Category: letters

SOUTH SOMERSET  DISTRICT COUNCIL PARISH/TOWN COUNCIL  CONSULTATION  

Mrs P Gillman, (Stoke Trister P.C.) 

Stoketristerpc@gmail.com 

Why have you received this?  

Date: 1 February 2021 

Our Ref: 20/03731/HOU/Nick Toop (Case Officer) 

South Somerset District Council is obliged to consult Town/Parish Councils as statutory consultees. You  are not obliged to respond but if you wish your comments to be taken into account please follow the  instructions below.  

What is proposed? Alterations and the erection of a first floor extension to the east side of the dwelling Where is it proposed? Tower View Riding Gate To Leigh Common Stoke Trister Wincanton  How do I see the submitted plans and information digitally? 

1. Go online to: www.southsomerset.gov.uk 

2. Scroll down the homepage to ‘Planning Search’ 

3. Insert the Application Reference: 20/03731/HOU 

4. Click on the ‘Documents’ tab to view plans and supporting documents  

We require comments by: 22 February 2021.  

Please email them to: parishconsultee@southsomerset.gov.uk Please clearly state ‘support’ or ‘object’. 

As you now know we will not be sending paper copies of applications to you, so all documentation must be  viewed online.  

When replying please do not copy in any other SSDC email addresses. If you cannot meet the deadline  then your comments may not be considered. We will not chase after 21 days. 

NB: For householder or minor applications, in the event of an appeal that proceeds by way of the expedited  procedure, any representations made about the application will be passed to the Secretary of State and  there will be no opportunity to make further representations.

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Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council

AGENDA

South Somerset District Council

Development Management

The Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2HT

Telephone: (01935) 462462

Website: www.southsomerset.gov.uk

Stoketristerpc@gmail.com

PARISH/TOWN COUNCIL CONSULTATION

Date 16 December 2020    

APPLICATION NO. 20/03245/S73A APPLICANT  Mr And Mrs Shane Scammell

PROPOSAL: Application to remove condition 7 (use of the garage building) of approval 18/03668/FUL to allow commercial use. 

LOCATION: Oakfield Barn  Riding Gate To Bayford Lane Stoke Trister Wincanton BA9 8NQ 

South Somerset District Council is obliged to consult Town/Parish Councils as statutory consultees. You are not obliged to respond but if you wish your comments to be taken into account please follow the instructions below. 

Documents relating to this application can be viewed on our website, enter 20/03245/S73A on the planning search page on our website. 

Your observations on this proposal should be email to us by 6 January 2021 to  planning@southsomerset.gov.uk 

In order to support efficient decision making please ensure you respond by the date above. Extensions to this timescale will rarely be granted, but if you have any difficulty in meeting this timescale please contact planning@southsomerset.gov.uk as soon as you receive this consultation. If you cannot meet the deadline then your comments may not be taken into account. 

Please quote the planning application reference 20/03245/S73A on all correspondence.

As defined in the South Somerset Local Plan, South Somerset is the largest district in the county covering an area of 958 square kilometres (370 square miles); and has the largest population in the county at approximately 167,861 (2018). South Somerset is largely rural with the population distributed across many towns, villages and hamlets, resulting in a population density of 1.7 people per hectare, less than half the national average.

However, over 40% of the district’s population live in settlements of fewer than 2,500 residents and the district is made up of a mixture of sparsely inhabited rural areas, a network of villages and a number of market towns of varying size and influence. 

The smallest places in South Somerset, the Rural Settlements, vary widely in function and size, but generally are places that provide limited local services. These settlements often have a strong sense of community.

Policy SS 2 defines a Rural settlement as having two or more of the following facilities:

∙ local convenience shop;

 âˆ™ post office; 

∙ pub;

 âˆ™ children’s play area/sports pitch;

 âˆ™ village hall/community centre;

 âˆ™ health centre;

 âˆ™ faith facility; and 

∙ primary school.

The settlements of Bayford, Stoke Trister and Cucklington fall into this category by virtue of having Village Halls, Church and Pub.

However, the application is for one house, not a development in the sense of development as seen in nearby Market Town of Wincanton. This application, if granted would enhance the true rural community and their sustainability.

A precedent has already been set in Stoke Trister by approving 2 houses so far on nearby farmland Church Farm reference 19/00258/OUT. The proposal states “Outline application (including access) with all other matters reserved for the redevelopment of Church Farm buildings and bungalow and erection of 2 dwellings” which was approved in November 2019 by the same case officer, and that was yourself Mr Kenyon. There was also approval for Planning Application No: 18/01991/FUL – Land at Sycamore Farm, Stoke Trister, Wincanton. BA9 9PE you were also the case officer for this application. 

We recall both of these applications were opposed by majority of neighbours, refused before and eventually granted. We do not recall being asked to clarify if SS2 applied then and therefore why are you asking for clarification of whether these settlements are classed as SS2 by the Parish Council. This approval in the wording of the Church Farm application has the potential to open up farmland for further development of many houses whereas the application 20/00638/FUL, is only asking for one house for private residence for the applicants. What is the relevance here?  

Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council_________________                                           

Clerk to the Council

Mrs P Gillman

Horseshoes

Tuckers Lane

Ansford

Castle Cary

BA7 7LH

01963 359598

stoketristerpc@gmail.com

13 March 2020

Mr R Cummins

The Unicorn Inn

Bayford

Wincanton

BA9 9NL

Dear Mr Cummins

Following our Planning Meeting of 6 March 2020 when the Chairman stated that many residents had requested that the Unicorn Inn be placed on the Assets of the Community Value Register, this was reiterated by many residents once again at our Parish Council Meeting of 12 March 2020.

Therefore, we are placing the Unicorn Inn on the Assets of the Community Value Register with immediate effect.

Yours sincerely

Patricia Gillman

Clerk to Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council

Dear David

Highbrook, Devenish Lane.

Thank you for your response.

As we are only a small Parish Council it is not viable for us to spend public money on a Land Registry Title Deed for this property to prove to the planning department the issues in question. We are assuming that this is done by SSDC before any decision is made by yourselves.

As regard to the question of running a business from there if you Google www.chinacrisishire.co.uk and also www.affordable-marquees.com you will see their websites and the address for these companies is Highbrook, Devenish Lane, Bayford, Wincanton. BA9 9NQ. Obviously this is the reason for the large lorries making deliveries (in a very narrow lane) as mentioned in our previous objection.

Our Chairman Niru Linsley had previously contacted Richard Hawksey regarding running a business at this address and he, at the time, was going to check it out. To date our Chairman has heard nothing from him.

Dear Val Keitch and Alex Parmley

I am sending this directly to you both complete with the thread of conversations I have had with your planners and a timeline re the above applications.

As you will both see outline planning permission has been granted on land with an agricultural tie as confirmed in John Millar’s email of 11 July 2019. This came to light after Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council’s on site planning meetings on 28 September 2018 and 21 June 2019 at which the Council recommended refusal.

The first paragraph in David Kenyon’s letter asks “what we want him to review”. I feel this is self-explanatory in as much as a grave error has been made by Area East in permitting outline permission on agricultural ground.

David Kenyon also states that “No doubt the Parish Council would have been aware of this fact when commenting on that outline application because such information is clearly stated on the submitted application form”. I can see nowhere on the application form that it states agricultural land, only paddock/grazing.

I feel that David Kenyon is implying the Parish Council knew this information before our planning meetings, this was not the case. 

It is the responsibility of the SSDC Planning Dept, to ascertain these important issues before passing the outline permission.

I therefore request that the Council investigates this and explains why outline permission was granted at all at any time.

Dear Lee

Thank you for the extension for the observation.

At a planning meeting it was concluded that:

Application 18/00931/COL

In view of the lack of convincing evidence we have come to the conclusion that the Lawful Development Certificate should not be granted.

Kind regards

Patricia Gillman

Clerk to Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council

Dear Lee

Thank you for the extension for the observation.

At a planning meeting it was concluded that:

Application 18/00933/FUL

With regard to application 18/00933/FUL we are in complete agreement with Charlton Musgrove Parish Council.

The position of the two rights of way that run through this site should be examined by the appropriate Officers.

Kind regards

Patricia Gillman

Clerk to Stoke Trister with Bayford Parish Council