A PLAN to demolish a Dorridge
child care facility for houses has been rejected by councillors.
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The plan to demolish Kingsley
Child Care at 53
Hanbury Road
The adjacent home, number 51,
would continue to be used for before and after school care.
Committee members accepted
concerns of a council planning officer who said it would be a “cramped,
overdeveloped, incongruous and alien addition to the street scene that would
create an isolated enclave of development”.
They said “insufficient
information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposal will not have a
harmful impact upon protected species” like possible badgers, bats and nesting
birds.
It also said insufficient
information had been provided on the impact on trees and that “adequate space exists
within the site to allow vehicles, and in particular delivery vehicles, to be able to
enter, turn and leave the site in a forward gear”.
Five letters opposed the plan
with concerns about the “loss of much valued and required childcare facility”
and a “small development squeezed into a small plot”.
Mark Gamble told the council:
“The existing childcare facility is of considerable value to the local community.
“The presence of wraparound
care close to schools is an important facility which helps parents to continue
to work and allows carers to pick up and drop off children without the use of
vehicles, avoiding the need to worsen an
already difficult traffic situation.
“The layout of the
development is poor, requiring a lengthy
drive running alongside the retained rear garden of the existing house.”
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