Members considered the report and noted that the application had been called-in by Councillor Melvin Wallace.
In accordance with the public speaking arrangements the Committee was addressed by an objector with a response by the applicant’s agent.
With its agreement Councillor Melvin Wallace addressed the Committee.
The report recommended that planning permission be granted however, following a motion to refuse the granting of planning permission it was RESOLVED that PLANNING PERMISSION BE REFUSED on the grounds of:
Scale, massing, proximity to boundaries (within the development itself) and backland location resulting in a development that was out of keeping with the locality, which was predominately typified by bungalows, resulting in harm to the character of the area.