| 1. | Policy HOU 16 of the Deposit Version of the Borough-Wide Local Plan
states :- "In assessing proposals for (housing) 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". The
proposed conversion of the existing dwelling into two residential units
would be out of character and scale with adjacent dwellings, which, on this
section of the Manor Gardens Estate, comprise substantial detached houses
on relatively large plots, and would thereby be contrary to the above
policy. Furthermore, the proposed dwellings would not afford the standard
of residential amenity, in terms of private amenity space and privacy,
normally looked for in new residential development. |