Agenda item

Application No 182595 - Kestrels, Scarletts Lane, Hare Hatch, RG10 9XD

Recommendation: Conditional Approval.

Minutes:

Wayne Smith left the Committee and listened to the Officer presentation and the agent’s speech, before leaving the room during Member discussion and voting.

 

Proposal: Householder application for the proposed erection of two storey side/ rear extension, following demolition of single storey building.

 

Applicant: Mrs J Roxburgh-Smith.

 

The Committee received and reviewed a reportabout this application as set out in agenda pages 33 to 54.

 

The Committee were advised that the Members’ Update included a correction to the application number stated in the report, which should have read 182595.

 

Mark Leedale, Agent, spoke in support of the application. He stated that several amendments had been made to the scheme over time in collaboration with Officer recommendations. He added that the proposed development would result in a 35% increase in size to the original property, when combined with an existing extension. Mark stated that the proposed application would not impose on the green belt and that it was in line with Wokingham Borough Council’s guidelines and policies.

 

Angus Ross asked for clarification on whether the 35% increase to the property was based on the original property, without the existing extension. Senjuti Manna, Case Officer, clarified that the 35% increase in size was based on the original property, and that the increase was a combination of the existing extension and the proposed development.

 

Tim Holton queried whether the Parish Council had made any comment with regards to this application, and asked whether there was a need for a condition regarding demolition. Justin Turvey, Planning Specialist, stated that the Parish Council had not commented on the amended scheme but had previously made responded on the original scheme, and that Officers were satisfied that no condition regarding demolition was necessary and that this was reasonable in planning terms.

 

RESOLVED: That application 182595 be approved subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in agenda pages 34 to 35.  

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