Baydon Village News

Baydon Parish Council Meeting of 1^st June 2009

A Planning Committee meeting was held in the Baydon Young Peoples Hall on Monday 1^st June. Mr Tony Prior was voted in as chairman and there were 3 other councillors present.

An application received from Finches Farm for the conversion of a garage attached to the Old Dairy to further accommodation, raised no objections. However councillors were concerned that the existing asbestos roof was not to be replaced.

An application from Dacre, Manor Lane for the erection of a dwelling and garage was discussed in length. Councillors felt that there was no change in principal to their objections for this as for the previous application for 2 dwellings on this land. The proposed dwelling would be outside the line of development for the village. The dwelling was, they felt, inappropriate in scale and character to the surrounding rural area, and would, being built on higher ground, overlook the bungalows on the other side of the road.

Concerns were also raised as to whether planning permission had been sought for the wide access to the field and whether the new fencing and shed contravened the conditions set in a previous application.

The meeting closed at 8.45pm.

Barbara Furber

2^nd June 2009

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