11/00713/F - Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

In this case, however, planning permission is required as the internal layout shows that
seven bedrooms are proposed with shared cooking facilities and bathrooms. No physical
changes are proposed to the building and the parking arrangements are shown to remain
the same.
The site is in a residential area and within the Built Environment Type C where, in principle
new development will be permitted provided it has regard for and is in harmony with the
building characteristics of the locality.
The site faces The Walks which is within the Conservation Area. The impact upon the
Conservation Area should be considered as part of the consideration of the application.
Highway implications
The main objection from third parties relates to the exacerbation of on-street parking
problems. Neighbours have commented that already there is a lack of parking provision
within the area and the increase in the number of occupants at the property will make the
situation worse.
The property currently has five bedrooms and facilities for three vehicles to be parked within
the site. The proposal shows no change to the parking arrangement but an increase in the
number of bedrooms from five to seven.
The Highways Authority has objected to the application. They state that the proposal site is
located on the comer of Tennyson Road and Avenue Road, which together with the
surrounding roads are subject to a scheme of waiting restrictions. These restrictions protect
both the junctions and also areas with limited carriageway widths, where parking needs to be
strictly controlled.
They feel that there is limited opportunity to park on-street and the locations which are
available are already fully utilised. The addition of further competition for on-street parking at
this location would have the effect of pushing existing on-street traffic into more unsuitable
locations and exacerbate problems on parts of the highway network that need to remain free
from obstruction.
Whilst it is noted that the applicants indicate the accommodation is expected to appeal to
students, the highways authority states there is no guarantee students would/ could occupy
the property or indeed that any such students would walk and not own a car. It is equally
possible the accommodation will appeal to teaching staff who require a car to transport
teaching materials/ homework etc that they review at home back to the College.
The parking allocation for this site is limited to that required for a single unit of
accommodation and the Highways Authority are of the view that the subdivision of this
dwelling will engender an increase in on-street parking at locations where parking is already
at a premium with no ability to introduce further waiting restrictions.
In light of the above reasons, a highway objection is raised with regard to the fact that the
proposal, as submitted, does not incorporate adequate on-site vehicular parking facilities to
the standard required by the local Planning Authority. The proposal, if permitted, would
therefore be likely to lead to an undesirable increase in on- street parking to the detriment to
highway safety.
The Highways Authority has based the parking standard on a requirement of one space per
single unit of accommodation. Currently, however, the adopted parking standards for
Norfolk do not contain a standard for Class C4.
11/00732/CU Development Control Board
25 July 2011
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