Issue - meetings

To consider a variation of condition 8 (play times) attached to planning permission reference HGY/2001/1002 dated 12 December 2001, to extend morning and afternoon play times in the garden by 10 minutes each (an increase of 20 minutes per day in total). 

RECOMMENDATION: Grant permission subject to conditions.

The Committee was informed that the application site was a two storey semi-detached house on the northern side of Woodside Avenue.  The house had a nursery on the ground floor and a flat on the first floor.  Residential properties adjoined the site to the north, south and west with Woodside Avenue bounding to the east.

Planning permission was originally granted in December 2001, for the use of the ground floor of 23 Woodside Avenue as a Montessori school.  The main consideration in this proposal was the extent to which allowing children to have additional time outside in the garden would cause an unacceptable increase in noise generation from the property detrimentally impacting on the amenity of nearby residential properties.

The premise was demonstrably well run and met a need in the wider community.  It was considered that an additional 10 minutes in the morning and afternoon would not give rise to unreasonable additional levels of noise nuisance on nearby residential properties.

The Chair moved a motion to grant the application subject to conditions.

RESOLVED

That the application be granted subject to conditions.

INFORMATION RELATING TO APPLICATION REF: HGY/2008/0887

FOR PLANNING COMMITTEE DATED 21/07/2008

Location: 23 Woodside Avenue N6

Proposal: Variation of Condition 8 (play times) attached to planning permission reference HGY/2001/1002 dated 12 December 2001, to extend morning and afternoon play times in the garden by 10 minutes each (an increase of 20 minutes per day in total).

Recommendation: Grant subject to conditions

Decision: Grant subject to conditions

Drawing No’s: No drawings.

Conditions:

1. The amount of time children are allowed to play in the rear garden is to be restricted to a maximum of 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon.

Reason: To protect the amenity of neighbouring and surrounding properties.

INFORMATIVE: This approval only amends Condition 8 of the previous consent HGY/2001/1002 issued on the site. Conditions 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 of this previous approval remain valid and must be adhered to at all times. Amended Condition 8 must also be adhered to at all times.

REASONS FOR APPROVAL

It is not considered likely the additional 10 minutes in the morning and 10 minutes in the afternoon for the children's playtime in the rear garden would give rise for unacceptable noise disturbance being created on nearby residential properties. As such, this proposal is considered to be in keeping with Policies UD3 'General Principles' and CW1 'New Community / Health Facilities' of the adopted Haringey Unitary Development Plan (2006).

Section 106: No