Post by Madhatter on Aug 18, 2006 15:55:03 GMT
What are the grounds for objection to a great big three story building next to your home?
I always assumed that a valid reason for objecting was loss of privacy, but as both the Atherstone garage site and now the South Street/Greendale Road developments have now been passed with both having objections of loss of privacy lodged agaginst them, then That can not be the case. Or is it that it's a valid objection but can be ignored when North Warwickshire Borough Council feel like it. Seems to me thats the case, but if anyone out there has any more info on the wierd and wonderfull logic of NWBC then please share it .
Plans to build 27 affordable homes and six apartments near Atherstone town centre have been given the go ahead by North Warwickshire planners - despite receiving 20 letters of objection.
Planning officers approved the amended application calling for 27 new homes on land behind 73 South Street and the conversion of the existing building into six apartments, at a meeting on Monday night (August 14).
The proposal is for 27 one to five-bedroom houses, which will be made up of three blocks of two-storey mews houses, 14 detached houses and one three-car garage court with a flat above.
The original application by David Wilson Homes outlined plans for 45 properties in addition to the apartments but was rejected back in February.
Despite the reduction in the number of houses, nearby residents submitted 20 letters of objection, insisting that the development would generate too much traffic and questioning the need for affordable housing in the area.
They argue that the development would result in a loss of privacy, with the three-storey properties overlooking existing homes.
Their concerns were backed by Atherstone town councillors who voted against the proposal, claiming the designs do not 'sufficiently reflect the design of the original Victorian villa'.
But consultations show that the Highways Authority, Warwickshire Police and several other agencies were all behind the application, with each registering no objections.
www.tamworthherald.co.uk
I always assumed that a valid reason for objecting was loss of privacy, but as both the Atherstone garage site and now the South Street/Greendale Road developments have now been passed with both having objections of loss of privacy lodged agaginst them, then That can not be the case. Or is it that it's a valid objection but can be ignored when North Warwickshire Borough Council feel like it. Seems to me thats the case, but if anyone out there has any more info on the wierd and wonderfull logic of NWBC then please share it .
Plans to build 27 affordable homes and six apartments near Atherstone town centre have been given the go ahead by North Warwickshire planners - despite receiving 20 letters of objection.
Planning officers approved the amended application calling for 27 new homes on land behind 73 South Street and the conversion of the existing building into six apartments, at a meeting on Monday night (August 14).
The proposal is for 27 one to five-bedroom houses, which will be made up of three blocks of two-storey mews houses, 14 detached houses and one three-car garage court with a flat above.
The original application by David Wilson Homes outlined plans for 45 properties in addition to the apartments but was rejected back in February.
Despite the reduction in the number of houses, nearby residents submitted 20 letters of objection, insisting that the development would generate too much traffic and questioning the need for affordable housing in the area.
They argue that the development would result in a loss of privacy, with the three-storey properties overlooking existing homes.
Their concerns were backed by Atherstone town councillors who voted against the proposal, claiming the designs do not 'sufficiently reflect the design of the original Victorian villa'.
But consultations show that the Highways Authority, Warwickshire Police and several other agencies were all behind the application, with each registering no objections.
www.tamworthherald.co.uk
