Issue - meetings

            CM/25/19/PL – Change of use of barns to 3 No. dwellings (resubmission following CM/24/18/PL).  This application may affect the setting of a listed building, Kents Yard, Brookpit Lane, Climping  Having received a report on the matter and a presentation on the detail of the proposal from the Planning Team Leader, the Committee participated in some discussion on this item.

            Member concerns were expressed around the disparity of the garden sizes, particularly that the garden for the proposed three bedroom property was significantly smaller than for the remaining two properties.  Officer advice was given that the central courtyard area would provide additional amenity space for all the dwellings and that, due to the character of the area and rural buildings, it would be anticipated that smaller amenity space would be provided.

            The Committee

RESOLVED

That the officer recommendation to approve not be accepted.

            Members then considered reasons to refuse the application in respect of lack of amenity space and a cramped overdevelopment of the site and were advised by the Group Head of Planning that :-

(1)          The Council’s relevant policy HDM4 relating to the conversion of rural buildings stipulated that the proposals should minimise the amount of land used as residential curtilage; and

(2)          The amenity space provided for the proposal was in fact larger than that provided for the previously approved conversion two years ago.

However, Members maintained that the proposal was inappropriate and

RESOLVED

That the application be refused for the following reason:-

The proposals would result in a form of development that would be cramped and over intensive with inadequate amenity space, resulting in an adverse impact on the character of the area contrary to policy DDM1 of the Arun Local Plan.