Apartment plan for former St Denys garage site to be decided

church garage site 460 px 20210331 125152

An application to demolish the former St Denys Road car showroom and build 35 apartments goes before the council’s planning panel on November 22.

 

Article continues after this message...

It is being recommended for refusal by council officers.

“Overall, the proposal would appear as an over-intensive form of development that would fail to add to the overall quality of the area or function well for its potential residents and would unacceptably affect the amenity of neighbouring residents,” they say in their report to councillors who sit on the Planning and Rights of Way panel.

Panel members aren’t bound to accept officer recommendations.

The application  is a resubmission of a previous proposal (as reported here), which was refused in November 2021 for various reasons including “overdevelopment”, “housing mix”, and “the absence of a completed Section 106 Legal Agreement”.

The current proposal, for one three-storey and one five-storey building, has received 27 comments on the council’s planning portal, with 10 public objections and 17 comments in favour.

The planning panel starts at 4pm on November 22 at the Civic Centre. The session will be also be streamed

church garage down road 460 20210331 125046

church garage signe 460px 20210331 125127

Please help us keep publishing - for less than the cost of a 'posh' coffee a month... 

WE'RE READER POWERED! Our local news is currently free to view, but not to produce. Join people just like you who already chip in to keep our site going by becoming a 'Good Friend' supporter for just £2.50 a month (less than the price of most 'posh' coffees) - or more if you can.

Use the subscribe button below using a debit or credit card securely via PayPal. You don't need a PayPal account - just use the "Pay with Debit or Credit Card' option, when you click the 'Subscribe' button below, on the next screen. There's no obligation to open a PayPal account. Or use your existing PayPal account if you prefer. Or even better, contact us to set up a standing order so we get all your sub rather than PayPal taking a percentage.

Click here for other options/to set up a standing order - and help us keep on keeping on.

It's appreciated!

Friend Options

 

Alternatively make a one-off donation here - you don't need a PayPal account for this option either.