Agenda for Planning on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 9:00 am
Agenda, decisions and minutes
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Announcements When the continuous alarm sounds you must evacuate the building by the nearest available fire exit. Members and visitors should proceed to the visitors’ car park at the front of the building and await further instructions (staff should proceed to their usual assembly point). Please do not re-enter the building unless instructed to do so.
In the event of a fire any person with a disability should be assisted in leaving the building. Minutes: 71.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 71.2 Members were reminded that the Council had resolved to introduce a Scheme for Public Speaking at Planning Committee for a 12 month period, starting with the new term of the Council in May 2015, which had therefore commenced with the meeting on 9 June 2015. The Chairman gave a brief outline of the scheme and the procedure for Planning Committee meetings. |
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Apologies for Absence and Substitutions To receive apologies for absence and advise of any substitutions. Minutes: 72.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors R A Bird, D T Foyle and Mrs A Hollaway. Councillors R Furolo, Mrs R M Hatton and H A E Turbyfield would be acting as substitutes for the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest Pursuant to the adoption by the Council on 26 June 2012 of the Tewkesbury Borough Council Code of Conduct, effective from 1 July 2012, as set out in Minute No. CL.34, Members are invited to declare any interest they may have in the business set out on the Agenda to which the approved Code applies. Minutes: 73.1 The Committee’s attention was drawn to the Tewkesbury Borough Council Code of Conduct which was adopted by the Council on 26 June 2012 and took effect from 1 July 2012. 73.2 The following declarations were made:
73.3 There were no further declarations made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 February 2016. Minutes: 74.1 The Minutes of the meeting held on 16 February 2016, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. |
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Development Control - Applications to the Borough Council |
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To consider the accompanying Schedule of Planning Applications and proposals, marked Appendix “A”. Decision:
Minutes: 75.1 The Development Manager submitted a Schedule comprising planning applications and proposals with recommendations thereon. Copies of this had been circulated to Members as Appendix A to the Agenda for the meeting. The objections to, support for, and observations upon the various applications as referred to in Appendix 1 attached to these Minutes were presented to the Committee and duly taken into consideration by them prior to decisions being made on those applications. 13/01003/OUT – Land South of the A46 and North of Tirle Brook, Ashchurch 75.2 This was an outline application, with all matters reserved except for access, for a proposed garden centre and retail outlet centre and ancillary facilities together with associated infrastructure works including access, car parking and landscaping. 75.3 The Planning Officer advised that there had been some late representations which were included on the Additional Representations Sheet, attached at Appendix 1. These included a letter from Gloucester City Council raising concern about the potential impact on the regeneration scheme relating to King’s Quarter and further comments from the Borough Council’s retail consultant who considered that there was insufficient evidence to justify that there would be a significant adverse impact on planned investment in Gloucester city centre. The Council’s Environmental Health Officer had confirmed that, whilst there were no adverse comments on air quality, conditions were recommended in relation to noise and extraction methods in terms of the possible A4/A5 types of usage. 75.4 The Planning Officer reiterated that this was an outline application for a new garden centre and retail outlet with all matters reserved aside from access. Given the scale of the development, the key consideration was the cumulative impact on the vitality and viability of existing centres. The National Planning Policy Framework advised that, where an application was likely to have a significant adverse impact on existing, committed and planned investment in a centre, or centres, and/or on town centre vitality or viability, then it should be refused. Similarly, Local Plan Policy RET6 sought to protect the vitality and viability of existing retail centres. A retail impact assessment had been submitted with the application which concluded that the proposal would not have a significant adverse impact on investment in any of the established centres, nor would it have a significant adverse impact on the vitality and viability of those centres having regard to the levels of trade diversification forecast in the assessment and the relative health of those centres. The spin-off benefits and new retail offer were also emphasised including its complementary nature to the existing retail offer in Tewkesbury and other centres. The Council had commissioned its own retail impact assessment which concluded that the proposal was likely to have a significant adverse impact on the health of Tewkesbury town centre and Gloucester city centre, and on existing investment in Tewkesbury due to the scale and type of retail floor space proposed and its proximity to the town centre. The applicant had offered a mitigation package for Tewkesbury town centre but none ... view the full minutes text for item 75a |
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 76.1 Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 26-31. Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Communities and Local Government (CLG) appeal decisions issued 76.2 It was RESOLVED That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED. |
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Advanced Site Visits Briefing To note those applications which have been identified as being subject to a Committee Site Visit on the Friday prior to the Planning Committee meeting at which they will be considered. Minutes: 77.1 Attention was drawn to the Advanced Site Visits Briefing, circulated at Pages No. 32-33, which set out those applications that had been identified as ones which would be subject to a Committee Site Visit on the Friday prior to the Planning Committee meeting at which they would be considered. Members were asked to note the applications in the briefing. 77.2 It was RESOLVED That the Advanced Site Visits Briefing be NOTED. |