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Forename: CAROL
Surname: MERRIN
Address: 21 Church Street
kirkby in Ashfield 
 NG17 8LA

Opinion:

Overview View: OBJECT

Comment:

Comment:This application is based on a false premise. The land where the Mr Machin (or his client) plans to build, is not part of  "21A Church Street" as stated in the application, but in fact is a separately owned piece of land which HM Land Registry now call   "Land On The West Side Of 21b Church Street, Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8LA."  This piece of land has previously also been called "The land between 21A and 21B Church Street,"  and indeed many of the previous applications submitted to Ashfield Council requesting permission to build on this land, have used the latter name for this piece of land. 

For clarity, 21a and the "Land On The West Side Of 21b Church Street" are owned by different people. The HM Land Registry website confirms that the  "Land On The West Side Of 21b Church Street" was purchased in 2021 - and the builder who bought this land at that time has made himself known to us.   Although the application claims to be for an annex to the bungalow on 21A , it fails to make it clear that the planned "outbuilding" is on it's neighbour's land.

The planned building has a similar footprint to the bungalow 21A and it is therefore likely that this application has been made as an attempt to circumnavigate the many previous failed applications for a residential property to be built on this land.

Key reasons for previous applications over many years being rejected are as follows:
* The access from the shared drive onto Church Street is only 1 car wide.
* The property is in the curtilage of a listed building.
* The land is not big enough to provide space for vehicle turning-space and parking.
* The property would need a septic tank and there is not enough space for this to comply with regulations.
These factors have not changed.