Council turns down plans to build flats
Thursday, 8th June 2000.
PLANS to create a three-storey block of flats next to a Haverhill pub which is a listed building have been rejected by planners.
Members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Planning Committee turned down a planning application by Burgess Sisters Property to build five flats and alter an existing flat over a ground floor restaurant at Queen Street.
They accepted a recommendation of refusal because the first and second floor extension would dominate and adversely affect the setting of the Queen’s Head pub, a Grade II Listed Building of special architectural or historic interest.
The proposal would also contravene the Local Plan as an over-intensive form of development which would seriously affect the amenities of neighbours.
Planning Committee members were told the plan would have increased the height of the building to three storeys.
Haverhill Town Council had objected that it would add to a site that was already over-developed.
The borough engineer recommended refusal because there was no parking provision and the Environmental Health Officer felt residential occupants would be disturbed above a restaurant and adjacent to a pub.
The leaseholder of the ground floor restaurant had raised concerns about the ability of the foundations to support the extensions and said cracks had already appeared in the walls.
The report to the committee concluded the proposal would have a serious detrimental effect on the listed building by loss of light, outlook and overbearing impact.
Members of St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Planning Committee turned down a planning application by Burgess Sisters Property to build five flats and alter an existing flat over a ground floor restaurant at Queen Street.
They accepted a recommendation of refusal because the first and second floor extension would dominate and adversely affect the setting of the Queen’s Head pub, a Grade II Listed Building of special architectural or historic interest.
The proposal would also contravene the Local Plan as an over-intensive form of development which would seriously affect the amenities of neighbours.
Planning Committee members were told the plan would have increased the height of the building to three storeys.
Haverhill Town Council had objected that it would add to a site that was already over-developed.
The borough engineer recommended refusal because there was no parking provision and the Environmental Health Officer felt residential occupants would be disturbed above a restaurant and adjacent to a pub.
The leaseholder of the ground floor restaurant had raised concerns about the ability of the foundations to support the extensions and said cracks had already appeared in the walls.
The report to the committee concluded the proposal would have a serious detrimental effect on the listed building by loss of light, outlook and overbearing impact.
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