A controversial Isle of Wight house conversion bid has resurfaced, a little over 2 weeks after previous plans were withdrawn.
Plan Research has submitted a new planning application to County Hall for a conversion within Hurstleigh – a large villa-style property on The Broadway, Totland.
The consultancy’s latest proposal is to convert 2 existing flats into 4x 1-bedroom units, described as ‘relatively affordable housing for starter homes’. It also includes a ‘very small extension’ on the property’s rear porch.
Previously, withdrawn plans to convert the building sparked a public outcry after an existing tenant, Enya Dunn-Green, said they would render her ‘homeless along with her extended family’.
An objection from Totland Parish Council’s cited concerns over vehicle and emergency service access to the site and neighbouring properties, parking provision and costs and the proposed extension ‘resulting in a significant loss of daylight, sunlight and privacy for adjacent residents’.
Plan Research’s Design and Access Statement for the new proposal says:
“This scheme would create relatively affordable housing for starter homes, or properties for those wishing to downsize.
“There have been several previous permissions for conversions to four flats at this property, as the council has consistently agreed that the property is suitable for conversion.
Article continues below this advertisement “Unlike previous schemes, the current application does not propose on-site parking spaces, as this would require the loss of the front garden area. It also does not propose a large rear extension.
“With this in mind, we have demonstrated within a parking survey that there is sufficient vehicle parking available in the nearby car park and on the roads in the area.”
A public consultation on application 25/00687/FUL ends on 20th June and a decision is expected on 11th July.
It’s about time IW Council like many Councils on
the mainland rolled out islandwide parking permit
charges.
Not only would it generate millions of pounds in
extra revenue for the council, it would also reduce the
number of vehicles clogging up island Roads and Streets!
It can be very frustrating when returning home from
an hard days graft and you are unable to park your
vehicle.
In the old days many households owned
1 vehicle if any, nowdays many households own
4+ vehicles and take up so many spaces others
cannot park their own vehicles.
I believe in fairness, parking restrictions
would solve that problem.