SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL

PARISH /TOWN COUNCIL PLANNING APPLICATION CONSULTATION RESPONSE

Reference : /

SE/15/03025/HOUSE

Site : / 5 Copse Bank Seal Kent TN15 0DE
Proposal: / The conversion of the garage to living accommodation, erection of a first floor rear extension, a two storey side extension, an attached garage to the front elevation and new drive with parking area and dropped kerb.
Support: / Yes
Objection
and Reasons:
No objection:
No comment: / No Objection
Further Comments: / Note: There is no new dropped kerb in this proposal.
FROM: / SEAL PARISH COUNCIL
DATE: / 8/10/15

SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL

PARISH /TOWN COUNCIL PLANNING APPLICATION CONSULTATION RESPONSE

Reference : /

SE/15/02801/FUL

Site : / Wildernesse House Wildernesse Avenue Sevenoaks KENT TN15 0EB
Proposal: / Construction of a new restaurant pavilion and associated landscaping works as part of the comprehensive regeneration of land and buildings comprising Wildernesse House and grounds
Support: / Yes
Objection
and Reasons:
No objection:
No comment: / No objection
Further Comments:
FROM: / SEAL PARISH COUNCIL
DATE: / 8/10/15

SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL

PARISH /TOWN COUNCIL PLANNING APPLICATION CONSULTATION RESPONSE

Reference : / SE/15/02987/HOUSE
Site : / Garden Cottage The Coppice Lower Bitchet Bitchet Green TN15 0ND
Proposal: / Demolition of porch and detached garage. Erection of two storey extension and creation of a basement.
Support: / No
Objection
and Reasons:
/ Objection. The applicants are arguing that the size of the extension is not disproportionate to the size of the original dwelling merely on the criterion of floorspace. This criterion is misleading in this case, because it has been fulfilled by incorporating a double height dining room meaning that there is a reduction in the added floorspace on the first floor. In our opinion the proposal contravenes the requirement in policy GB1 that “the proposed volume of the extension, taking into consideration any previous extensions, is proportional and subservient to the 'original' dwelling and does not materially harm the openness of the Green Belt through excessive scale, bulk or visual intrusion”. The volume of the house itself is substantially increased and it could not argued that the extension would be “subservient” to the original. From a practical point of view, if applications of this type are approved through a mechanical adherence to the 50% rule it will be difficult to subsequently identify those where a floor is added within the existing building to create more floorspace, in contravention of policy. The important point is that the damage to the openness of the Green Belt has occurred by then, whether or not the double-height space is divided horizontally.
If the application is granted, permitted development rights should be withdrawn as the property will already have been extended to the maximum permissible under Green Belt policies.
No objection:
No comment:
Further Comments:
FROM: / SEAL PARISH COUNCIL
DATE: / 8/10/15