Site planning risk brief

The development will consist of (i) demolition of 1 no. single storey-detached cottage, 1 no. two-storey detached house and all ancillary outbuildings; (ii) construction of a new part-three, part-four, part-five, part-six storey over basement green-roofed apartment building comprising 60 no. apartments (12 no. one-bedroom, 27 no. two-bedroom and 21 no. three-bedroom apartments) on lands bound to the east by Hole in the Wall Road, to the north by the Belmayne Distributor Road and to the west by the Parkside Heath residential development. The apartment building is setback from the north-western site boundary at upper floor levels and apartments are provided with private terraces at ground floor level, private balconies on the upper floors and have access to communal landscaped open space and bicycle/car parking areas at basement and surface level; and (iii) SuDs drainage, landscaping, boundary treatments, widening of existing public footpaths, provision of road signage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

The proposed development will consist of external and internal amendments to a previously permitted development under DCC Ref. 2295/19 (ABP Ref. No. 304448) resulting in the addition of 9 no. apartments, the effect of which will be modification to the aforementioned extant permission. The proposed amendments to the previously approved apartment block is as follows: (i) the relocation of north-west block main entrance at ground floor level; (ii) the addition of 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments at ground floor; (iii) the rearrangement of the north-west side of the apartment block on the first, second and third floor levels to accommodate the addition of 1 no. 1 bedroom apartment on each of these floors; (iv) revisions to the previously approved fourth floor, including the addition of 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments; (v) revisions to the previously approved fifth floor including the addition of 2 no. 3 bedroom apartments; (vi) car parking (54 no. spaces in total - 45 no. spaces at basement level and 6 no. spaces, 3 no. disabled parking spaces and a set down area provided at ground floor level); and (vii) bicycle parking (200 no. spaces in total - 145 no. spaces at basement level & 55 no. spaces at ground floor level). The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, on a site area 0.30ha.

Erect 6 No. telecommunication antennas and 3 No. dishes supported on 3 No. ballast mounted support frames with an equipment cabinet and associated equipment upon the building rooftop.

Attic conversion for one bedroom with en-suite. Dormer to the front. Also one velux window to the front.

Conversion of attic to storage including a dormer window to the rear, one velux rooflight and one velux cabrio balcony rooflight to the front and a new window to the side, all at roof level

The development will consist of: Amendments to the previously permitted scheme, Reg Refs. 4266/16 and 3380/15. The amendments consist of: revisions to Block A floor plans and layouts to increase the apartment units from 42 to 44 (16 no. 1 bed units, 26 no. 2 bed units, 2 no. 3 bed units) associated elevation changes, also proposed are minor internal amendments to basement layout and apartment layouts to Block B and C, adjustments to elevations, no change in apartment numbers in Block B and C, resulting in an increase in apartment numbers in entire building from 132 to 134, all on a site area of 6,188.54 sqm.