| 1. | Policy HOU8 of the adopted Great Yarmouth Borough-Wide Local Plan indicates that individual dwellings or small groups dwellings may be permitted within the defined "Village Development Limit" of Ormesby St Margaret, subject to certain criteria being met. Included in the criteria are that "The proposal would not be significantly detrimental to the form, character and setting of the settlement". Policy HOU17 of the Local Plan states that "In assessing proposals for development the Borough Council will have regard to the density of the surrounding area. Sub-division of plots will be resisted where it would be likely to lead to development out of character and scale with the surroundings". Furthermore, under Policy BNV10 of the Local Plan, "New development in or adjacent to a conservation area will be required to be sympathetic to the character or appearance of the area in terms of scale, height, form, massing, materials, siting and design".
The proposal is contrary to these policies in that it fails to demonstrate that the sub-division of the existing garden and erection of the house shown on the submitted drawings would not significantly detract from the setting of the existing dwelling. The garden space is critical both in the context of being complementary for what now constitutes the most important elevation of the existing dwelling as regards appearance and outlook and in terms of the character of the Conservation Area, in which it is located, where existing properties with sizeable gardens are interspersed with development of a higher density. In this respect it is considered that the scale and design of the proposed house is unsympathetic to its immediate surroundings and is, therefore, an inappropriate form of development in the Conservation Area.
Furthermore, it is also considered that the proposed part demolition and part reduction in height of the existing boundary wall would be likely to have an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. |
