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050545 - Full Application - Erection of a 3 bedroom detached dwelling with garage (for disabled person) on land adj. 45 Broughton Hall Road, Broughton, Chester
Meeting: 19/06/2013 - Planning & Development Control Committee (Item 32)
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Decision:
That planning permission be refused due to the failure to provide satisfactory information to warrant local need under Policy HSG3.
Minutes:
The Committee considered the report of the Head of Planning in respect of this application. The usual consultations had been undertaken and the responses received detailed in the report.
The officer detailed the background to the report and explained that the application was before Committee due to the requirement for a section 106 agreement. It was reported that Broughton was a Category B settlement within the Flintshire Unitary Development Plan and that the growth within the plan period for Broughton was 17%. Since the cumulative growth was already above 15%, any new dwellings in Broughton would need to be for local housing need. The proposal met the requirements of Policy HSG3 and complied with space around dwellings criteria. The officer also confirmed that no objections had been received to the application.
Councillor Derek Butler proposed refusal of the application against officer recommendation which was duly seconded. He queried why the existing bungalow could not be extended and altered to suit the needs of the disabled person. He felt that the application was for backland development and queried whether a needs statement had been submitted. Councillor Mike Peers spoke about a recent appeal decision to modify an existing dwelling for the needs of a disabled person which had been approved by the Inspector. He felt that this option should be explored for the existing bungalow on this site.
In response to the comments made, the officer explained that information about need had been submitted with the application which stated that 24 hour live-in care was required that could not be provided in the existing bungalow.
In summing up, Councillor Butler felt that this was a misuse of policy HSG3 and was backland development. He also reiterated his earlier comment about altering the existing bungalow for the needs of the disabled person.
On being put to the vote, the proposal to refuse the application against officer recommendation was CARRIED.
RESOLVED:
That planning permission be refused due to the failure to provide satisfactory information to warrant local need under Policy HSG3.