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: 17.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 17.2 Member were reminded that the Council had resolved to introduce a Scheme of 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: 18.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillor R A Bird. Councillor P W Awford would be acting as a substitute 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: 19.1 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. 19.2 The following declarations were made:
19.3 It was noted that all Members of the Committee had received correspondence in relation to various applications on the planning schedule but they had not expressed an opinion. 19.4 There were no further declarations made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 7 July 2015. Minutes: 20.1 The Minutes of the meeting held on 7 July 2015, 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: 21.1 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. 14/01224/FUL – Vine Tree Farm, The Wharf, Coombe Hill 21.2 The application was for a proposed replacement dwelling and detached double garage, hard and soft landscaping and provision of new access and driveway. The application had been deferred at the last Committee meeting for a site visit to assess the impact of the proposed development on the landscape and setting of the nearby listed buildings and the Committee had subsequently visited the site on Friday 31 July 2015. 21.3 The Chairman invited the applicant, Mr John McCreadie, to address the Committee. Mr McCreadie felt that the application should be very straight forward as outline planning permission had already been granted for the erection of a replacement dwelling to replace the one which flooded. It was not in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Green Belt or Conservation Area and the proposed home was within the same size parameters as those already granted within the outline permission. Due to there being no mains drainage, the replacement dwelling had been moved up the hill to allow space for a sewerage treatment plant. The sewage discharge pipes needed to be 10m long due to the clay soil and they must be located 10m away from the proposed house and outside of the flood zone which substantially dictated the position of the new dwelling. Since the last Committee meeting, two professional consultants’ reports had been submitted analysing the issues raised by Officers regarding the effect on landscaping and heritage. Although they had been submitted on 21 July, they had not been added to the website or mentioned in the Officer’s updated report to the Committee. The landscape assessment was a very comprehensive 35 page report with many photographs, prepared by Davies Landscape Architects. It related directly to the potential harm to the Landscape Protection Zone and the character and design element of HOU7. In summary, the findings had concluded that the proposed house could only be viewed from a very limited area and would not have a detrimental impact upon the wider character or features that the policies set out to protect. The Heritage Assessment, by an ex-National Trust specialist, concluded that there would be no detrimental impact upon the listed building and its historic setting. It noted that the modern conversion of outbuildings into Evington Lodge some years ago had allowed it to become the most prominent building and reduced the setting of listed Evington House significantly. Consequently the current proposals would have no detrimental impact on the heritage or the setting of the listed building. The replacement dwelling was ... view the full minutes text for item 21a |
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 22.1 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 that had been issued. 22.2 A Member noted that application 13/01216/FUL Parcel 7710, Hygrove Lane, Minsterworth, regarding use of land for the stationing of static and transit caravans for residential purposes for five gypsy pitches, had been allowed on appeal, and that Officers had taken legal advice in relation to whether the decision could be challenged as the Inspector had concluded that the development would not adversely affect the appearance of the site or landscape which was unusual given that the site was currently an open field. The Member sought clarification as to the legal advice which had been received. The Development Manager explained that, although it was a bizarre judgement, there was nothing fundamentally wrong in law with the decision that had been arrived at and therefore it was not considered it could be successfully challenged. 22.3 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: 23.1 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 included in the briefing. 23.2 It was RESOLVED That the Advanced Site Visits briefing be NOTED. |