The report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licencing will follow.

A copy of the late representations that were received in respect of application 126927/FH/2020 since the agenda was issued. Additional late representations had been received in respect of the Tree Preservation Order (109 Parsonage Road, Manchester).

Decision

To receive and note the late representations.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 18 March 2021.

Decision

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 18 March 2021 as a correct record.

The report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing is enclosed.

This application relates to the erection of two storey side and part two, part single storey rear extension to provide additional living accommodation. The application had been previously submitted to the meeting held on 18 March 2021 where the Committee decided to undertake a site visit. The site visit was held prior to the meeting. The application site is a large two storey semi-detached villa on the north side of Norman Road. The property has an elevated ground floor and is accessed by a flight of steps leading to a substantial decorative entrance porch. There is also a flat roofed bay to the ground floor and basement levels. At the rear there is a three-storey outrigger shared with the adjoining property. On the side of the outrigger is a substantial bay window, glazed on three sides. There is a substantial attached garage, 8 metres deep by 2.3 metres wide, at the side of the main body of the property infilling the space between the building and the site boundary. The property has a hipped roof with decorative brick eaves detailing. The outrigger has a dual pitch roof with a gable to the rear elevation. The building was originally of brick construction, this has, together with the neighbouring property been painted in a combination of off white and grey.

The Planning officer referred to an additional late submission received from Manchester Civic Society, that raised a number of issues as part of an objection to the application.

The Committee heard the objection from a resident representative for local residents and the Rusholme and Fallowfield Civic Society. Concerns were raised on the two extension to the rear of the property within permitted development policy. It was considered that the proposed width does not fall within planning policy. The Committee was asked to consider an additional condition to require the reinstatement of the front garden area.

The applicant addressed the Committee on the application. The applicant made reference to the declaration of a personal interest by a member of the committee regarding the neighbour living in the adjoining property to the application property.

The member concerned had declared a personal interest at the start of the meeting and had been removed from the meeting for the application.

Councillor Ahmed Ali (Ward Councillor) addressed the Committee and referred to the property in relation to the conservation area. The extension and right to light, in particular the 45 degree and 25 degree rules. Reference was made to the front of the property and the applicant was requested to undertake planting scheme to the front of the garden area. Councillor Ahmed stated that his interest is objective.

The planning officer responded to the points raised and reported that the application for full planning permission had been submitted and would be considered on its merit. The Committee was advised permitted development planning policy applied only to a single storey extension aspect of the application. The points raised on the planting and the inclusion of additional condition  ...  view the full minutes text for item 22.

The report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing is enclosed.

The application related the erection of a single storey rear extension and first floor front extension to form additional living accommodation. The application site is located at the end of a residential cul-de-sac, comprising of 4 rows of terraces and two pairs of semi-detached properties. Hampton Road is located off Hewlett Road within the Chorlton ward and benefits from its proximity to both Turn Moss Playing Fields and Longford Park, the District Centre, Chorlton metrolink station and the bus routes along Wilbraham Road/Edge Lane and Manchester Road/Barlow Moor Road.

The applicant did not attend the meeting and there were no objectors present.

The Committee was advised that the application was submitted for consideration, for the reason that the applicant is an employee of the City Council and an objection had been received from the consultation process.

Councillor Flanagan moved the recommendation to approve the application. Councillor Shaukat Ali seconded the proposal.

Decision

The Committee agreed the application as detailed in the report submitted and subject to the conditions included.

The report of the Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing is enclosed.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Planning, Building Regulations and Licensing relating to the background and issues involved in the making of

a Tree Preservation Order (TPO). The application was placed before the Planning and Highways Committee on the 18th February 2021 and at that meeting the Committee deferred deliberation in order to allow the home owners where the trees are located, to produce any additional evidence or information that they might be able to provide in order to show if any of the individual trees are potentially causing any damage to the house. The Committee also requested that a structural survey submitted by the homeowners to be circulated to Committee Members for information. 

The homeowner provided two further structural surveys from two different structural engineers to demonstrate the impact of the trees on the dwelling house.

The Planning Officer reported that there had been a further objection received to object to the confirmation of the TPO. The Committee was advised that the structural surveys provided had shown the damage to the house and on this basis the recommendation was to not confirm the TPO.

The homeowner of the property the trees are located on addressed the Committee to object to the confirmation of the TPO.

The Chair invited members of the Committee to speak on the application.

A member noted and welcomed the additional information provided by the structural survey that had identified the extent of damage that the trees roots have had on the structure of the property through subsidence and ground clay shrinkage. It was also noted and welcomed that the homeowner had undertaken to provide additional trees to replace those on the property.

Councillor Andrews moved the recommendation not to approve the application. Councillor Shaukat Ali seconded the proposal.

Decision

The Committee agreed not to confirm the Tree Preservation Order at 109 Parsonage Road, Manchester M20 4WZ.

The Chair reported that Councillor Madeleine Monaghan and Councillor Mary Watson would not be seeking re-election in May and on behalf of the Committee thanked them both for their service to the Council and the Planning and Highways Committee and wished them well for the future.