING 2-STOREY DETACHED DWELLING; PROPOSED EXTENSIONS RANGING FROM SINGLE STOREY TO THE NORTH/NORTH-EAST ELEVATION AND 3-STOREY EXTENSIONS TO ALL OTHER ELEVATIONS; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT; PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROOF TO TIE INTO THE PROPOSED EXTENSION. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO SEES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ROOF AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WALL AND EXTERNAL ELEVATIONAL TREATMENTS INCLUDING NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED EXTENSION. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH A NEW PROPRIETY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE EXISTING SITE BOUNDARIES OR VEHICULAR ENTRANCE TO THE SITE
Core Refusal Reason
The proposed extensions were deemed not subordinate to the existing dwelling, creating an overly dominant visual impact, and the development relied on an unauthorised vehicular entrance with inadequate sightlines that constitutes a traffic hazard.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed three-storey redevelopment is not subordinate in scale or massing to the existing dwelling and would result in an overly dominant visual impact, contravening standard DMS-55 of the County Development Plan.
- The development relies on a vehicular entrance that is currently the subject of planning enforcement (UD/19/45) due to unauthorised pillars and wing walls built in excess of height restrictions.
- The existing entrance is considered a traffic hazard because it lacks the required 90m sightlines, a deficiency caused by the unauthorised boundary structures which cannot be rectified without major alterations.