Proposals at Nyasaland

August 2021

Another application for development at Nyasaland (Hart Reference 21/01725/FUL)

A further planning application has been made for erection of a four bedroom dwelling following demolition of existing buildings at Nyasaland, Crondall Road, Crookham Village. The access layout, siting and orientation of the property is modified from the previous application.

The previous application (21/00202/FUL) was refused by Hart in April although an appeal for that application is pending.

The property would lie opposite Martinique, Kingsmede and Rose Cottage close to the Exchequer PH.

If you responded to the previous one (on this same site) you will need to respond AGAIN for this one. As this application is substantially the same as the previous one in terms of location, size, access etc, you may like to use your previous response as the basis of your response to this application. You can't just put 'see my previous response' you will need to respond again with the new reference number.

The reference number for this application is: 21/01725/FUL

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Jan 2021

Nyasaland is at the centre of a 5 acre parcel of land to the west of Crondall Road, north of the canal and opposite the Exchequer public house. It is outside the village settlement boundary in the open countryside and classed as agricultural land although not currently in agricultural use. Two barn structures on the site were used for a variety of storage, business and disposal purposes rather than as agricultural barns, and may have been built without permission. The previous owner was granted temporary permission to site a mobile home on the land to house a worker associated with the agricultural use of the land. An application to extend the temporary permission was refused in 2006, but the refusal was not enforced. In 2019 the land changed hands after the death of the previous owner.

July 2020 Application

On 1st July 2020 Chartfield Homes made a "Class Q" application (Hart Ref 20/01535/PRIOR) for conversion of the agricultural buildings to 5 dwelling houses.

This was proposed under the provision of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) -Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q, which would bypass the normal planning process and automatically allow for conversion of existing agricultural buildings into up to 5 dwellings.

To qualify, this regulation requires that the building was solely in agricultural use on 20 March 2013. Though not formally required, Hart sent notification letters to immediate neighbours.

Several residents’ comments to Hart pointed out that the building was also used for other purposes at that time.

On the eve of determination on 27 August 2020 the "prior approval" application was withdrawn.

December 2020 Application

On 22nd December 2020 Chartfield Homes made a further "Class Q" application (Hart Ref 20/03146/PRIOR) for conversion of one of the agricultural buildings to 3 dwelling houses.

This was proposed under the same regulation as the one in July which would bypass the normal planning process and automatically allow for conversion into dwellings.

As before, to qualify, this regulation requires that the buildings were solely in agricultural use on 20 March 2013.

FACE IT has also responded to Hart stating that for a number of reasons we do not feel able to support the application as the application is unsuitable for the site.

The FACE IT response to this application can be viewed via this link

We are not convinced that the developer wishes to proceed solely with the proposals in this application. This is an agricultural location in open countryside that is important to the character and linear nature of development in the Village. We do not believe that the application establishes that the barn was solely in agricultural use on the required date and there is evidence to the contrary.

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