Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting.

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

There were no disclosures of interests.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 14 August 2025 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 August 2025 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Report attached

The Committee considered a report for planning permission that seeks to vary Conditions 2 and 3 of that planning permission to regularise various internal and external changes to the layout of the extensions as well as proposed amendments to its materials.

The report detailed the following key amendments:

Internal

·         On the ground floor, there has been the subdivision and change of the area indicated on the originally approved plans as living and reception rooms to create a playroom, bathroom and spare room

·         At first floor level, there is bedroom and bathroom where the original plans showed a bedroom

·         At loft level, there has been the addition of a shower to the bedroom

External

·         Changes to the rear window design on both the main property and its extensions

·         There is one roof light within the front roof slope of the property instead of the two

·         Change to the design of the roof slope of the side extension

·         The first floor rear extension has been built further away from the attached shared boundary compared to the plans approved under P0047.23 and is therefore less wide (approximately 0.6m less wide)

Materials

·         The side extension has been finished in brickwork whereas the approved drawings and Condition 2 required the extension to be finished in matching render. The entirety of the extension is proposed to be finished in render as part of this application however.

In accordance with the public speaking arrangements the Committee was addressed by an objector with no reply from the applicant.

The Committee heard from a local resident. It was stated that the owner purchased the property in 2021 and subsequently carried out building works with the planning application submitted only after completion of those works. It was alleged that the development as built did not accord with the approved plans.

The speaker further alleged that the property had previously been advertised on Airbnb as a seven bedroom, four bathroom holiday let. Due to its capacity, this use was said to have attracted frequent parties, resulting in persistent anti social behaviour, loud music, parking problems, blocked driveways, and repeated altercations requiring police attendance. It was also stated that there were no adequate refuse disposal arrangements in place and that the management of the short term letting failed to address breaches of house rules.

Following the alleged unauthorised short term letting use, the owner submitted a planning application for the property. The Committee was advised that this resulted in 133 objections and a petition of approximately 600 signatures. The application was subsequently withdrawn. Due to the history of the site, residents expressed serious concern regarding the potential impact of an oversized dwelling within an area characterised predominantly by two  and three bedroom family homes.

Reference was made to policy wording requiring the property to be occupied as a family dwelling and clarification was requested on the definition of family and whether a limit on the number of occupants could be imposed.

It was further stated that the submitted floor plans did not  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.