A 40-name petition from worried residents has failed to stop district planners giving the green light to controversial plans to build an apartment block in Berrow, near Burnham-On-Sea.
Members of Sedgemoor’s Development Control Committee have given the go-ahead to an application for eight one bedroom apartments along with new parking facilities at 30 Barton Road, pictured above.
The decision came despite a petition signed by 40 local residents against the scheme and a further eight letters of objection.
They argued that the development would lead to more traffic congestion in the summer, increase the risk of flooding, affect sunlight to nearby houses, and would not conform with other styles of building in the area.
District councillor Charles Mason, pictured right, also backed them, saying the development would lead to “unacceptable increased use of access on a dangerous road.”
But Sedgemoor District Council planners gave the application the go-ahead at this week’s meeting after reviewing the application.
It come after Berrow Parish Council said the scheme would fit in well and would provide much-needed small accommodation in the parish.
And the County Council highways authority decided that while the new site would lead to more traffic, it had no reason to object to the plans.
The applicant, Daniels Developments, also said that the block would be designed to replicate two semi-detached properties that are linked. The block would be lower than adjoining properties and would be at least 20 metres from the main elevation of Rosetree Farm, the adjoining listed building to the south.
The existing detatched house will be demolished to make way for the new building later this year.
