Council rejects retrospective plan for ‘overly-large’ gates at property near Filey
The installation of a large replacement gate at a residential property in Reighton, Filey, has been rejected after the changes had already taken place.
Mr Foster’s retrospective application was turned down due to the new gate’s “overly-large and intrusive” design.
Planning officers said that the development had resulted in “significant harm” and had failed to preserve the character of the local conservation area.
“The previous gates comprised country-style timber gates that are typically seen in rural areas, and were of an appropriate height, approximately. 1.60m, that was commensurate to the site and setting of the area,” they noted.
The planners said that the composite timber replacement gates, which are charcoal in colour and 2.10m in height, would “visually jar with the appearance of the host dwelling and surrounding area” at St Helen’s Lane.
No objections to the plan were made by local residents and the Public Rights of Way Authority said that “as a gate is the recorded structure at this location we do not object to its replacement. but the new gate must be available for use by members of the public at all times”.
A council report states that the replacement gates are “neither sympathetic to the character of the area, nor of a commensurate form and scale which is complementary to the host dwelling”.
“The historic images on Google Street View show varying kinds of gates have been installed and removed to the front of the site over the last 17 years, and the gates presently installed have a much more robust appearance than previous accesses,” it adds.
The retrospective application was refused by North Yorkshire Council.