Little Manor, Grande Route de Faldouet, St. Martin

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A decision made (30.11.07) to maintain refusal of planning permission for Little Manor, Grande Route de Faldouet, St. Martin.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2007-0291		Application Number: P/2006/2588 (If applicable)
Decision Summary Title :	Request for Reconsideration of refusal of Planning Permission	Date of Decision Summary:		22/11/07
Decision Summary Author:	Jonathan Gladwin	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written and Oral	Person Giving Oral Report:		Jonathan Gladwin
Written Report Title :	Request for Reconsideration of refusal of Planning Permission	Date of Written Report:		25/07/07
Written Report Author:	Jonathan Gladwin	Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)		Public
Subject: Little Manor, La Grande Route de Faldouet, St. Martin, Jersey, JE3 6UG Create new vehicular access. REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION of refusal of planning permission.
Decision(s): The Minister decided to maintain the refusal of Planning Permission
Reason(s) for Decision: A site visit was undertaken on request of the Minister following the Ministerial meeting to evaluate the proposal further. Following this evaluation, the decision to refuse was upheld for the same reason for refusal as given on the Decision Notice. Namely that ‘Notwithstanding the inadequacies of the existing access to Little Manor, the proposed new access is considered to be contrary to Policies G2(vii), (viii), G3 (vi) and G13 since it does not provide a safe means of access and egress to the property and would lead to unacceptable levels of road safety. In addition the loss of the granite boundary wall and creation of a much wider access would affect the character and setting of this and the adjacent Registered buildings’. The Minister recommended that if the entrance was relocated and agreement could be reached with the adjacent neighbour at Les Alpes to lower an adjacent wall to improve visibility into/out of the site, then in those circumstances if a fresh planning application was submitted then permission may be given.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Notify Agent, Applicant and all other interested parties
Signature:			Position:
Date Signed:			Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed): 22/10/07

Little Manor, Grande Route de Faldouet, St. Martin - maintain refusal

Application Number: P/2006/2588

Request for Reconsideration Report

Site Address	Little Manor, La Grande Route de Faldouet, St. Martin, JE3 6UG.

Requested by	Mr. ATrueger	Agent	Mr R M Le Cornu

Description	Create new vehicular access. REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION of refusal of planning permission.

Type	Planning

Original Decision	REFUSED

Conditions
Reasons	1. Notwithstanding the inadequacies of the existing access to Little Manor, the proposed new access is considered to be contrary to Policies G2(vii), (viii), G3 (vi) and G13 since it does not provide a safe means of access and egress to the property and would lead to unacceptable levels of road safety. In addition the loss of the granite boundary wall and creation of a much wider access would affect the character and setting of this and the adjacent Registered buildings.

Determined by	Delegated Refused

Date	07/03/2007

Zones	Water Pollution Safeguard Area Built-Up Area Building Of Local Interest

Policies	G2 – General Considerations G3 – Quality of Design G13 – Buildings and Places of Architectural and Historic Interest

Recommendation

Maintain Refusal

Comments on Case	The applicant states that: a) Both Historic Buildings and T&TS have avoided answering my new comments on their main objections and simply refer back to previous comments. Not considered fair treatment. b) The existing entrance has been given insufficient attention as it is a dangerous access. No officer has attempted to drive in/out of this entrance to demonstrate this. The new entrance will be much safer than the existing access. c) The original character of the wall has already been compromised as was formerly more open and has since been doubled in height. d) No other property on this part of the road has this sort of restricted access. In response: a) Historic Buildings and T&TS have not commented further for this RFR as they have previously provided detailed comments and they believe that no evidence has been provided to alter these views. b) In depth CAD and photo diagram studies have been undertaken in this assessment by T&TS and along with site visits, a site meeting and comparison with the existing access have highlighted that the proposed access does not provide a safe means of access and would lead to unacceptable problems of road safety and does not improve on the current situation. c) Historic Buildings have advised that the loss of this characteristic wall and creation of a new access would be harmful to the character and setting of the Building of Local Interest. The applicant states that there used to be a lower wall originally creating a more open aspect, but this proposal differs from that original position by resulting in the loss of a significant stretch of wall and so would not be representative of this original situation. d) This has no bearing on the consideration of this RFR. It should be noted that T&TS would support the application if the nib wall between this site and the property to the south, Les Alpes, were to be lowered as this would improve offside visibility (and nearside visibility for Les Alpes) Although this appears not to be possible at present as the owner of Les Alpes will not agree to this.

Recommendation	Maintain refusal

Reasons	As above

Background Papers	1:2500 Site Plan Letters dated 28 April and 02 July 2007 from Agent. Email from Mr Taylor, Les Alpes.

Endorsed by		Date