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Planning: letters of
representation |
January 2009 |
23 January 2009
Head of Development Control
for the attention of Hilary Conlon
Horsham District Council
Park House, North Street
Horsham RH12 1RL
Dear Ms Ollive
DC/08/1422 179 NEW STREET, HORSHAM
Thank you for your letter of 16 January notifying
amended plans. I write on behalf of the Horsham
Society to say that the objections to the proposal
stands as they are not affected by the amendment.
The Society attaches importance to retaining
off-street parking spaces where, as in this case, the
scope for on-street parking is severely restricted. It
also attaches importance to retaining open spaces in
residential areas and, in order to avoid side
extensions leading to the appearance of a built-up
frontage, to retaining the spaces between buildings -
in this case the space between a terrace and a pair of
semi-detached houses.
At one time it was thought that leaving a gap of a
metre or so between the building and its boundary
would provide sufficient separation.. Later, as
extensions became increasingly common, it was thought
that it would help if the extension were set back.
Today, with extensions the rule rather than the
exception, we are concerned that this only avoids the
space from appearing to be blocked when seen directly
from the front and so the shortly-to-be-adopted
Horsham Design Statement with the status of a
Supplementary Planning Document p30 reads as follows
“Side extensions should avoid giving the appearance of
a built-up frontage”. That is to say it is drafted in
terms of what should be left, not what may be built.
Yours sincerely
Oliver Palmer
Vice-President, The Horsham Society
Chairman, Planning Sub-Committee |
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