Highway verge to garden at 31 Rectory Close, Guildford

What was proposed

The application sought to turn highway grass verge in front of the house into residential garden and plant a beech hedge.

“Location: Rectory Close, Guildford, GU4 7AR Proposal: Change of use of land fronting 31 Rectory Close from highway grass verge to residential garden.”

“The application proposes the change of use of land in front of 31 Rectory Close from highway verge to residential garden together with the planting of a beech hedge along the re-located front boundary…”

Officer report

The site and surroundings

The site is a two-storey detached house in a residential area where most front boundaries have low hedges, shrubs and grass verges.

“The application site is situated on the southern side of Rectory Close and comprises a two storey detached house.”

“The surrounding area is residential in character consisting of two storey dwellings of differing designs. The majority of dwellings along this stretch of Rectory Close have hedges and shrubs of limited height along their front boundaries with grass verges of broadly similar depth in front.”

Officer report

Who spoke

The Senior Planning Officer gave a presentation to the committee.

The committee vote

The recorded vote listed 10 votes for, three against and two abstentions; the motion was also recorded as carried unanimously.

“COUNCILLOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 1 Cllr David Bilbe X 2 Cllr Yves de Contades X 3 Cllr Dominique Williams X 4 Cllr Howard Smith X 5 Cllr Joanne Shaw X 6 Cllr James Jones X 7 Cllr Stephen Hives X 8 Cllr Masuk Miah X 9 Cllr Vanessa King X 10 Cllr Joss Bigmore X 11 Cllr Maddy Redpath X 12 Cllr Patrick Oven X 13 Cllr Bilal Akhtar X 14 Cllr Lizzie Griffiths X 15 Cllr Richard Mills OBE X TOTALS 10 3 2”

“After consideration of the application, the Chairperson, Councillor Vanessa King moved the motion to approve application 25/P/00484 and Councillor Howard Smith seconded the motion which was carried unanimously.”

Minutes

The decision

The committee approved the application subject to the report’s conditions, with amendments to Conditions 2 and 3 in the supplementary agenda pack.

“RESOLVED: To approve application 25/P/00484 subject to the conditions set out in the report, and to the amendment of Conditions 2 and 3 as set out in the Supplementary Agenda Pack circulated prior to the meeting.”

Minutes