Plans to erect a detached building to house 8 apartments across 3 floors on existing waste land at Gas Governor, Cross Street have been refused by Gedling Borough Council planners.
The planning application at Gas Governor, Cross Street, Arnold, NG5 7AB was submitted by Vale Architecture acting as agent on behalf of the applicant, Direct Land Investments Ltd. of Sutton Bonington.
A recommendation sheet dated December 28 authorised by the Planning Delivery Manager / Principal Planning Officer at Gedling Borough Council recommended that the application should be refused and formal notice of the refusal was issued on December 28.
The recommendation sheet highlighted that ‘The proposed development is not of a high standard of design with a low visual amenity, due to its scale, massing and appearance being out of keeping with the immediate locality, representing an incongruous feature in a prominent position.’
The recommendation sheet further stated that ‘The proposed development due to its scale, close proximity and the position of first floor windows would be significantly overbearing and overlooking to the neighbouring properties on Duke Street, particularly 21 Duke Street, to the detriment of neighbour amenity and that the proposed development would have an unacceptable impact on the amenity of future occupiers, due to the main bedrooms to flats 7 and 8 having a poor outlook, due to only being served by roof lights.’
Neighbouring Properties were notified and a Site Notice displayed adjacent to the
site and seven responses were received. These raised the following issues:
- If parking restrictions are put in place near the site, this could have a significant
impact on neighbouring properties. - Due to its size, bulk, scale, layout and prominent location, the development
would have an incongruous appearance and would cause harm to visual
amenity of the street scene and local area. - The proposed access would be detrimental to highway safety, due to its close
proximity to the Cross Street/Acton Road junction. - Acton Road currently has traffic flow issues and is used as a rat run.
- The impact of the proposal on the neighbours on Duke Street would be
significantly detrimental in terms of being over-bearing and in terms of
overlooking. - One neighbour queried whether double yellow lines would be placed on the corner and what the extent of these double yellow lines would be
Further details on planning application 2022/0737 can be accessed HERE
