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: 89.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 89.2 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: 90.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillor R D East (Vice-Chair). There were no substitutions on this occasion. |
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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: 91.1 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. 91.2 The following declarations were made:
91.3 There were no further declarations made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 April 2017. Minutes: 92.1 The Minutes of the meeting held on 11 April, 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: 93.1 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. 17/00224/FUL – 9 Kenelm Rise, Winchcombe 93.2 This application was for a single storey rear extension and side extension. The Committee had visited the application site on Friday 5 May 2017. 93.3 The Chair invited Lindsey Wallace, a local resident speaking against the application, to address the Committee. She explained that some of her concerns about the proposed development of 9 Kenelm Rise - access to guttering and insulation along the common wall - had been addressed in the latest revised plans and she was grateful that the applicant’s agent had taken time to discuss this matter with herself and her husband. Notwithstanding this, they continued to feel that, due to its overall size and height, the extension would have an overbearing impact on their property and also on No. 11 Kenelm Rise. It would restrict the light into their conservatory and main living room, which had no other source of light, particularly in the winter months. They had calculated that the proposed extensions would result in an increase of more than 70% of the original footprint of the building and the side wall adjacent to No. 7 would, at its full length of 6m, be in the region of 3m above the ground level of their garden due to the slope. The ridge of the pitched roof would be almost 2m above that. She asked that the Committee reject the application on those grounds. 93.4 The Chair invited the applicant’s agent, Ian Povey, to address the Committee. Mr Povey explained that his client had been searching for a long time to find a suitable property to become her ‘forever’ home. It was very important that the property enabled her to look over her late husband who was laid to rest in the town’s cemetery. As the property would be her forever home, it was imperative that it was a bungalow and, therefore, only a small number of properties were suitable which seldom came up for sale. The applicant, who originated from Winchcombe and whose family resided in the town, had been lucky enough to purchase No. 9 when it had come onto the market in 2016. One of her daughters lived in Dubai with her young family and it was important that the proposed alterations allowed for an additional bedroom to be created, whilst maintaining a single storey layout. Similar properties in the area had already been altered to provide an additional bedroom; however, this had been undertaken by converting the loft space. In many cases this had resulted in the construction of large box dormers, ... view the full minutes text for item 93a |
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 94.1 Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 34-38. Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department of Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued. 94.2 It was RESOLVED That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED. |