schedule of planning applications

The character of the immediate area is mixed, with two storey houses at 157, 159
and 165 Hillside Road, and a bungalow with accommodation in its roof at 163 Hillside
Rd. The application dwelling is currently a bungalow with no first floor
accommodation.
The principle of a chalet bungalow (which will result from the proposal) is considered
to be compatible with the character of the immediate area. However the addition of
the roof over the garage so close to the site’s north boundary will result in a cramped
form of development, which is incompatible with the street scene in the immediate
area.
Ground levels fall into the application site from 163 Hillside Road to the east, and the
application dwelling is appreciably lower than the dwelling at 163 Hillside Rd, which
will provide some mitigation against the impact from the ridge height increase.
However, whereas the previous proposal was deemed acceptable in terms of its
impact on 163 and 165 Hillside Road, the addition of the roof over the garage will
cumulate in a lengthy two storey elevation adjacent and in close proximity to the
boundary with 163 Hillside Road. This will have an overbearing effect on the
amenities of the occupants of163, and also on the outlook from the rear of the most
northerly dwelling of the extant planning permission at this site.
The proposal’s relationship with 165 Hillside Road is considered unacceptable, as it
will result in a 6.5m tall two storey cropped gable close to the boundary of this
property. The existing boundary here is formed by a 2500mm tall (approx.) hedge,
but the new gable will rise significantly above this and will have an overbearing
impact on the amenities of the occupants of 165.
The extension to the south elevation will project 3600mm from the application
dwelling and it will be adjacent to the boundary with 163 Hillside Road. The drop in
levels together with the design to crop and pitch the roof away from this boundary will
ensure that any loss of light and general impact on 163 is kept to an acceptable level,
and this was deemed appropriate under the previous application.
Members may recall granting planning permission for the demolition of the dwelling
at No.163 and its replacement with two detached houses in May 2011. These
dwellings 'borrow' much of their rear outlook from the application site, and have a
limited first floor outlook on account of the high level windows in their rear elevations
needed to prevent overlooking of the application site.
The length, height, bulk and close proximity of the extensions to the boundary with
163 will result in an adverse impact on the outlook from the ground floor windows in
the rear (west) elevation of the most northerly dwelling approved under the extant
permission. The reason for this being that these windows will face a length of roof
which would be only in the region of 11.5 metres away, and the roof will exist along
the whole of the rear boundary of this property, presenting an overbearing structure.
For the above reasons the proposal is considered contrary to Policy DES8 of the
East Dorset Local Plan 2002 as it will be incompatible with its surroundings in terms
of its relationship with nearby properties, scale, bulk, height and visual impact.
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