Reserved matters application for the creation of a residential development of seven terraced dwellings with parking, landscaping and access

Refusal Reasons

• ✗Whilst the Planning Committee has no objection to the principle of the re-development of the site for residential development, as accepted under PA 04/0146, the development of seven dwellings as proposed is considered unacceptable in that: 1) the number of dwellings proposed and their arrangement result in the dwellings having little or no private amenity space, despite accommodating three bedrooms which suggest that they would be suitable for families with children; 2) the development faces inward, resulting in elevations to Ballagawne Road which are effectively rear elevations and to Croit-e-Caley Road which present only side elevations and overall resulting in an unacceptable impact on the local environment; 3) the elevations incorporate unbalanced window arrangement, banding around the apertures small and irregularly arranged chimneys and stepping, none of which is generally found in the surrounding environment.
• ✗The Planning Committee is not satisfied that the site is capable of accommodating seven dwellings together with the requisite car parking and amenity space without resulting in over-development of the site, to the detriment of the area in general.