PLANS to build a "family home" in a Ruthin garden have been met with overdevelopment fears.

Proposals for a detached dwelling, to be built on land at (part of a garden) in Tan Y Gerddi Mwrog Street, have been put forward by applicant Mark Braxton. Denbighshire County Council’s planning committee will discuss the plans today (Wednesday, April 18) which are recommended for approval.

Ruthin Town Council have objected to the application due to the “siting, scale, design and massing” of the building.

In a consultation response, they stated: “The proposed plan is larger than the dwelling granted permission in 2015, especially the massing at first floor level.

"Members remain of the opinion that the scale and massing of the proposed building would constitute overdevelopment of the site and would have an adverse impact on neighbouring properties in the conservation area."

The property proposed will be two-storey and consist of an integral garage, office, two bedrooms and bathroom at ground level with a living room, kitchen/diner, bedroom and bathroom/en-suites at first floor level.

During a consultation response, one walker commented: "I have observed that this new application is proposed to be built even closer to our back garden boundary. I feel it is completely at odds with the surrounding buildings."

The planned house will be accessed from a widened access from Mwrog street, which would also serve an existing property at Tan y Gerddi. An existing outbuilding to the front of the site has been removed to allow for the improvements to the access.

This is an amended scheme to one previously approved in 2015. Permission was refused in 2017 as it was deemed by the local planning authority that the proposal "did not respect the site" and would fail to “enhance” or “preserve” the character of the conservation area.

A report, to be presented to the committee today (Wednesday), states: “It is acknowledged that the proposed dwelling would be larger than the larger properties that immediately surround the site, however, it is relevant that the site is set back from the road and is surrounded on three sides by a three metre high brick/stone wall.

"The proposed dwelling would only be visible in part from the dwelling to the South, from a election of highway on an approach to the site and the gap between Tan Y Gerddi and 130 Mwrog street.

“The dwelling would be rendered with a slate roof and the roof height and its design has been modified to reduce the size and the height, so when viewed from the East, it would have a traditional roof pitch sloping away from Tan y Gerddi.”

The report concludes: "The detailing of the development is considered acceptable. It is not considered that there would be any unacceptable impacts subject to the imposition of conditions.”