Town councillors have formally objected against plans by a Burnham-On-Sea care home to build an extension of eleven new apartments.
Now, the owners are seeking to build a modern new two-storey building and introduce a new landscaped garden.
However, town councillors have unanimously objected against the application after hearing from residents and considering the plans.
Councillors say they are objecting “due to the adverse effect of neighbouring properties, mainly overlooking, with properties too close to the boundary.”
“There is also a lack of car parking provision which will then overflow on neighbouring streets. The new build is also out of character and therefore has an adverse visual impact.”
The extended care home would also be sited too close to existing trees which could have an impact, says the council. Also, due to the increase in ground levels, they have concerns that neighbouring properties may be affected by flooding from run-off.
Four residents who attended the Town Council’s planning applications commitee meeting spoke out against the application, voicing concerns about over development, scale and massing of the new buildings, close proximity and over looking of neighbouring homes, limited parking and a loss of light for some nearby homes.
The applicant says: “The new building is located tight to the boundaries, similar to the existing structures it replaces, with all doors and windows facing towards the new garden space. Not only does the central garden provide a strong visual focal point that links visually with the landscape context of the site, it also forms part of the drainage strategy for the new development.”
The firm behind the scheme claims the scale of their proposed building has taken into account the local setting, neighbouring buildings, and Beaufort House itself.
The planning application has reference number 11/23/00101 and comments are welcome via the Somerset Council website until December 5th, 2023.
