Agenda item

Proposal:  Change of use of land from builders storage yard (Use Class

B8) for the siting of a glamping cabin for use as a holiday let

(Use Class C3).

Ms MacFarlane spoke in favour of the application.

Mr Andy Doody spoke against the application.

GROUND:

In accordance with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Purchase Act 2004).

2.  The development hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the Block Plan numbered bbp/21/0233/02 received 17 February 2022 and drawings showing Front, Rear, Left and Right Elevations and Floor Plan received 4 March 2022.

GROUND:

To secure the proper development of the area.

3.  The building shall be constructed in timber in accordance with the approved drawings and the roof shall be finished with green mineralised felt roofing shingles as detailed in paragraph 4.1 of the supporting planning statement.

GROUND:

In the interests of visual amenity in accordance with Policy QD02 of the Thanet Local Plan.

4.  The rear window in the development elevation of the hereby approved shall be provided and maintained with obscured glass to a minimum level of obscurity to conform to Pilkington Glass level 4 or equivalent and shall be installed prior to first occupation of the development hereby permitted and permanently retained thereafter.

GROUND

To safeguard the residential amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

5.  Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order), no further alterations or extensions to the dwelling whether approved by Classes A, B, C, D, E or G of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order), shall be carried out without the prior permission in writing of the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

To ensure a satisfactory external treatment and in the interests of the visual amenities of the locality in accordance with Policy QD02 of the Thanet Local Plan and to safeguard the residential amenities currently enjoyed by the occupiers of nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy QD03 of the Thanet Local Plan.

6.  The holiday let accommodation hereby permitted shall not be used or occupied for any purposes other than as holiday accommodation by persons whose only, or principal, home is situated elsewhere.

GROUND:

To ensure that a permanent residential use is not created, that would fall below the Nationally Described Space Standards identified within Policies QD03 and QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

7.  The owners/operators shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names of all owners/occupiers of the glamping pod on the site, and of their main home addresses, and shall make this information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.

GROUND:

To ensure that a permanent residential use is not created, contrary to Policy QD04 of the Thanet Local Plan.

8.  Prior to the first occupation of the development hereby approved secure cycle parking facilities shall be provided within the site and thereafter maintained.

GROUND:

To promote cycling as an alternative form of transport, in accordance with Policy TP03 and SP43 of the Thanet Local Plan.

9.  The development hereby approved shall incorporate a bound surface material for the first 5 metres of the access from the edge of the highway.

GROUND:

In the interests of highway safety, in accordance with the advice contained within the NPPF.

10.  No development shall take place until details of the means of foul drainage have been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with such details as are agreed and thereafter maintained.

GROUND:

To protect the district's groundwater, in accordance with Policy SE04 of the Thanet Local Plan, and the advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

It was proposed by the Chair and seconded by the Vice Chair that the application be approved subject to conditions set out in the committee report.

When put to a vote, the motion was UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.