Alterations, erection of an extension to form ancillary accommodation and extension to residential curtilage

Why Was This Approved?

• ✓Extension to a large single-storey detached modern bungalow to form ancillary accommodation
• ✓Residential curtilage also extended as part of the proposal
• ✓Approved under delegated authority with five conditions attached
• ✓Site has a history of six prior planning applications
• ✓design

Permission was granted for alterations and an extension to Sloe Cottage, a large single-storey detached modern bungalow in Cornaa, Lezayre. The extension was proposed to form ancillary accommodation, and the application also sought to extend the residential curtilage of the property. The application was decided by the Development Control Manager under delegated authority, with the officer also recommending approval. Permission was granted subject to five conditions. The site has a notable planning history, with six prior applications recorded, though the details of those applications are not set out in the available evidence.

The application was permitted by the Development Control Manager under delegated authority. The officer also recommended approval. No refusal reasons were raised and five conditions were attached to the permission.

Policies Assessed (1)

Conditions (5)

1. 1

   Condition 1

   The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.

2. 2

   Condition 2

   This approval relates to the alterations, erection of an extension to form ancillary accommodation and extension to residential curtilage as proposed in the submitted documents and drawings 01 received on 16th June 2011 and 02 A received on 3rd August 2011.

3. 3

   Condition 3

   No development shall take place until full details of a soft landscaping works showing planting along the eastern boundary have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Planning Authority and these works shall be carried out as approved. All planting shall be carried out in accordance the approved details in the first planting and seeding seasons following that first occupation. Any tree or shrub which within 5 years from the completion of the development dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another of similar size and species unless the Planning Authority gives written consent to any variation.

4. 4

   Condition 4

   The residential unit hereby approved may be occupied only by persons related to the owners or occupants of "Sloe Cottage". For the avoidance of doubt no approval is hereby given for the use of unit to be used as a separate dwelling, but incidental to main dwelling house "Sloe Cottage" as a single dwelling.

5. 5

   Condition 5

   Prior to the commencement of any building operations, there must be submitted to and approved by the Planning Authority a sample of timber cladding proposed. This approved sample is required to be implemented in accordance with this approval.

Planning History (6)

Documents (18)