Planning Application Details

P16/S3594/FULApplication Type: Full Application (Show Map - opens in new window)
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Description
Detached chalet bungalow in the rear garden using the existing access off Westleigh Drive
Location
40 Westleigh Drive Sonning Common RG4 9LB
Grid Reference
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Applicant
Mrs Anne Butler-Smith
40 Westleigh Drive
Sonning Common
READING
RG4 9LB
Agent
Mr George Coote
1 Baskerville Rd
Sonning Common
Reading
Oxfordshire
RG4 9LS
Case Officer
Marc Pullen
Telephone: 01235 422600
Email: planning@southoxon.gov.uk
Consultation / Notification
No further Representations on this application will be accepted.

Consultations / Notifications to date are shown below.

Name / Number
Date Sent
Response Date
 
Sonning Common Parish Council
Ros Varnes Deputy Clerk
Village Hall
Wood Lane
Sonning Common
Oxon
RG4 9SL
05 11 2016
21 11 2016
 
Highways Liaison Officer (Oxfordshire County Council)
05 11 2016
14 11 2016
 
Waste Management Officer (District Council)
05 11 2016
07 11 2016
 
42 Westleigh Drive
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LB
04 11 2016
 
The Herb Farm
Peppard Road
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9NJ
04 11 2016
 
1 Ilex Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
04 11 2016
23 11 2016
 
2 Ilex Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
04 11 2016
18 11 2016
 
35 Westleigh Drive
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LA
04 11 2016
 
44 Westleigh Drive
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LB
04 11 2016
 
69 Woodlands RD
Sonning Common
S. Oxon
RG4 9TD
20 11 2016
 
26 Westleigh Drive, Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LB
01 12 2016
 
4 Ilex Close, Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
06 12 2016
 
3 Ilex Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
22 11 2016
 
48 Westleigh Drive, Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LB
05 12 2016
 
19 Ilex Close
Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
06 12 2016
 
48 Westleigh Drive, Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LB
07 12 2016
 
23 Ilex Close, Sonning Common
Reading
RG4 9LG
08 12 2016
 
Application Type
Minor (Full Application)
Application Progress
Date Received  
28th October 2016
Registration Date  
1st November 2016
Target Decision Date  
27th December 2016
Decision
Refusal of Planning Permission on 22nd December 2016
Conditions / Refusal Reasons
Having regard to the siting and scale of the dwelling proposed, the development would not constitute an appropriate infill development. The development would result in an incongruous form of development and would harm the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area. As such the development fails to adhere to the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), policies CSQ3, CSR1 and CSS1 of the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy (SOCS), saved policies D1, G2 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan (SOLP) and policies D1, D1b and H3 of the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan (SCNP, 2016).

Having regard to the siting, scale and design of the dwelling proposed, the development would be overbearing to and result in a loss of outlook to neighbouring 1 Ilex Close and would result in adverse levels of overlooking to the detriment of the privacy of both neighbouring 1 Ilex Close and 42 Westleigh Drive. As such the development fails to adhere to the provisions of saved policies D4 and H4 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan (SOLP) and policy H3 of the Sonning Common Neighbourhood Plan (SCNP, 2016).

The application fails to demonstrate that the development would be served by a safe and convenient access onto the site and fails to demonstrate adequate levels of off street parking and manoeuvring areas. In the absence of this, the development is contrary to the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the saved policies H4, T1 and T2 of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan (SOLP).
Appeal
No appeal lodged.
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