Approval in principle for the conversion of existing building into 12 residential units with associated parking

Refusal Reasons

• ✗The proposed development would result in an increase in traffic using Queen Street/Scarlett Road; this road is, in parts, narrow and there are dwellings immediately adjacent to the carriageway; the increase in traffic would constitute a danger to existing residents.
• ✗NOTE Whilst the Committee notes the applicant's suggestion that the speed of traffic could be controlled by the installation of traffic calming measures, there is no indication of what this would entail and as such, no way the Committee could judge whether such measures would be sympathetic to the Conservation Area in which some part of Queen Street lies, or indeed that such measures would be acceptable in terms of the impact of the residential properties nearby.
• ✗In any case, whilst traffic calming measures may control the speed of traffic using Queen Street, it would not influence the increase in traffic resulting from this development and thus would not fully address the reason for refusal.