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| Subject: | Re: Planning Application – 24/03863/VAR – Consultation Request |
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| Date: | Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:30:39 +0100 |
| From: | West Harptree Parish Council <clerk@westharptreeparishcouncil.co.uk> |
| To: | development_management@bathnes.gov.uk |
Thank you for your consultation request regarding:
Application Reference: 24/03863/VAR
Harptree Surgery , Bristol Road
Variation of condition 1 (Temporary Permission) of application 21/03192/FUL for a
portable office (Portakabin) as a temporary structure (3 years)
Resolution: The Parish Council OBJECTS to this application
Comments:
The application talks only in the most general terms about “pressure on the NHS” nationally but fails to give any substation as to why Harptree surgery needs extra space.
Indeed, it seems from the application form that there is no long term vision, or plan, for the surgery.
The request to make the portakabin permanent is wholly unacceptable given its prominent location in a National Landscape (AONB) and the Parish Council also considers that a 5
year extension to the temporary consent is also inappropriate.
It is not clear what the portakabin is currently used for save that it is not used by patients, as it was during the pandemic. If the use is intermittent (e.g. training or meetings) then
there are other spaces available in the village such as the Memorial Hall. The Parish Council does not want to see inappropriate enforcement action and is confident that
residents would volunteer assistance (there are architects, town planners and engineers living in the village) to help the partners of the surgery to develop a plan that leads to
removal of the portakabin in a reasonable time period, ideally a year.
Kind regards,
West Harptree Parish Council
On 16/10/2024 12:39, development_management@bathnes.gov.uk wrote:
Please find attached a consultation request for the above application.
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- Posted: 23rd October 2024