Planning Committee, 11 May 2016

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING
Members of the Planning Committee of Helmdon Parish Council are summoned to attend a meeting of the committee to be held in the Committee Room at the Reading
Room, Church Street, Helmdon, NN13 5QJ on Wednesday 11th May, 2016 at
8.00pm
Members of the public and press are welcome to attend this meeting. This meeting may be recorded, filmed or broadcast without prior notice to the Parish Council, provided that such activity does not impede the conduct or business of the meeting.
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Open Forum
4. Approval and signature of the minutes of the meeting on 20th April, 2016
5. Matters Arising
6. To consider:
Application No. S/2016/0956/FUL
Proposal: Replace existing hedgerow with a boundary wall at entrance of proposed farm worker's dwelling
Location: South Farm Wappenham Road Helmdon
Application No. S/2016/0935/FUL
Proposal: Variation of condition 5 (window materials) of planning permission
S/2015/2065/FUL (Demolition of bungalow and erection of detached dwelling and garage) to allow the use of pvc
Location: Overbury House Church Street Falcutt NN13 5QZ
7. Councillor questions
8. Close
Signed______________ Dated______________
Helen du Bois
Clerk to Helmdon Parish Council
[address removed] tel: [phone number removed]

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES
of the meeting of the Planning Committee, held in the Committee Room at the Reading
Room, Church Street, Helmdon on Wednesday 11th May, 2016 at 8:00pm.
PRESENT: Cllrs Duncombe, Coatsworth, Vicars, Hart, Garner, Adhemar and the Clerk.
IN ATTENDANCE: No members of the public attended.
1. Apologies for absence
None.
2. Declarations of Interest
None.
3. Open forum
No members of the public attended.
4. Approval and signature of the minutes of the meeting on 20th April, 2016
The minutes for the meeting held on 20th April, 2016 were approved and signed.
5. Matters Arising
None
6. To consider:
Application No. S/2016/0956/FUL
Proposal: Replace existing hedgerow with a boundary wall at entrance of proposed farm worker's dwelling
Location: South Farm Wappenham Road Helmdon
After considering the information contained in the documentation, the committee resolved to object to the application and to submit the following points:
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The proposal constitutes further development outside the village confines.
The proposal involves the removal of almost 40 metres of existing mature hedgerow on the north side of Wappenham Road. The removal of the hedgerow and its replacement with a 40 metre long stone wall 1.5 metres high would have a harmful impact on the open countryside immediately outside
Helmdon village and would extend the built up area of the village even further beyond the village confines.
The extent and design of the wall which includes 3m high stone ball pillars would be very visible in the local landscape being in line of sight for traffic leaving the village and also visible owing to size and form in the rural backdrop from a significant distance across open land on the opposite side of Wappenham
Road which is bounded by mature hedgerow and post and rail fences.
The removal of mature hedgerow and its replacement with an engineered wall would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the important boundary between the village and open countryside at this edge of the village
The design and access statement for this dwelling (ref S/2015/0485/FUL) states that the intention is to create a dwelling that respects the surrounding open countryside environment and of a design that respects the constraints of this rural location. This current proposal, as part of the development, does not comply with this design intent.
The pre-application advice document for reference S/2015/0485/FUL advises that the loss of any existing hedgerow should be minimised when considering access improvements and an over engineered appearance should be avoided. This proposal does not comply with the advice given.

Application No. S/2016/0935/FUL
Proposal: Variation of condition 5 (window materials) of planning permission
S/2015/2065/FUL (Demolition of bungalow and erection of detached dwelling and garage)
to allow the use of pvc
After considering the information contained in the documentation, the committee resolved to support the application.
7. Councillor questions
None
8. Close
The meeting was closed at 8:15 pm
Signed________________ dated______________
Councillor Paul Duncombe, Chairman