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THE RETURN OF THE PLANNERS
Friday 1st September 2006
Mendip District Council (MDC) has received a fresh planning application from Stonewall Manor Limited (Link to planning application). We hear that there is little difference between the new plans and those withdrawn on 19 July 2006. Once the application has been registered notices will be sent out and the full plans may be inspected at MDC offices, Shepton Mallet.
Thursday 21st September 2006
The new application No. 071109/013 has been registered and
notices issued. As suspected, Stonewall Manor Limited intends to build
2 x 2-bedroom houses and 4 x 3-bedroom houses on just part of the site, effectively
leaving the rest potentially open to further development. Comments
and objections to the application have to be lodged with MDC within 21 days
of today, i.e. 12 October 2006.
Wednesday 27th September 2006
POLKA today examined the new plans for housing development on the old orchard
and tennis court. With cynical indifference or sheer laziness, the
architect has left the new plans still showing the great beech tree which
the developers’ hired hands cut down on Bank Holiday Monday 28 August
2006 (see Historic Orchard Destroyed LINK ). In light
of this inaccuracy, which is misleading, POLKA members are scrutinising the
plans for other errors.
There appear to be few changes from the original plans. The only revisions tabled by the architects relate to a change of building materials:
| Structural Component | Old Plans | New Plans |
| Roofs | Red Norfolk Pantile | Clay pantile |
| Walls | Rubble stone to match existing walling to tennis court to front of houses with painted render to the rear of plots 2-5, render colour to be selected. Lintels and cills, recon(stituted) Bath stone with 150mm overhang to each side of jamb. Cill 150mm deep with 50mm drip, Linetl 225mm deep 15mm proud of wall | No change |
| Rainwater Goods | Half-round 10mm dia. uPVC gutters with 63mm dia. uPVC downpipes | Black painted metal half-round 100mm dia. Gutters and downpipes |
| Windows | Double glazed stained timber | Double glazed white painted joinery |
| Doors | Double glazed stained timber | Painted timber – colour to be selected |
| Entrance Canopies | Stained timber carpentry | Oak carpentry – natural finish, with clay pantile to match main roof |
| Car Port | Stained timber carpentry | Oak carpentry – natural finish, with clay pantile to match main roof. Supporting walls – rubble stone to match tennis court wall |
The full plans will be available for inspection at Frome town library from later Thursday 28 September 2006.
