Agenda item - BH2013/03782 - Land to Rear of 67-81 Princes Road, Brighton - Full Planning Permission

Construction of 6no two and three storey, 2no bedroom terraced houses with pitched roofs & solar panels. Provision of private and communal gardens, waste & refuse facilities & cycle store. Erection of a street level lift gate house.

RECOMMENDATION – MINDED TO GRANT

Construction of 6no two and three storey, 2no bedroom terraced houses with pitched roofs & solar panels. Provision of private and communal gardens, waste & refuse facilities & cycle store. Erection of a street level lift gate house.

1)                      The Senior Team Planner, Kate Brocklebank, introduced the report and gave a presentation by reference to photographs, plans and elevational drawings; attention was also drawn to matters on the Late List and a verbal update to amend the wording of condition 15, but this would not impact its meaning. The application site related to a rectangular plot of land in the Round Hill Conservation Area; the site was set at a lower level and accessed via a steep slope from Princes Road. The site sloped steeply, and to the east was an industrial estate; the railway line and the waste transfer site area to the north. There was currently permission on the site for six 2-bedroom dwellings, and the current application made some alterations to the scheme – most notable the land levels; the height and the loss of one of the propertie’s basements. The considerations focused on the impact of the proposed changes and the increased hours at the waste transfer site. It was noted that the access for pedestrians and cyclesbikes would stay the same. Although the scheme had increased by a maximum of 1.5 metres in height it remained lower than the 2007 refusal – with the exception of one property. The application was recommended to be minded to grant for the reasons set out in the report and subject to a deed of variation of the S106 agreement.

Questions for Officers, Debate and Decision Making Process

2)                      It was confirmed for Councillor Randall that ‘easy going stairs’ were low, deep steps.

3)                      The Chair highlighted that the application was a minor material amendment to an approved scheme and the principle of the development had been established.

4)                      A vote was taken and the Officer recommendation that permission be granted was approved on a vote of 10 in support with 1 against.

165.2    RESOLVED - That the Committee has taken into consideration the recommendation and agrees with the reasons for the recommendation set out in section 11 and resolved to be MINDED TO GRANT planning permission subject to conditions and a s106 agreement.

              Note: Councillor Duncan was not present during the consideration and vote on this application.