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Case Officer: D CrowtherSite: Cable Cottage, Cliff Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8LDApplication No: 41/0039/08/FDate Received: 11th January 2008Agent: Beswick Partnership Ltd, Sun Street, Tewkesbury ,Glos,GL20 5NXApplicant: Mr & Mrs M WarnerDevelopment: Removal of structually unsound cottage and erection of newdwelling+ \ +h+[ \ +hh
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Policies
Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyDesignCountrysideCoastal Preservation AreaAffecting a Listed Building
Consultations
Devon County Council – County Highways AuthorityNo commentSouth West WaterNo commentEnvironment AgencyNo objection subject to condition floor levelsLand DrainageNo commentEnvironmental Health SectionNo commentContamination OfficerRecommends conditions attached to any planning permissionCounty ArchaeologistRecommends condition attached to any planning permission requiring a full recording of thestructure prior to demolition.Conservation OfficerNo objection. This application arrives after a previous scheme had been submitted to andapproved by the Local Planning Authority (ref: 0811/07/F) at the beginning of last year.There is very little difference in what was previously approved and what is now proposedother than a small increase in height given the new Environment Agency’s concernsregarding flooding issues.The main difference is that this current application seeks to
demolish
the existing buildingand to rebuild.As you are aware there was a request to HE and the DCMS to ‘Spot List’ the building,however confirmation has now been obtained from the governing body (EH) that they havechosen not to list the building.Undoubtedly the building offers much in the way of local historic interest, being the site wherea submarine cable came onshore, representative of the technology of the day, mid 19
th
century.
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Although architecturally the building offers a most pleasing aesthetic, the ‘cottage’ whichhoused the ‘cable’ would when first constructed have been a simple utilitarian non-domesticstructure.As such the building as we see it today represents later intervention when the structure wasrevamped to suit habitable purposes.Although when viewed in a national context the Cable Cottage may not make the gradearchitecturally, as mentioned above it does offer a degree of local interest.As it stands the building is non-listed and does not lie within a conservation area and as suchis afforded no protection from demolition. The difference between this scheme and theprevious approved scheme is negligible and as such there is no Officer objection.”
Town Council
Salcombe Town Council make the following observations:-Objection. Councillors are aware of the historic and scientific significance of this propertylocally. It was noted that the assertion is that the property is structurally unsafe but thisstatement was challenged due to the buildings test of time and the fact that it has alwaysleaned. It was felt that this application is an overdevelopment of the site and out of keepingwith the locality due to the proposal to double the size from its original structure (CS7, CS9,KP11). Set in a Coastal Preservation Area this property is felt to be in harmony with itssurroundings and such changes as proposed would not promote the importance of thisbuilding to this area in terms of the evolution of global telecoms and thus undermine itshistorical value (CS9, DC21, DC24). The Clerk was requested to write to the Institute ofElectrical Engineers in London advising of the concerns for Cable Cottage and asking forinformation and support.Letters of representation can be viewed on the planning website.
Case Officer ReportDescription of Site and Proposal
Detached property in prominent location to the north-west corner of North Sands Bay,separated from the beach by Cliff Road.
Relevant Planning History
Planning application 41/0811/07/F approved 4 June 2007 for alterations and extensions tocottage and garage.The Conservation Officer raised no objection to application 41/0811/07/F and made thefollowing comments:“I am pleased to state that this latest offering has addressed the issues that wereraised previously, namely; the amount of ‘flat-roof’ and the scale of the ‘glass box’.Cable Cottage sits in a most prominent location on the north west corner of NorthSands Bay, separated from the beach only by Cliff Road, vast public views areafforded onto the property both front and rear.
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