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Forename: Trevor
Surname: Clay
Address: 11 Woodlands Grove
Hucknall
Nottingham
NG15 6SG

Opinion:

Overview View: OBJECT

Comment:

Comment:I am writing on behalf of the trustees of Watnall Road Baptist Church, whose building adjoins the boundary wall of 198 Beardall Street, the subject of the planning application.
Having reviewed the planned changes to 198 Beardall Street we have two significant concerns. The first regarding the bedroom windows overlooking a childrenâ€™s play area and the second regarding car parking.
Hucknall Pre School Playgroup is based at Watnall Road Baptist Church and for over 40 years has provided care and pre-school education for 2-5 year olds, five days a week. The Playgroup have an enclosed and secure outdoor play area at the rear of the church building that will be directly overlooked by the first-floor bedroom and also the new dormer extension proposed on the second floor of 198 Beardall Street. We feel that this is an unnecessary risk to the children, to have such windows directly overlooking this play area. If the new dormer window were turned 90 degrees to overlook the car park, that would partially address this concern.
The second concern regards the impact of additional parking, particularly on a Sunday. The site location plan provided by Finola Brady Architectural Services includes part of the Beaumont House car park, which we understand is the subject of a lease and a sub lease to the tenants of 198 Beardall Street and runs for 12 years from 2022. It is not clear whether this lease will transfer to new owners of the property. The entire car park is owned by Beaumont House Care Home and provides parking for 30 cars. The use of the Beaumont House car park by the Church is subject to a licence setting out the spaces and times that the Church has the use of 16 car parking spaces (the original total spaces of the car park) and is irrevocable. With 6 spaces being used by residents or visitors to 198 Beardall Street, the available car parking for Beaumont House will be 8 spaces on a Sunday, probably the busiest day of the week for visitors to residents of the care home. To date the spaces leased to the tenants of 198 Beardall Street have only been used on weekdays and so the shortage of spaces for Beaumont House visitors at weekends has not been quite so problematic, however we know that there is significant over demand for these existing 14 spaces already and so, effectively reducing these by a further 6 at weekends will only exacerbate the situation.
I hope these concerns are of help in enabling you to fully consider the planning application.