Issue - meetings

Proposed erection of 1 no. dwelling.

Earlier on in the meeting, as reported in more detail under Minute 82 above, Councillor Harris had stated for the public record that he was a member of Tendring Parish Council and the Ward Member for this application.

It was reported that this application had been referred to the Committee as the proposed development would conflict with the requirements of the Development Plan, principally Policy SPL2 (Settlement Development Boundaries) of the Tendring District Local Plan 2013-2033 and Beyond Section 2 (adopted January 2022) being located outside of any defined settlement development boundary.

In the opinion of the Planning Officers the proposed dwelling was not considered to be so materially different in regards to siting and footprint compared to the development previously approved under prior approval 17/01559/COUNOT and the new dwelling previously approved in lieu of this prior approval under application 19/00236/FUL. Moreover, in respect of proposed design and external appearance, the proposal was considered by Officers to result in a significant improvement compared to the design and external appearance of the dwelling approved under application 19/00236/FUL. The overall height of the proposal exceeded that of the above-mentioned approvals however, given the siting of the building, coupled with the improvements outlined above, this minor increase in height was not considered to result in harm. The proposed dwelling would continue to utilise an existing private access off Crown Lane to include its widening to 4.8m (wide) for first 6m.

In the absence of any material harm resulting from the development in regards to its individual appearance, impact on the wider street scene and the character and appearance of the rural landscape, the application was therefore recommended by Officers for approval. Furthermore, Officers considered that the proposal would not result in any detrimental impact on neighbour amenity and there were no concerns raised in regard to parking and highway matters.

The Committee had before it the published Officer report containing the key planning issues, relevant planning policies, planning history, any response from consultees, written representations received and a recommendation of approval.

At the meeting, an oral presentation was made by the Council’s Planning Team Leader (Jacob Jaarsma) in respect of the application.

Eleanor Serghiou, an applicant, spoke in favour of her application.

Bill Marshall, a member of the public, spoke in favour of the application.

The Chairman of Tendring Parish Council (Parish Councillor Ted Edwards) spoke against the application.