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HOUSING HOUSING EXPLANATION H5 5.47 The Council values the character and environmental qualities of the established residential areas and will protect and improve their physical environment. A major consideration in determining proposals in these areas will also be the need to protect the residential amenity of the occupiers of existing and proposed properties. 5.48 Some non-residential development and uses, such as corner shops, and local services, may be appropriately sited within Primarily Residential Areas. In many cases such uses are indeed needed to provide facilities close to where people live. Such uses should be carefully sited and designed to avoid causing loss of amenity for neighbours, and planning conditions (see glossary) will be imposed where necessary (for example covering opening hours or parking facilities) to ensure that such uses do not adversely affect occupiers of neighbouring property. 5.49 Proposals for new housing development on previously developed “windfall” sites in primarily residential areas (as defined in table 5.1) can in some cases be granted, provided they meet all relevant design requirements, for example by avoiding causing overlooking, are designed to a high quality and can be safely accessed from the highway. The Council will however monitor the amount of such windfall provision and may constrain the supply from such sources if this is considered necessary to ensure that available housing development meets the priorities set by policy H1. POLICY LINKS Policy DQ1 “Design Quality in New Development” Policy ENV1 “Control of Pollution in New Development” POLICY H6: TREATMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING CLEARANCE SITES 1. Proposals for the redevelopment or treatment of cleared former housing sites will be required to achieve the comprehensive redevelopment or treatment of the site and avoid prejudicing the redevelopment of any adjacent site or sites. 2. In considering any proposals which involve the demolition of existing housing, the Council will require that a satisfactory site management plan shall be submitted which should contain proposals for maintaining the vacant land until such time as redevelopment commences. EXPLANATION H6 5.50 Proposals for the demolition of existing housing can be submitted to the Council as Local Planning Authority in the following ways: • If the demolition is associated with a scheme for rebuilding, as part of the planning application; or • If no redevelopment is proposed at the time of demolition, an application must be submitted (under the terms of the General Development Order - see glossary) for approval of the detailed method of the demolition works 5.51 The Council considers it reasonable that a management plan for the treatment of the resultant vacant land shall be submitted as part of such proposals. This should include a timescale for redevelopment; maintenance of the vacant sites free of litter or any other nuisance; and (where the timescale for redevelopment is uncertain) interim treatment such as low-maintenance planting schemes. 5.52 It is important that, when redevelopment does eventually take place, this is done on a comprehensive basis without prejudicing the redevelopment of other land e.g. by leaving a site which is inaccessible from the public highway or which is too small to be of realistic interest to developers. POLICY LINKS Policy H1 “Strategic Housing Land Requirements and Supply” Policy H3 “North Huyton and Tower Hill (Kirkby) Action Areas” POLICY H7: PROVISION OF FLATS, NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES, HOSTELS, AND HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMOs) 1. Proposals for the provision of flats, nursing or residential homes, hostels or Houses in Multiple Occupation (either within new build development or as a result of the change of use of existing property) will be permitted provided that: a) There would be no unacceptable increase in the level of noise or disturbance, or loss of privacy, for occupiers of neighbouring property; b) Any necessary vehicle parking areas would be adequate to meet the needs of the development, safe and screened and/or landscaped so as to avoid causing loss of visual amenity in the area; c) Bin stores, fire escapes and clothes drying areas would be adequately screened or designed so as to avoid causing loss of visual amenity; d) In the case of proposals to convert existing property, the property would be suitable in terms of its size and character to accommodate the development proposed; and e) In the case of proposals for nursing or residential homes, hostels or Houses in Multiple Occupation, the proposals would not result in: - An existing dwelling having a nursing home, residential home, hostel or HMO on both sides; or - More than 2 adjoining properties being used as a nursing home, residential home, hostel or HMO. 2. For the avoidance of doubt, proposals for flats (whether through new-build or change of use of existing property) will be regarded as windfall housing provision and will only be permitted if this complies with the overall principles governing the release of housing sites identified in policy H1. 44 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 45
HOUSING HOUSING EXPLANATION H7 5.53 The provision of flats (either through the conversion of existing properties or the conversion of existing single dwellings) can provide a valuable addition to the stock of housing. Nursing homes provide a high degree of nursing and medical care and are registered by the St. Helens and Knowsley Health Trust. Residential homes provide more routine care (mainly for elderly people). Hostels and Houses in Multiple Occupation provide accommodation, often for people in need, and sometimes with a degree of rehabilitation e.g. from drugs or other personal problems. 5.54 All these uses have a legitimate role to play in meeting housing needs. However, as a result of their intensity and nature they can have a greater impact on the surrounding area than other forms of residential development. The cumulative impact of several of these uses on residential areas can be particularly great. The criteria set by policy H7 are intended to ensure that such uses will only be permitted where they would have an acceptable impact on the character of the area and the amenity of the occupiers of neighbouring property. POLICY LINKS Policy H1 "Strategic Housing Land Requirements and Supply” Policy H5 “Development within Primarily Residential Areas” Policy DQ1 “Design Quality in New Development” Policy T6 “Ensuring Choice of Travel to serve New Developments” POLICY H8: EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES Proposals for extensions to dwellings, or for the erection or enlargement of domestic garages and outbuildings, will be permitted provided that: a) The proposals would not (due to their scale and massing) result in a disproportionate addition to the original dwelling; b) The design and materials to be used would reflect those used on the original dwelling; c) The proposal would not adversely affect the amenity or privacy of occupiers of adjacent dwellings; EXPLANATION H8 5.56 A very high proportion of planning applications received by the Council relate to extensions to dwellings. Policy H8 relates to extensions to all forms of dwelling, including houses, bungalows, dormer bungalows and flats. Although most proposals for such extensions are relatively small in scale, they can have a significant impact on the street-scene and on the privacy and the amenity of neighbouring residents. 5.57 New extensions to dwellings should generally be smaller than the original dwelling and designed as a subordinate element. Larger or more dominant extensions may be permitted where this would enhance the overall appearance of the dwelling. The Council will adopt a Supplementary Planning Document which will explain in detail the implications of this policy for the different types of domestic extensions and alterations and detached garages. POLICY LINKS Policy DQ1 “Design Quality in New Development” POLICY H9: SITES FOR GYPSIES, TRAVELLING SHOW PEOPLE AND OTHER ITINERANTS Proposals for the use of land as temporary caravan sites for gypsies and travelling show people and other itinerants will be permitted provided that: a) The site is suitable for short term use for a mixture of business and residential uses; b) The proposals would not cause detriment to visual amenity; c) The site is readily accessible from shops, schools, medical facilities, public transport and other community facilities; d) The site can accommodate within its curtilage the parking and manoeuvring of all vehicles associated with the use; e) The proposal would not prejudice the implementation of development which is proposed within or adjacent to the site; and f) The site is not situated: - Within the Green Belt, - Close to or within the curtilage of a Listed Building, - Within or adjacent to a Conservation Area, or 5.55 The provision of flats is a form of windfall housing provision. This means that the amount of such development will be monitored (along with other forms of windfall housing development) to ensure that they do not have a disproportionate effect on the overall supply of housing which could prejudice the achievement of the priorities set by policy H1. d) The proposal would not create potential hazards to highway users by obstructing visibility for pedestrians or drivers of motor vehicles; and e) Adequate parking and garden space would remain for use by the residents of the extended property. - Within a designated site of international, national or local importance for nature conservation. EXPLANATION H9 5.58 Government policy (set down in Department of the Environment Circular 1/94 “Gypsy Sites and Planning”), requires Councils to address the potential need for accommodation of gypsies within their Development Plans. The requirement for sites to be suitable for mixed residential and business use reflects the wide variety of uses which can take place on land which is occupied by gypsies or travelling show people. Unless suitably sited, these uses can harm the amenity of neighbouring properties due to 46 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 KNOWSLEY REPLACEMENT UNITARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN: Adopted June 2006 47
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