Agenda for Planning on Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 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: 63.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 63.2 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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Apologies for Absence and Substitutions To receive apologies for absence and advise of any substitutions. Minutes: 64.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors R A Bird and P D Surman. Councillors 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: 65.1 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. 65.2 The following declarations were made:
65.3 There were no further declarations made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 20 December 2016. Minutes: 66.1 The Minutes of the meeting held on 20 December 2016, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. |
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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: 67.1 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 Members prior to decisions being made on those applications. 16/01272/OUT – Little Holborn, Church Lane, The Leigh 67.2 This was an outline application for the erection of two dwellings and associated access with all matters reserved for future consideration except for access. The Committee had visited the application site on Thursday 12 January 2017. 67.3 The Development Manager reminded Members that each application should be determined on its own merits and the Officer objections around landscape harm, accessibility and site location in relation to this particular application were clearly set out within the report. He had previously highlighted to Members the importance of the development plan, and development plan process, and, whilst Officers did not disagree that some villages needed growth, this should be facilitated through the Borough Plan. Permitting applications on an ad-hoc basis, and the cumulative impact of such development, was contrary to the aim of protecting the countryside and character of villages such as The Leigh, especially when the site location was not well related to the village core. An application for the construction of a two storey detached dwelling at Todpool Cottage, The Leigh had previously been permitted by the Committee but this was located within the village core and, therefore, did not have the same implications in terms of landscape harm. The report also made reference to an application for a new bungalow and detached garage building at Blacksmith’s Lane, The Leigh which had been permitted by the Planning Committee in March 2016, however, it was clear from the Minutes of that meeting that there were personal circumstances which had been in Members’ minds when that decision had been made. Whereas those two applications had been supported by Leigh Parish Council, it was unable to support this application for the reasons set out within the report. Whilst permitting one application would not necessarily set a precedent, especially when looking at the particular facts of that case, continuing to permit applications outside of policy in one particular location would pose a real risk in that regard. The Development Manager reiterated that any further growth should be through the plan-led process rather than on the basis of ad-hoc decisions. 67.4 The Chair invited the applicant’s agent, Oliver Rider, to address the Committee. Mr Rider noted that the Committee had permitted two separate applications in The Leigh in 2016. In both of those cases a representative from the Parish Council had addressed the Committee and spoken passionately in favour of development explaining that the Parish Council was supportive of small-scale growth and wished to see development evenly spread across the Parish. The Planning Committee ... view the full minutes text for item 67a |
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 68.1 Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 33-28. Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department of Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued. 68.2 It was RESOLVED That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED. |