Agenda item

20250333 - 58 Sedgebrook Road

Ward: Evington

Proposal: Installation of rooflights; alterations; construction of single storey extension at rear of house (Class C3) (amended plans received 5 November 2025)

Applicant: Mrs S Shing

The Planning Officer presented the report.

Members of the Committee considered the report based on its own merits.

The Chair summarised the application and the points raised by Members of the Committee and moved that in accordance with officer recommendation, the application be approved.

This was seconded by Councillor Moore and upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED.

RESOLVED: permission was granted subject to conditions

            CONDITIONS

1.         The development shall be begun within three years from the date of this permission. (To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.)

2.         The new walls and roof shall be constructed in materials to match those existing. (In the interests of visual amenity, and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS3.)

3.         The development shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) dated 9th December 2025, (Refer: BG25580 – 20251209, Sedgebrook FRA letter report) and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA:

            -Finished floor levels (FFL)

            -Flood resistance and resilience measures

            The mitigation measures shall be fully implemented prior to occupation and subsequently in accordance with the timing/phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the local planning authority in consultation with the Lead Local Flood Authority.

            (To minimise the risk of damage in times of flooding, and in accordance with policy CS02 of the Core Strategy).

4.         Development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

            Detailed Planning Proposals, DRAWING NUMBER 24.4487.04, REVISION C, received 5 November 2025

            Detailed Planning Proposals, DRAWING NUMBER 24.4478.05, REVISION C, received 5 November 2025

            (For the avoidance of doubt).

            NOTES FOR APPLICANT

1.         There are statutory exemptions and transitional arrangements which mean that the biodiversity gain condition does not always apply.

            Based on the information available this permission is considered to be one which will not require the approval of a biodiversity gain plan before development is begun because the following statutory exemption/transitional arrangement is considered to apply:

            Development which is subject of a householder application within the meaning of article 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. A "householder application" means an application for planning permission for development for an existing dwellinghouse, or development within the curtilage of such a dwellinghouse for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse which is not an application for change of use or an application to change the number of dwellings in a building.

2.         The City Council, as local planning authority has acted positively and proactively in determining this application by assessing the proposal against all material considerations, including planning policies and any representations that may have been received. This planning application has been the subject of positive and proactive discussions with the applicant during the process (and/or pre-application).

            The decision to grant planning permission with appropriate conditions taking account of those material considerations in accordance with the presumption in favour of sustainable development as set out in the NPPF 2024 is considered to be a positive outcome of these discussions.