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Apr 2024
Plans approved for controversial development in Glasshouses
A planning application to develop five homes on a Glasshouses street has been approved.
The application, which was originally submitted to North Yorkshire Council in September, was given the go-ahead at North Yorkshire Council's Skipton and Ripon planning committee on Tuesday.
Final revised plans, which were put forward in December, proposed splitting an existing cottage on Harewell Close into two dwellings.
The agent, JC Robinson LTD, who submitted the plans on behalf of the applicant, on also proposed to erect single-storey extensions to both divisions, as well as developing a further two dwellings to the rear of the site.
But the application generated 23 online objections.
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A report by a council officer to councillors before the meeting recommended the scheme be approved, subject to conditions. Councillors voted to agree with this recommendation.
The report said a ward member raised concerns that the land "includes areas not owned by the applicant" and felt access would be "restricted".
It added Pateley Town Council, which said it neither supported nor objected the plans, raised several areas of concern.
These included sewage infrastructure not being able to cope with the additional demand, “compromised” vehicular and pedestrian access to the fields adjacent to the site and “exacerbated” traffic congestion.
The report also said local objections referred to the impact on the Nidderdale AONB (now known as Nidderdale National Landscape), the impact on wildlife, that it was “not sympathetic” to neighbouring properties or the conservation area, and “inconsistencies” with the application.
However, the application also received support from local people.
The report said one letter in support of the original plan, which included the erection of three dwellings, felt "there is a lack of housing available in the area for first time buyers and young
families", adding the development provides "sufficient parking provision".
Despite concerns, the councillors granted approval of the plans subject to conditions.
The conditions included set times during which work can be carried out to avoid disruption locally, as well as matching the materials of the original building to the extensions to “protect the character and appearance” of the Nidderdale National Landscape.
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