Item5Appendix 4(a) Objections2019/0003/DETand2019/0006/LBC

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Plan­ning Com­mit­tee Agenda Item 5 Appendix 4A 26/04/2019

AGENDA ITEM 5

APPENDIX 4A

2019/0003/DET & 2019/0006/LBC

REP­RES­ENT­A­TIONS OBJECTION

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2019/0006/LBC

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2019/0006/LBC Address: Bal­later Old School Abergel­die Road Bal­later Aber­deen­shire AB35 5RR Pro­pos­al: Con­ver­sion of School to 10 Dwell­ing­houses, Rein­state­ment of School­houses to form 2 Dwell­ing­houses, Erec­tion of 1 Dwell­ing­house and 11 Flats (Afford­able Houses), Form­a­tion of Car Park, Access and Alter­a­tions to Bound­ary Walls Case Officer: Kath­er­ine Donnachie

Cus­tom­er Details Name: Mr Domin­ic Fairlie Address: Lary Cot­tage 4 Inver­cauld Road Ballater

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I wish to object to the applic­a­tion. The exist­ing build­ings form­ing the old school are in keep­ing with the area, but the new addi­tion­al build­ings are not well designed for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. The gables of the new build­ings are much wider, and this gives the build­ings an unat­tract­ive mod­ern style. A res­ult of this is that the roof is big. An effort has been made to reduce the appear­ance of the roof by redu­cing the pitch of the roof such that this is much shal­low­er than nor­mal. This means that the gables, which will be vis­ible, are unattractive.
2. The roof over­hangs the eaves and gables, and this also tends to give a large appear­ance to the roof. If the roof was gen­er­ally smal­ler and had a steep­er pitch, there would not be an issue with exposed rafter ends.
3. The roof lines jump up and down without prop­er ter­min­a­tions (eg tabling or chimneys).
4. The win­dows in the new builds are small, look­ing almost mean by com­par­is­on with the exist­ing school build­ings, and have an accen­tu­ated hori­zont­al appearance.
5. There are many roof light style win­dows, too many for front elevations.
6. Tim­ber clad­ding is tra­di­tion­al in exten­sions to exist­ing build­ings or on out­houses but hav­ing just front elev­a­tions of the main prop­er­ties clad in tim­ber is not in keep­ing with Ballater.

I have no issue at all with the site being re-developed but con­sider that more effort could be made in mak­ing the design of the new addi­tions have a more tra­di­tion­al appear­ance. It may be that the changes will mean a less­er num­ber of prop­er­ties, which would have the added bene­fit of there being less car parking.

I have sub­mit­ted the same com­ment to the Applic­a­tion for Detailed Plan­ning Approval.

Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2019/0003/DET

Applic­a­tion Sum­mary Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2019/0003/DET Address: Bal­later Old School Abergel­die Road Bal­later Aber­deen­shire AB35 5RR Pro­pos­al: Con­ver­sion of School to 10 Dwell­ing­houses, Rein­state­ment of School­houses to form 2 Dwell­ing­houses, Erec­tion of 1 Dwell­ing­house and 11 Flats (Afford­able Houses), Form­a­tion of Car Park, Access and Alter­a­tions to Bound­ary Walls Case Officer: Kath­er­ine Donnachie

Cus­tom­er Details Name: Mr Domin­ic Fairlie Address: Lary Cot­tage 4 Inver­cauld Road Ballater

Com­ment Details Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er objects to the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reas­ons: Comment:I wish to object to the applic­a­tion. The exist­ing build­ings form­ing the old school are in keep­ing with the area, but the new addi­tion­al build­ings are not well designed for the fol­low­ing reasons:

1. The gables of the new build­ings are much wider, and this gives the build­ings an unat­tract­ive mod­ern style. A res­ult of this is that the roof is big. An effort has been made to reduce the appear­ance of the roof by redu­cing the pitch of the roof such that this is much shal­low­er than nor­mal. This means that the gables, which will be vis­ible, are unattractive.
2. The roof over­hangs the eaves and gables, and this also tends to give a large appear­ance to the roof. If the roof was gen­er­ally smal­ler and had a steep­er pitch, there would not be an issue with exposed rafter ends.
3. The roof lines jump up and down without prop­er ter­min­a­tions (eg tabling or chimneys).
4. The win­dows in the new builds are small, look­ing almost mean by com­par­is­on with the exist­ing school build­ings, and have an accen­tu­ated hori­zont­al appearance.
5. There are many roof light style win­dows, too many for front elevations.
6. Tim­ber clad­ding is tra­di­tion­al in exten­sions to exist­ing build­ings or on out­houses but hav­ing just front elev­a­tions of the main prop­er­ties clad in tim­ber is not in keep­ing with Ballater.

I have no issue at all with the site being re-developed but con­sider that more effort could be made in mak­ing the design of the new addi­tions have a more tra­di­tion­al appear­ance. It may be that the changes will mean a less­er num­ber of prop­er­ties, which would have the added bene­fit of there being less car parking.