Planning Applications - Runnymede Borough Council

3. Application
3.1 The proposal is for full planning permission for the erection of a detached
garage to the rear of the property and alterations to an existing outbuilding.
Work has commenced on the garage but has since stopped on officer
advice.
3.2 The treble garage would be sited at the north-east corner of the site within a
walled compound, alongside the existing TASIS wall and the wall that
separates parking from the garden.
3.3 The garage would have a maximum width of 11.9 metres with a depth of 5
metres. Its height would be 3.8 metres to the ridge.
3.4 The garage’s frame would be constructed with Oak posts and struts and the
external materials would be second-hand face brick plinth, black stained
feather-edged horizontal boarding and second-hand plain clay tiled roof.
3.5 The refurbished outbuilding, located at the southern end of the walled
compound, would have face brick walls and plain clay tiled roof.
4. Consultations
4.1 The application was publicly advertised in the local press and five individual
letters of notification were sent out to neighbouring properties. No letters of
representation have been received.
4.2 The County Highways Authority has no requirements to make.
4.3 The County Archaeology Department has no objection, as the proposal
would only cause minor new ground disturbance.
4.4 The Council’s Conservation Advisor considers the proposal to be sensitively
designed whose materials would complement the main listed house.
5. Planning Considerations
5.1 The main issues to consider are the impact of the proposed garage on the
rural settlement, which is required to have special regard to the impact on
the Listed Building and Thorpe Conservation Area and the impact of the
proposal on residential amenities. There is no objection to the
refurbishment of the existing outbuilding.
5.2 Policy GB2 only permits development in the rural settlement of Thorpe
where it is on land substantially surrounded by existing development and
does not detract from the character of the settlement or surrounding area.
This proposal is considered to accord with the intent of this policy because it
would be located at a central point of the village surrounded by built
development. It would also be sited in a relatively discreet location and be
at a scale, particularly in respect of its height, that would not make it overtly
prominent or visually intrusive so as to detract from the established
character of the area.