Erection of detached garage and garden store and change of use to domestic garden and alterations to existing entrance on to highway

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Proposed garage was very large — 12m x 7.05m and 5m in height
• ✓The field is designated open space and forms one of few remaining gaps in ribbon development
• ✓Change of use to domestic garden would harm the open rural character of the area
• ✓Site adjoins a semi-detached house on Main Road in Colby with limited existing parking
• ✓scale
• ✓character
• ✓very large garage 12 metres x 7.05 metres and 5 metres in height
• ✓field is identified on the plan as open space and it is one of only a few gaps in the ribbon development
• ✓change of use to garden would also be inappropriate altering the open rural character

This application sought permission to erect a detached garage and garden store on a field adjacent to a semi-detached house on Main Road in Colby, along with a change of use of the field to domestic garden and alterations to the existing highway entrance. The officer recommended refusal and the committee refused the application. The proposed garage was considered disproportionately large. The field was identified as open space on the plan and represented one of only a few gaps remaining in the ribbon development along the road. The proposed change of use to domestic garden was also considered inappropriate, as it would alter the open rural character of the area. The semi-detached house currently has only one parking space fronting the main road with no on-site turning space.

The application was refused by committee. The proposed garage was considered very large at 12 metres by 7.05 metres and 5 metres in height. The field was identified as open space and one of only a few gaps in the ribbon development along Main Road, and converting it to domestic garden was considered inappropriate as it would alter the open rural character of the area.

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