Five homes at The Swan Public House (land West of), Braybrooke

The site

The vacant grassed and landscaped site is west of Griffin Road, with residential, agricultural and public house surroundings and several heritage and tree constraints.

“The application site is in the north west of Braybrooke. The vacant grassed/landscaped land is situated on the western side of Griffin Road. To the east of the site is agricultural land, to the west is public house and residential, to the north is residential and to the south is residential.”

“Site constraints • Listed building curtilage – The Old Rectory • Braybrooke Conservation Area • Tree Preservation Order T3 beech tree…”

Officer report

Consultation responses

The parish council supported the application but raised concerns about the granary, access, parking, maintenance, biodiversity, open space and construction traffic.

“The PC notes its concerns relating to parking in this area after the building phase and gives thought to the possibility of it being necessary to restrict parking. • The PC notes concerns about future maintenance of common areas and would like consideration to be given to adoption of part of the roadway on the site. The PC also noted Highways concerns over this road configuration, such as issues relating to refuse collection etc.”

Officer report

Who spoke

The agent said the concerns had been addressed, confirmed the granary would be retained and described proposed protection for biodiversity and trees.

Committee discussion

Members considered the development high quality, mostly bungalows, supported by the parish council and in accordance with the neighbourhood plan.

“The chair invited the committee to debate the application.”

“Members discussed the application and considered that this was a high-quality development, mostly of bungalows, supported by the parish council and in accordance with the neighbourhood plan.”

Minutes

The vote

Nine members voted for approval, with no votes against and no abstentions.

“There being no further comments the chair invited members to vote on the motion.”

“There were nine votes in favour, no votes against and no abstentions and the motion was declared carried.”

Minutes

The decision

The committee approved the application subject to the conditions in the officer report.

“RESOLVED that the application be approved, subject to the conditions contained within section 11 of the report.”

Minutes