Issue - meetings

Demolition of existing house and construction of a 6 no 4 bedroom detached houses, retaining existing perimeter tree cover.

The Area Committee is recommended to grant planning permission subject to appropriate conditions.

In respect of the plan no. 70092 for the demolition of existing house and construction of six, four-bedroom detached houses, retaining existing perimeter tree cover at Mount Pleasant, Kings Road, Hazel Grove

a member of the public spoke against the application on behalf of local residents

and

a representative of the applicant spoke in support.

It was then

MOVED AND SECONDED – That planning permission be refused.

AMENDMENT MOVED AND SECONDED – That the Planning & Highways Regulation Committee be recommended to undertake a site visit.

For the amendment three, four against.

It was then

RESOLVED – (1) (Four in favour, two against) That planning permission be refused on the grounds that:-

·         the proposed development was an overdevelopment of the site and would have a detrimental and overbearing impact on the residents of neighbouring dwellings resulting in overlooking and an unacceptable loss of privacy and visual amenity contrary to Policies H-1 ‘Design of Residential Development’ and SIE-1 ‘Quality Places’ of the Stockport Core Strategy DPD and Paragraph 127 of the National Planning Policy Framework;

·         there was insufficient information submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development would be adequately and sustainably drained and ensure flood risk was not increased elsewhere contrary to Policies SD-6 ‘Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change’ and SIE-3 ‘Protecting, Safeguarding and enhancing the Environment’ of the Stockport Core Strategy DPD and Paragraph 163 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

(2) That Councillor Julian Lewis-Booth be nominated to liaise with the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration in the preparation of the Council’s Case and to represent the Area Committee in the event that the decision is subject to an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.