Agenda item

8.1

The Director of Development Services submitted a report informing Members of breaches of control in relation to the breach of condition 2 of planning permission 07/02026/FUL and the unauthorised erection of a single storey extension to the rear of 29 Ratcliffe Road and making recommendations on any further action required.

8.2

The report stated that a complaint was received concerning a rear extension to number 29 and investigations revealed that it was single storey, brick built with a slate covered mono-pitched roof, and had been added to an existing offshoot extension.

8.3

Correspondence was entered into with the property owner advising that, because of its size the extension exceeded permitted development limits set out in the General Permitted Development Order, relating to house extensions and therefore planning permission was required. The owner was also advised that it was unlikely that planning permission would be recommended for approval for the reasons outlined in the report.

8.4

The owner was further advised that the extension could be reduced in size by 2.65m to comply with permitted development rights, so as not to require an application. The owner responded by stating that because the extension did not project 3m beyond the original single storey offshoot it was permitted development. However further investigation proved this to be incorrect because the extension was more than half the width of the original property and extended beyond the rear elevation, and therefore, permitted development rights did not apply to the development.

8.5

Responding to a second complaint regarding the erection of a front dormer window, it was discovered to have been built in breach of condition 2 of planning permission 07/02026/FUL in that the material used to clad the dormer front and side cheeks did not match the existing roof covering.

8.6

In spite of further correspondence, reminding the owners of the two breaches of control identified, they had not applied for retrospective planning permission for the extension, nor had they taken any steps to comply with the condition requiring the front dormer to be finished in materials which were in keeping with the existing roof.

8.7

RESOLVED: That the Director of Development Services or Head of Planning be authorised to take any appropriate action including, if necessary, enforcement action and the institution of legal proceedings to secure compliance with condition 2 of planning permission 07/02026/FUL and secure the removal of the unauthorised rear extension at 29 Ratcliffe Road.