Agenda item

Alterations to fenestration.

Description:

Alterations to fenestration.

Officer Recommendation:

Approval, subject to conditions and informatives.

Officer Presentation:

The Committee received a presentation on the application from the Planning Officer.

Decision:

Following consideration, Councillor Humphrey Reynolds proposed a motion to approve the Officer recommendation as set out in the report. The proposal was seconded by Councillor Phil Neale.

Subsequently, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

GRANT listed building consent subject to the following conditions and informatives:

Conditions

1)    Timescale

The development hereby permitted shall be commenced within three years from the date of this decision.

Reason: To comply with Section 18 (1) (a) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended by Section 52 (4) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2)    Approved Plans

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority, the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the plans numbered/titled:

· Detail 1A

· Detail 1E

· Detail 2A

· Detail 3A

· Detail 19A

· Ground Floor Fixed Windows Existing and Proposed

· First Floor Fixed Windows Existing and Proposed

· Ground Floor Pivot Windows Existing and Proposed

· Proposed Elevations 1 of 3

· Proposed Elevations 2 of 3

· Proposed Elevations 3 of 3

· Windows Survey Details

All received by the local planning authority on 19 August 2024.

Reason: For avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans and to ensure a satisfactory external appearance in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007 and PoliciesDM8, DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

3)    Materials

Prior to the commencement of the development hereby permitted, detailed specifications of the windows shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. These shall include

· Frame finish (sample)

· Glass (sample)

· Window furniture

· Location and extent of trickle vent (drawing at scale of 1:20)

· Colour and finish of the spacer inside the double-glazed unit

· Pivot plates

The approved details shall be implemented in accordance with the approved details, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory external appearance in accordance with Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Document 2023, Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007 and Policy DM8 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

4)    Pivot Plates

Prior to first use of the windows, pivot plates are to be applied to the centre of each respective window frame, inside and outside, to imitate the original opening method and thereafter maintained in perpetuity.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory external appearance in accordance with Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Document 2023, Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007 and Policy DM8 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

Informatives

1)    Positive and Proactive Discussion

In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way. We have made available detailed advice in the form or our statutory policies in the Core Strategy, Supplementary Planning Documents, Planning Briefs and other informal written guidance, as well as offering a full pre-application advice service, in order to ensure that the applicant has been given every opportunity to submit an application which is likely to be considered favourably.

2)    Conservation of the Listed Buildings

You are reminded that all works to a listed building must be carried out with the utmost care and to the highest standards of quality and workmanship. Any damage to the listed building shall be immediately made good using materials to match the originals. Unauthorised works that harm the listed building constitute a criminal offence and will be liable to fines of up to £20,000 per offence.