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 (during office hours staff should proceed to their usual assembly point; outside of office hours proceed to the visitors’ car park). 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: 64.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 64.2 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: 65.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors D T Foyle, R Furolo, A Hollaway and T A Spencer. Councillors R E Allen 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: 66.1 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. 66.2 The following declarations were made:
66.3 There were no further declarations made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2018. Minutes: 67.1 The Minutes of the meeting held on 13 February 2018, 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: 68.1 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. 17/00935/FUL – Owl Cottage, Corndean Lane, Winchcombe 68.2 This application was for construction of one dwelling, following demolition of existing garage, and associated works. The Committee had visited the application site on Friday 9 March 2018. 68.3 The Chair invited the applicant to address the Committee. The applicant explained that he was proposing to build a modest and sympathetic house in Winchcombe to replace the existing run down garage. As Members would have seen on the Planning Committee Site Visit, the old garage was dilapidated, ugly and ultimately not fit for purpose. His father had wanted to replace the garage but the applicant was convinced that a new industrial garage would be as much of an eyesore as the existing garage. He had therefore persuaded his father to sell him a section of their garden in order for him to apply for planning permission to build a cottage for the applicant to live in. He had submitted a pre-application enquiry and had fully taken on board the advice he had been given. He had brought in a new architect who shared his way of thinking and together they had come up with a new design that fitted nicely into the site and the surrounding area with minimal change to the landscape. The Council’s Conservation Officer was happy with the new design and all other consultees – including Winchcombe Town Council, County Highways, Natural England and the Council’s Flood Risk Management Engineer – had no objections. Furthermore, he pointed out that there had been no negative comments from members of the public and the neighbours were in favour of the proposal and felt it would improve the area. The applicant recognised that much of the site was within Flood Zone 2, with the river corridor in Flood Zone 3; whilst the corridor did flood on rare occasions, the garage itself had never flooded. He made reference to the national hydrological appraisal on the summer 2007 floods by Marsh and Hannaford which set out that a nearby rain gauge in Langley, less than 2km from the site and within the Isbourne catchment, recorded the 130mm of rain in a 24 hour period. The annual probability assigned to these rainfall extremes was one in 500 years. Long-term rainfall and river flow records confirmed the exceptional rarity of the hydrological conditions experienced in 2007 and he reiterated that the garage had never flooded. As the site sat within Flood Zone 2, a sequential test was strictly required and this was the only reason for the Officer recommendation to refuse the application. ... view the full minutes text for item 68a |
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Development Control - Applications to the County Council To note the following decision of Gloucestershire County Council:
Minutes: 69.1 The following decision of Gloucestershire County Council was NOTED:
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 70.1 Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 43-48. Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department for Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued. 70.2 It was RESOLVED That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED. |
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