HIGHCLERE PARISH COUNCIL

HIGHCLERE PARISH COUNCIL

Minutes of a meeting of the Parish Council held in Highclere Village Hall on 6 February 2001 for the purpose of considering planning applications.

Present:

Councillor Mrs S. Roberts, Chairman

Councillor I. Worth

Councillor T. Farmer

Councillor J Pearson

18/01 PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The following planning applications were considered:

BDB49078 Amendment to original application. Cremyll House, Andover Rd, Wash Water

Reduction in depth by 1 metre.

No Objection

The council had not objected to the original application

BDB49293 Amendment to original application, Halfacre, Tubbs Lane, Highclere

Reduction in ridge height by .5 Metre, deletion of dormer windows, reduction in roof pitch to 37.5deg, Plot 1 to have slate roof and plot 2 to have plain tiles.

Objection for the following reasons:

The proposed new buildings will dominate the surrounding properties and are not sympathetic in scale and character to the adjoining buildings, contrary to policies GS1 and H7. These houses are still 1 meter higher than the taller of the 2 adjoining properties, which are a cottage at 7.5 meters high and a bungalow at 6 meters high. It should be noted that the building which is to be removed strikes a balance between the bungalow and the cottage.

The council approves of the removal of the dormer windows at second floor level, but is aware that in an earlier similar application staircase and extra rooms in the roof space were provided and at a later date the purchaser gained consent for dormer windows. To avoid this happening the council would welcome dormer windows at first floor level as this would also reduce the height of the roof.

At the site meeting, assurances were given that the hedges would remain high, and this should be a condition imposed on this development.

Over-imposing properties built previously against the recommendations of this Parish Council are being quoted as precedence. If this policy to build a house more imposing than the previous house (more expensive to buy and more profitable for the builder) does not cease, then this historic village in an area of outstanding natural beauty will have no character left.

19/01 NOTIFICATION OF PLANNING APPROVALS

BDB49374 Waskerley, Deadmore Lane Newtown

Erection of a double garage

BDB48663 2 Flexford Cottages, Westridge, Highclere

Erection of a 2 storey side extension

BDB47241Appeal, Land adjacent to Briarwood, Andover Road

Erection of a new dwelling

BDB48356Appeal, Cherry Tree Farm, Horris Hill

Extensions

20/01 CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING PLANNING MATTERS

The Council was invited to comment or object to an application for a new vehicle operator's licence at Falklands Farm, Andover Road, Wash Water, and made the following decision:

This Council objects to the granting of a licence at this location for the following reasons

Access to this property is down a narrow country lane from a bad junction of the very busy A343
The rural roads in this area are prone to pot holes and could not support heavy goods vehicles
It is inappropriate to establish a transport business in a rural area that is within the River Enborne Area of special landscape Quality.

THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS BROUGHT TO A CLOSE