Issue - meetings

            (Prior to consideration of the following application, Councillors Mrs Worne and Mrs Yeates had declared a personal interest and remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote.

AL/42/19/PL – Construction of a 10 No. bedroom dementia unit with attached covered walkway in the grounds of Nyton House care Home and including the conversion of an existing garage into a staff day room, the erection of a new garage with laundry room, garden store & external bin store, demolition of various outbuildings and sections of wall and the re-landscaping of the existing garden areas.  This application affects the setting of a listed building, Nyton House, Nyton Road, Westergate  The Committee received a report from the Principal Planning Officer which set out the detail of the proposal, together with the officer’s written report update which set out:-

·         Consultation response from the Council’s Tree Officer which had resulted in 3 additional conditions

·         Additional comments from the applicant to address concerns raised.

In considering this matter, a number of views were expressed that the proposal constituted a cramped form of development which was out of keeping with the setting of the listed building; clay tiles should be used rather than zinc to minimise the potential for noise nuisance; the loss of part of the flint wall was of concern as it would have to be good in a proper manner; the siting was too close to neighbouring properties; and the potential for light pollution needed to be addressed.

The Committee, therefore, did not accept the officer recommendation to approve and

RESOLVED

That the application be refused for the following reasons:-

The development by reason of its size, appearance and materials would cause harm to neighbouring heritage assets  (Grade II listed Buildings) contrary to HER DM1 of the Arun Local Plan.