Issue - meetings

To consider application UTT/20/1334/FUL.

The Planning Officer said that the proposal related to the erection of a front section of boundary wall to a dwelling approved under planning permission UTT/18/1486/FUL. The existing wall did not have planning approval. It was proposed to dismantle the existing brick wall at the front of the site and reconstruct it nearer the dwelling and further away from the highway to meet concerns about Highways Authority visibility splays. These concerns had been the sole reason for an earlier refusal of planning permission for the existing wall application UTT/20/0124/FUL. Planning permission UTT/18/1486/FUL had allowed for native species hedging and trees as the boundary treatment between the site and Whiteditch Lane. It also had allowed for a footpath beyond the site between the highway and the site.

The application was recommended for approval with conditions.

Members expressed concern that the existing brick wall did not have planning permission and that this matter should be managed through enforcement.

Councillor Freeman said that this matter should not have had to come to the Committee in the first place and that people were “pushing the envelope of consent”.

The Development Manager clarified that Members needed to take a view as to whether the proposal for building a wall was acceptable or not. He said that removal of the current wall could be managed through enforcement.

Councillor Pavitt proposed refusal of the application on the grounds of ULP Policy GEN2.

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The Chair seconded the motion.

RESOLVED to refuse the application on the grounds of ULP Policy GEN2.

D Mayle and Councillor N Hargreaves both spoke against the application.

Meeting Closed 1.20 pm.