Issue - meetings

Construction of single storey side extensions and relocation of entrance door.

Recommendation: That PLANNING PERMISSION be GRANTED.

The application was for the construction of a single storey side extension and relocation of entrance door at Silver Birch Cottage, east Lane, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, WD5 0NY.

The application would ordinarily have been considered under delegated powers however the agent for the applicant was a Three Rivers District Council Ward Councillor.

Councillor Hearn asked for clarification regarding the Green Belt assessment in light of a recent appeal decision.  The Officer advised that each application is assessed on its own merits and that the proposal before Members was not considered to be disproportionate in Green Belt terms.

Cllr Drury asked if the building was locally listed. The Officer confirmed that it was not.

The Committee noted that there were a number of mature trees and requested that Officers contact the Landscape Officer to ask them to consider whether any of the trees at the site would warrant protection via a TPO(s).   

The Officer’s recommendation to approve the application, subject to the conditions in the report, was proposed by Councillor Matthew Bedford and seconded by Councillor Stephen King and put to a vote and carried unanimously.

RESOLVED: that the planning application be approved.