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57. |
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:
57.1
The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to
those present.
57.2
Members were reminded that, at its meeting on 17 May 2016, the
Council had confirmed the Scheme for Public Speaking at Planning
Committee as a permanent arrangement.
The Chair gave a brief outline of the scheme and the procedure for
Planning Committee meetings.
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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:
58.1
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.
58.2
The following declarations were made:
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Councillor
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Application No./Item
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Nature of Interest (where disclosed)
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Declared Action in respect of Disclosure
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Mrs G F Blackwell
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16/00450/FUL
Land at Woodhay, Green Lane,
Churchdown.
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Is a Member of Churchdown Parish Council but does
not participate in planning matters.
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Would speak and vote.
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Mrs G F Blackwell
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16/01227/FUL
11 Grierson Close, Hucclecote.
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Is a Member of Hucclecote Parish Council but does
not participate in planning matters.
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Would speak and vote.
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M Dean
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16/01104/FUL
7
Whitehouse Way, Woodmancote.
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Is a Borough Councillor for the area.
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Would speak and vote.
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Mrs A Hollaway
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16/01104/FUL
7 Whitehouse Way, Woodmancote.
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Is a Borough Councillor for the area.
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Would speak and vote.
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J R Mason
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16/01242/FUL
12 Barnmeadow Road, Winchcombe.
16/00481/OUT
Land at Kyderminster Road, Winchcombe.
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Is a Member of Winchcombe Town Council but does not
participate in planning matters.
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Would speak and vote.
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Mrs P E Stokes
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16/00450/FUL
Land at Woodhay, Green Lane,
Churchdown.
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Is a Member of Churchdown Parish Council but does
not participate in planning matters.
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Would speak and vote.
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P D Surman
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16/01101/OUT Manor Farm Buildings, Alstone.
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Had known the applicant for many years and had
previously lived on the farm.
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Would not speak or vote and would leave the Chamber for the
consideration of this item.
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R J E Vines
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15/01378/OUT Nerva Meadows, Plots 3200,
7400 and 7520 Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth.
16/01093/FUL Willowdene, Gloucester
Road, Staverton.
16/01227/FUL
11 Grierson Close, Hucclecote.
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Is a Gloucestershire County Councillor for the
area.
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Would speak and vote.
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58.3
There were no further declarations made on this occasion.
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59. |
Minutes  PDF 6 MB
To approve the Minutes of the
meeting held on 22 November 2016.
Minutes:
59.1
The Minutes of the meeting held on 22 November 2016, copies of
which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and
signed by the Chair.
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60. |
Development Control - Applications to the Borough Council
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60a |
Schedule PDF 7 MB
To consider the accompanying Schedule of
Planning Applications and proposals,
marked Appendix “A”.
Decision:
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Bishops Cleeve
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16/00582/OUT
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Land Parcels 2800
3667 4900 & 6600 Stoke Road Bishops Cleeve
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Refuse
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10
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Click Here To View
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Brockworth
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15/01378/OUT
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Nerva Meadows Plots
3200, 7400, 7520 Gloucester Business Park Brockworth
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Delegated
Permit
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5
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Click Here To View
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Churchdown
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16/00450/FUL
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Land at
Woodhay
Green Lane Churchdown
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Permit
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7
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Click Here To View
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Elmstone Hardwicke
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16/00804/FUL
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Stanboro Nurseries Stanboro Lane Elmstone
Hardwicke
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Permit
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2
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Click Here To View
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Highnam
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16/00858/APP
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Land to the west
of Lassington Lane Highnam
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Approve
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11
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Click Here To View
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Hucclecote
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16/01227/FUL
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11 Grierson Close
Hucclecote
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Permit
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9
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Click Here To View
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Staverton
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16/01093/FUL
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Willowdene Gloucester Road Staverton
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Refuse
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6
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Teddington
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16/01101/OUT
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Manor Farm
Buildings Alstone Tewkesbury
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Refuse
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1
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Winchcombe
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16/00481/OUT
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Land at
Kyderminster Road Winchcombe
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Refuse
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4
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Winchcombe
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16/01242/FUL
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12 Barnmeadow Road Winchcombe Cheltenham
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Permit
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3
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Woodmancote
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16/01104/FUL
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7 Whitehouse Way
Woodmancote
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Permit
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8
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Click Here To View
Minutes:
60.1
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.
16/01101/FUL – Manor Farm Buildings, Alstone
60.2
This was an outline application for the erection of five houses
with all matters reserved including access.
60.3
The Development Manager indicated that he wanted to make some
observations on the correspondence that had been sent to Members by
the applicant’s agent. Firstly,
the authorised use of the land was for agriculture and, therefore,
it was not brownfield land. Whilst
there may have been unauthorised haulage uses in the past, the site
had been the subject of successful enforcement action and an
enforcement notice was still in place.
The agent had suggested that the proposal was what the majority of
the locality desired; Members would note that the Parish Council
neither objected nor supported the application and, in terms of
representations, seven letters of support and four letters of
objection had been received. The
Development Manager explained that he had talked recently about the
danger of using the fact that the site may not be well kept as a
reason for granting planning permission where it would otherwise be
unacceptable. Notwithstanding this, the
site appeared to be reasonably well maintained and was not
untypical of sites in rural locations.
The agent had described the redevelopment as a ‘massive
improvement to the landscape’ due to the removal of the
existing buildings and their replacement with five dwellings;
however, this was very much a matter of judgement. The site was within the Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty and it was Officers’ view that the proposals
would be significantly more harmful to the landscape. The Landscape Officer’s comments were set
out in the report and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural
England (CPRE) also objected to the application. The Development Manager went on to explain that
there had been a suggestion of inconsistency from the agent and he
clarified that, in his view, there was no conflict with the
recommendation for the application at Winchcombe which appeared
later on the Planning Schedule. He
reminded Members that each application should be considered on its
own merits and the context of the Winchcombe application was vastly
different. The overall balancing
exercise at Paragraph 14 of the Officer’s report set out the
benefits of the proposal. There was a
clear difference of opinion between Officers and the agent in this
respect and it was considered that the harm to the landscape
significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minor benefits
associated with five houses. This
general approach was endorsed by the Planning Inspector in relation
to an appeal at Gretton View, Alderton, a site which was not
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61. |
Development Control - Applications to the County Council
To note the following decision of
Gloucestershire County Council:
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Site/Development
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Decision
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16/00049/LA3
Alderman Knight School
Ashchurch Road
Tewkesbury
New Post-16 Unit.
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Application PERMITTED subject
to conditions in relation to the commencement of development; scope
of the development; hours of working; drainage; ecology; soft and
hard landscaping and aftercare scheme; materials; highways;
external lighting; construction method statement; additional
information; mechanical and electrical; and site waste management
plan for the following summary of reasons:
“As disruptive as the
proposed works will be during the period of construction, the
County Planning Authority (CPA) in their consideration of the
material planning merits of the proposal have balanced the
provision of a much needed facility with the fact that no statutory
consultees object and that the grounds for objection raised by the
one contributor were actively considered and addressed through the
submission of an amended parking layout. It is therefore the
considered opinion of the CPA that there are no material
considerations that could justify refusal.
Subject to the imposition of
conditions, it is considered that the proposal has been
sufficiently mitigated through negotiation and submission of
amended plans and additional supporting information to ensure that
the development will not have an unacceptable adverse affect upon
the character of the area, the ecology of the site nor the amenity
of neighbouring residents and the general locality by reason of its
design, appearance, scale and siting in accordance with Tewkesbury
Borough Local Plan to 2011 (Adopted March 2006) (Saved Policy):
GNL8, GNL15, RCN2, TPT1, TPT6, EVT2, EVT3, EVT9, LND7 and NCN5,
along with Policy WCS1 and WCS2 of the Gloucestershire Waste Core
Strategy and the aims and interests that the National Planning
Policy Framework seeks to protect and promote”.
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Minutes:
61.1
The following decision of Gloucestershire County Council was
NOTED:
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Site/Development
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Decision
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16/00049/LA3
Alderman Knight School
Ashchurch Road
Tewkesbury
New Post-16 Unit.
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Application PERMITTED subject
to conditions in relation to the commencement of development; scope
of the development; hours of working; drainage; ecology; soft and
hard landscaping and aftercare scheme; materials; highways;
external lighting; construction method statement; additional
information; mechanical and electrical; and site waste management
plan for the following summary of reasons:
“As disruptive as the
proposed works will be during the period of construction, the
County Planning Authority (CPA) in their consideration of the
material planning merits of the proposal have balanced the
provision of a much needed facility with the fact that no statutory
consultees object and that the grounds for objection raised by the
one contributor were actively considered and addressed through the
submission of an amended parking layout. It is therefore the
considered opinion of the CPA that there are no material
considerations that could justify refusal.
Subject to the imposition of
conditions, it is considered that the proposal has been
sufficiently mitigated through negotiation and submission of
amended plans and additional supporting information to ensure that
the development will not have an unacceptable adverse effect upon
the character of the area, the ecology of the site nor the amenity
of neighbouring residents and the general locality by reason of its
design, appearance, scale and siting in accordance with Tewkesbury
Borough Local Plan to 2011 (Adopted March 2006) (Saved Policy):
GNL8, GNL15, RCN2, TPT1, TPT6, EVT2, EVT3, EVT9, LND7 and NCN5,
along with Policy WCS1 and WCS2 of the Gloucestershire Waste Core
Strategy and the aims and interests that the National Planning
Policy Framework seeks to protect and promote”.
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62. |
Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update PDF 99 KB
To consider current Planning and Enforcement
Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions.
Minutes:
62.1
Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions
update, circulated at Pages No. 41-44.
Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement
appeals received and the Department of Communities and Local
Government appeal decisions issued in September and October
2016.
62.2 It
was
RESOLVED
That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED.
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