PLANNING chiefs have deferred a decision on proposals for a new house at Culcheth after hearing that letters of objections had not been placed before councillors.
Members of the borough council’s planning committee have already visited the site of the proposed house at the rear of Hob Hey Lane.
The scheme also involves demolition of existing outbuildings used as an art studio and officers recommended it for approval.
But a report to the committee indicated that only one letter of objection had been received – and members heard that seven had in fact been sent.
Members decided to defer a decision until more information was made available.
The project involves demolition of existing garages which have been converted for use as an art studio and construction of a one and-a-half storey house on the site.
Outline permission for the scheme was granted in January 2004 but building never went ahead and an application to renew the consent when it expired was refused because of an over-supply of housing land across the borough. Late an appeal was dismissed.
But the committee was told the site has become a target for burglars and vandals and officers are recommending the plan be approved to remove the crime problem.
Objections are understood to relate to a loss of privacy.
Vehicle access to the site would be from Radcliffe Avenue.
PLANNING chiefs have deferred a decision on proposals for a new house at
Culcheth after hearing that letters of objections had not been placed
before councillors.
Objections not seen by councillors
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Missing documents relating to a planning application? Whatever next?
misleading report to Development Control Commitee, again? That was one of the many findings in the LGO report of maladministration!
And in Culcheth too!! Will planners treat this as a renewal or a brand new application? Will CPCs get involved?
Misleading report to the Development Control Committee? I wonder who wrote it and who approved it? “1066 and All That” seems to have morphed into 2006 and Take That in this neck of the woods.