One-bedroom flat with parking at Land To The Rear Of 105 Park Road, Farnborough

“The application is seeking demolition of the garages and erection of a building comprising a 1- bed flat on the first floor with a rear enclosed balcony, and 3 parking spaces in an undercroft parking area below at ground level. The building would front South Street with a dual pitched roof and side facing gables. It would be set back from the boundary with the highway by 2.7m and would have a footprint of 10.8m x 7.4m.”

“The application is accompanied by a preliminary bat survey and site survey plan.”

“The application site is broadly rectangular and measures 120sqm, with a depth of 10.2m to 9.9m and a frontage to South Street of 11.8m, and is occupied by 3 detached precast concrete single garages set back from the highway by 4m. The site is on the southern side of South Street, 20m from the junction with Park Road. The rear and side boundaries are fenced with 1.8m and 1.2m high timber fencing. The western-most garage forms part of the boundary with 105/105A Park Road.”

“& 105A Park Road is a two-storey building fronting Park Road subdivided into two flats. Adjoining the southern rear boundary is 103 Park Road, a two-storey semidetached dwelling, and the eastern boundary is adjoined by 1 South Street, a two-storey semi-detached dwelling.”

“In September 2022, an application for ‘Erection of 2no. attached 1-bed dwellings, following demolition of 3 garages’ was refused for the following reasons:”

“The proposal with one double bedroom and an internal floor area of 53sqm over a single storey (excluding the staircase) meets the minimum internal floor area requirements for a dwelling of this size, required by Policy DE1 of the Local Plan which is 50sqm. The dwellings is served by sufficient light and ventilation to the living areas.”

“It is considered that the proposed development is acceptable in terms of local character and impact on the streetscene, and would not have a materially harmful impact on neighbouring amenity. It is considered that the proposed development would provide an acceptable parking layout that complies with Policy IN2 and provides safe and convenient access.”

“HCC Highways Development Planning As the proposed development is for less than six dwellings and there is no change of vehicle access onto the public highway, Hampshire Highways Standing Advice applies.”

“Environmental Health Environmental Health raised no objection. They can find no former land use that would pose a significant contamination risk. The current site is hardstanding, and this surface will have to be removed as part of any redevelopment. If they are having private garden space, then it is likely this will require importation of clean material to make up levels and to provide a growing medium.”

“Removes existing off street parking provision and adds another dwelling, and South Street is already facing challenges with limited parking as there are a lot of houses packed in tightly. There is also limited parking in Park Road • The junction of South Street with Park Road is already very narrow and difficult and the new building will further enclose this junction with highway safety implications • No visitor parking is provided • No guarantee the owner will let out the…”

“No space for vehicles turning on this site as noted by Members site visit for previously refused application. • This will remove street parking and obstruct safe vehicular access • Residents complained to the Council when the construction vehicles for 107 Park Road parked dangerously but the Council did not monitor this and did not contact residents [Officer note: Officers visited site when informed of dangerous parking and also wrote to and liaised with the developer…”

“(i) permission be given to the following application, as set out in Appendix “A” (as required), subject to the conditions, restrictions and prohibitions (if any) mentioned therein:”

“* 24/00644/FULPP Land to the Rear of No. Park Road, Farnborough.”