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

LDF CORE STRATEGY POLICIES
CS02 - The Settlement Hierarchy
CS06 - Development in Rural Areas
PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
The main issues for consideration are:-
� Principle of development
� Impact on form and character
� Impact on listed building and Conservation Area,
� Impact on the AONB,
� Impact on any protected species,
� Impact upon neighbouring occupiers, and
� Impact on highway safety
Principle of development
The site is located within the settlement of Sedgeford and within the Built Environment Type
B as depicted on the Local Plan Proposals Map. The property is a building within the
curtilage of a Grade II listed building within the Conservation Area.
PPS1, PPS5, PPS7 and PPS9 are the relevant central government guidelines and the
relevant policies of the Development Plan with regard to this proposal would be Policies
SS1, ENV2, ENV6, ENV7 and WAT4 of the East of England Plan 2008 and Policy 4/20 of
the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Local Plan 1998.
Within the Built Environment Type B, in principle, new development will only be permitted
where it is ancillary to the existing building or involves the alteration, extension or change of
use of existing buildings and where such development would not disturb the spatial
relationship between existing buildings and their open or heavily treed settings and
preserves or enhances the character of the Conservation Area. The site is within the AONB
where development which will have a significantly detrimental impact upon the natural
beauty of the landscape will not be permitted.
Previously planning permission has been approved for the conversion and extension of the
Old Smithy into a dwelling (09/00964/F), so the principle has already been established. This
proposal shows an amended design with a larger extension to the Old Smithy and a new
vehicle access to the north of the existing barn.
Form and character
The proposal uses the existing building and proposes extensions to it. The extensions have
been designed to take advantage of the change in levels across the site. Thus the two
storey extension to the north of the barn will appear as single storey when viewed from the
north. From the streetscene the original building and window openings will still remain and
be the dominant building and its character will be retained.
Behind the original building the part two storey and part single storey extensions will contrast
in terms of design and building materials as the sections above ground will be constructed of
a mixture of chalk and carstone, render and timber boarding.
11/00881/F Development Control Board
25 July 2011
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