Solihull’s planning chairman said he was“not happy” after another delay in a decision on the proposed extension of a neglected house in Olton. Applicant Zeus Padam originally applied for permission for a single-storey rear extension and two-storey side extension at the home in Stonor Park Road in May.
Previously the application was delayed after councillors voiced frustrations at not having more detailed information. At the latest meeting of Solihull Councils planning committee on January 8 Bob Grinsell, the committee’s chairman, introduced the item saying: “I understand the next thing would have been Stonor Park Road (application).
“But I understand that has been deferred yet again. I’m not exactly happy about that. There we are, it is what it is so we move on.”
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As the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported, a decision will be made by the committee after neighbours objected – calling the plan “overbearing” and saying it would be an “overdevelopment of the site”. Officers for the authority said the proposal would have a “negligible impact on neighbours”.
Ward councillor Sardul Marwa, who called the application into the committee, said he wanted a resolution quickly as “the property is getting derelict, meadows everywhere”. At December’s meeting Coun Dave Pinwell asked questions about the extension’s distance to the boundary.
This led Coun Grinsell to say there was a lack of technical information. He said: “I know the applicant is here. We have to make a measured decision, for or against. Currently we can’t.”
The item was deferred on that occasion so the information requested could be supplied to the committee. It is unclear if the application will now go before the committee’s next meeting which is scheduled to take place on February 5.