A four-bed house can be built in the garden of a Wigan bungalow after planning concerns were addressed
Wigan Council has granted planning permission for a four-bed detached house to be built in the back garden of an existing bungalow in Shevington.
Planning permission has been granted for a four-bed detached house to be built in the back garden of an existing bungalow.
A meeting of Wigan Council’s planning committee considered the proposal for the rear portion of a garden of an existing detached bungalow on Gathurst Lane, Shevington.
The committee heard the existing bungalow would be retained and a two-storey, four-bedroom home with an attached garage would be built on the plot.
The council received 12 objections to the plans, claiming overdevelopment and that the home would be out of character.
Other objections included loss of light, overshadowing and visual dominance, loss of privacy and and environmental concerns.
An earlier similar planning application for a five-bed house at the same site was refused by the council, due in part to concerns that the scale and massing of the proposed development resulted in an overdevelopment.
A planning report for the four-bed proposal said: “The current application has sought to address these concerns through amendments to the design and layout of the scheme.
“In particular, the proposed dwelling has been reduced from a five-bedroom dwelling to a four-bedroom dwelling through the removal of the previously proposed second-storey accommodation above the garage.
“Furthermore, the detached garage previously proposed has been omitted entirely.”
Applicant John Hardman addressed the committee, saying: “The new property will not give rise to unacceptable levels of overshadowing or overlooking.
“There have been two neighbourhood consultations.
“Each requested amendment by third party consultees, and there were several, were acted upon immediately.”
The committee voted nine in favour of the plans, with none against and one abstention.