Issue - meetings

Item 10: Demolish former day care centre and erect eight detached dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping

The Grove Day Services, Hinton Fields, Kings Worthy

Case number: 18/02349/FUL

The Head of Development Management referred Members to the Update Sheet which set out: a correction to the applicant details to read: Fortitudo Limited, c/o Agent Chapman Lily Planning, Unit 5, Designer House, Sandford Lane, Wareham, BH20 4DY; an updated map; changes to the general comments, the proposal, the principle of development, design and layout, conditions and Appendix 1 to the report; and clarification of the number of representations of objection received.

During public participation, Jo Newbery and Anthony Lee, spoke in objection to the application, Councillor Ian Gordon (Kings Worthy Parish Council), Sylvia Leonard (Agent) and Brett Spiller spoke in support of the application and all answered Members’ questions thereon.

During public participation, Councillor Porter spoke on this item as Ward Member.  In summary, Councillor Porter raised the following points:

-       Speaking on behalf of residents, some local groups and as Chairman of Kings Worthy Pre-school Committee;

-       Housing will be ‘inserted’ into the school site which has doubled in size over the past seven years;

-       Catchment area three miles long and this was a one mile road, therefore it was considered inevitable that land would be used for parking;

-       Management plan is welcomed;

-       Concerns that access from 0830-1530 hours but also used during evenings for community use;

-       Route into school narrow – cars leave the school past the site and therefore movements will be severely restricted;

-       Vehicle restrictions should be put in place during school hours to reduce the impact on the school and for pupil safety during these times;

-       Yellow lines ignored resulting in poor site lines;

-       Disappointed site has to open onto Hinton Fields as traffic at the site was minimal prior to this; and

-       Seeking an access plan for six days a week, instead of five and a mix of smaller houses to generate less traffic overall.

At the conclusion of debate, the Committee agreed to grant permission for the reasons and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the Report and the Update Sheet.