New Milton Advertiser 8th Jan 2021

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Planning

Council reveals plans to expand village hall

PLANS have been unveiled to expand the village hall at Sway to accommodate a popular pre- school and Scouts group. The proposed extension to the Middle Road facility, which is often booked up, would in - volve a new 16-metre section of building protruding into Stan - ford Rise green. It would be around 15 metres wide and contain a hall, office, study room, kitchen, three uni - sex toilets and a disabled toilet, internal and external storage and an outdoor play area for children attending the on-site Little Flyers Preschool. Under the plans, an existing smaller hall could also be trans - formed into a community café or other village facility. The application, which has been submitted to the national park authority by Sway Parish Extension would allow room for preschool and Scouts group By ROZ WATERS

additional hall space arises because the existing hall is regularly booked and there isn’t sufficient capacity to ac - commodate every group, the Scouts, as well as Little Flyers with the floor space that they ideally require.” Some trees along the bound - ary of the village hall and Stan - ford Rise green would need to be cut down to make way for the new building, the parish council said, but it proposed these would be replanted in another part of the recreation ground. The floor under the entrance lobby and office will be a piled raft construction to protect a large oak tree to the east. Describing the proposal as an “opportunity to invest in the future of the community building”, the parish council’s application said that allowing the facility would support the next generation of Sway resi - dents. The deadline for public com - ments passed on Tuesday and the NPA is due to make a deci - sion in the coming weeks.

Three flats will be built above The Lighthouse

Flats approved for top floor of iconic eatery

AN iconic Milford building is set to be remodelled and extended to create three self-contained flats above a cafe and restau - rant. An application from Richard Thompson has been agreed by New Forest District Council to alter the existing bed-and- breakfast accommodation at Marine House on Hurst Road to create two apartments, as well as build on the current roof ter - race to create a third. A report by NFDC planning officer Vivienne Baxter ac - knowledged the proposal was contrary to policies which re - sist new residential homes in the greenbelt and seek to retain tourism amenities. However, she pointed out that evidence submitted with the application demonstrated the bed-and-breakfast was not viable and had never operated at more than 55% capacity.

Previous planning consents show the building was origi - nally designed as a two-storey restaurant with the upper floor later adapted to create bed- and-breakfast accommodation because the eatery business was said to be unviable. The latest proposals will in - volve the second floor being split to create two self-con - tained units and a third level added to create another. The NFDC planning report concluded: “It appears that the combination of the site’s remote location relative to the village centre and the impact of seasonal weather makes it diffi - cult to sustain the level of busi - ness anticipated with the origi - nal two-storey café/restaurant.” The ground floor of the build - ing, which is home to The Light - house restaurant that opened in July 2020, will continue to operate.

Sway village hall is regularly booked to capacity

to the north will be used by the Little Flyers Preschool and the relocated 4th New Forest South

Scouts group, which also com - prises Beavers and Cubs units. It added: “The need for an

Council, also set out how trees will be protected or replanted. It stated the extended space

Proposal for four new homes rejected again

PLANS to build four new homes in Dibden Purlieu have been turned down at appeal by a planning inspector for the second time. Phil Selwood had applied to New Forest District Coun - cil to develop land adjacent to St Jude, in Roman Road, with

two detached and two semi-de - tached properties, as well as creating a new vehicle ac - cess. Two of the properties would be four-bedroom homes and the others three-bedroom. The application also includes two detached car ports.

The appeal was submitted after NFDC failed to make a de - cision within the allotted time period. But it later indicated it would have turned it down due to the impact on the char - acter and appearance of the area. Planning inspector Hollie

Nicholls ruled that although the proposed dwellings were appropriately scaled and laid out, the development would cause unacceptable harm to the nearby European protected sites due to recreational distur - bance, additional waste water, and vehicle pollution.

The application attracted six letters of objection from neighbours concerned about the additional traffic, impact on privacyandlight,andpedestrian safety. A similar application for the site was dismissed on appeal in February 2020.

Speaking on behalf of resident

AN article about New Milton Town Council objecting to an application for 16 homes in Becton (A&T, 1st January) mis - takenly stated that Bob Hull, of

Bob Hull Planning, was repre - senting New Milton Residents’ Association when he was actu - ally speaking for a resident of Spring Lane.

Push for ‘imaginative’ town regeneration

Applications THE following applications for planning permission were submitted to New Forest Dis- trict Council during the week ending Friday 1st January 2021: Damerham Fenestration alterations, rooflights, Manor Farm House, Lower Daggons Lane, South End, Mr Brooks. Fenestra - tion alterations, rooflights, in - ternal alterations to ground and first floor (application for listed building consent), Manor Farm House, Lower Daggons Lane, South End, Mr Brooks. THE approach to regenerat - ing Christchurch must be dy - namic, imaginative and pro - active – so say the town’s six independent councillors who are have outlined key schemes they want to be considered by BCP Council. In a letter sent last year to Conservative authority leader Cllr Drew Mellor, they said they accepted the need for the “huge development opportunity” of the civic centre site in Bridge Street. But the Christchurch Inde - pendents group hoped that it would involve a marina, shopping and café destina - tion along with “high quality” housing. They added: “We would, of course, wish to see the site pro -

bucks next to drive thru, one 3 metre high drive thru height restriction bar, one 1.5 metre high internally illuminated sin - gle sided drive thru directional sign, one 0.96 metre high free - standing pre drive thru menu board, one 3.2 metre high drive thru confirmation menu board, one 1.626 metre high freestand - ing three panel drive thru menu board, one 1.5 metre high in - ternally illuminated single-sid - ed drive thru directional sign (0.823m wide), one 2.3 metre high internally illuminated monument sign (application for advertisement consent), Ro - man House, South Hampshire Industrial Park, Eddystone Road, Dandara Ltd. Christchurch residents with plans to pedestrianise theirs. The letter was sent by Cllr Paul Hilliard, leader of the group, who told the A&T: “We had talks with the new leader of BCP Council and we made it clear that we want Christchurch to be an equal partner with Bournemouth and Poole. “We wanted a record of what was discussed, and this is why the letter was sent. “It is a mark in the sand as it were. We do not want to see Christchurch sidelined in any way. We want to be involved in all plans and have a voice.” They pointed out that they have always been “fiercely pro - tective” of the town’s green belt claiming that Roeshot Hill was only relinquished to “prevent a

WAS LAWFUL Hythe and Dibden Single-storey rear extension following removal of existing conservatory internal altera - tions, fenestration alterations (lawful development certificate that is not required for propos - al), 5 Jessop Close, Tier One Es - tates Ltd. REFUSED Fawley Conversion of existing six-bedroom property into one two-bedroom flat and two one-bedroom flats all with asso - ciated parking, new dwelling for renting back to local authority or other social housing group, Hillcrest, Fawley Road, Mr and Mrs Mahal. piecemeal decimation of other areas”. As a result, councillors said any schemes for affordable housing and community amen - ities should be incorporated in development of that area rather than in other part of the Christchurch borough. They also said that the “well established and much loved” allotments at the edge of the site should not be moved and that mitigation of traffic con - cerns needs to be taken to counteract the severe conges - tion Christchurch already suf - fers. Cllr Mellor, who took over as leader in October, has stated that he is “absolutely commit - ted to protecting and enhanc - ing” Christchurch.

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NEW FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING

Decisions GRANTED Fawley

Lymington and Pennington Single-storey rear extension, amendments to first floor (ap - plication for listed building consent), 12 Belmore Lane, Mr Bennett. Single-storey rear ex - tension, amendments to first floor, 12 Belmore Lane, Mr Ben - nett. New Milton Single-storey rear extensions (lawful development certificate that permission is not required for proposal), 5 Faircourt, York Avenue, Mr Greenwood. Ringwood Single-storey side extension (lawful development certificate that permission is not required for proposal), 14 Gravel Lane, Mr Molesworth.

Outbuilding (retrospective), 47 Rollestone Road, Holbury, Mr Windsor-Price. New Milton Display two internally illumi - nated fascia sign, one non-illu - minated fascia sign, one inter - nally illuminated hanging sign, vinyl signs (application for ad - vertisement consent), Co-op, Westcliffe Buildings, Sea Road, Barton-on-Sea, Co-operative Group Food Ltd. Totton and Eling One 7.6 metre internally illu - minated totem pole for Star -

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NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK PLANNING

Bramshaw Single-storey rear extension, replacement flat roof to exist - ing rear extensions, fascia, clad - ding, Wicksmoor Farmhouse, Penn Common Road. East Boldre Single-storey extension, one window, two roof lanterns, one rooflight, three sun-pipes (demolition of conservatory), Forest Ponies Cottage, Hatchet

Minstead Application under part 6 of the town and country planning (general permitted develop - ment) (England) order 2015 in respect of the siting, design and appearance of an agricul - tural building, Minstead Manor Farm, Emery Down. LAWFUL Copythorne Application for a certifi -

THE following applications for planning permission were submitted to New Forest Na- tional Park during the week ending Tuesday 29th December 2020. Decisions GRANTED Ashurst and Colbury Outbuilding, Woodlands Road.

Lane, Beaulieu.

cate of lawful development for retention of single-storey rear extension, Forest View Farm, Furzley Lane, Bramshaw. PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT East Boldre Application for a lawful devel - opment certificate for proposed front porch and rear extension, Forest Ponies Cottage, Hatchet Lane, Beaulieu.

Minstead Application to vary condi - tions 1a and 1b of planning per - mission 15/00937 to allow the retention of the structure for a further five years for sole occu - pancy by Mr Peter Galton, Cosy Hollow, Lyndhurst Road. AGRICULTURAL PRIOR APPLICATION NOT REQUIRED

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CHRISTCHURCH PLANNING

Applications THE following applications for planning permission in Christ- church were submitted to BCP Council during the week ending 1st January 2021. Single-storey extension to the rear, 10 Calkin Close. Raise and extend roof to cre -

ate two-storey dwelling, sin - gle-storey rear extension, sin - gle-storey side extension, 67 Flambard Avenue. Proposed front extension, 83 Smugglers Lane North. Two-storey side extension, extending above an existing side garage, conversion of ga - rage into reception room, 5 Coltsfoot Way.

First floor extension over garage, single-storey rear extension, 1 Iris Close, High - cliffe. Decisions GRANTED Single-storey rear extension, 18 Portfield Road. Single-storey extension to

replace rear boundary wall and extend side boundary wall to enclose garden, amend - ed description, 1 Snowdrop Gardens. Single-storey front and side extension, 109 Bure Homage Gardens. LAWFUL Single-storey rear extension, 17 Thursby Road.

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