Agenda, decisions and minutes

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48.1           The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present.

48.2           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. 

49.1           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.

49.2           The following declarations were made:

49.3           There were no further declarations made on this occasion.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2017.

50.1           The Minutes of the meeting held on 21 November 2017, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 

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51.1           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.

51.2           The Development Manager advised that the Schedule had been published prior to the adoption of the Joint Core Strategy which now formed part of the development plan.  This meant that some of the policies referenced within the Officer reports had been superseded and no longer held any weight in the decision-making process.  This represented a significant change in circumstances.  The Officer reports had been written on the assumption that the Joint Core Strategy would be adopted – given that the Gloucester City Council and Tewkesbury Borough Council meetings had already taken place and the Cheltenham Borough Council meeting was due to take place on the afternoon of the day the Planning Committee papers were published – with very significant weight being given to the policies within the Joint Core Strategy and very limited weight being given to the saved local plan policies.  Therefore, the adoption of the Joint Core Strategy had no significant effect on any conclusions within the reports and did not affect any of the Officer recommendations.

17/00865/FUL – 75 Barton Street, Tewkesbury

51.3           This application was for change of use from A2 professional services to residential C3; creation of two dwelling units and associated refurbishment and repair. 

51.4           The Chair indicated that there were no public speakers for this item.  The Officer recommendation was to permit the application and he sought a motion from the floor.  It was proposed and seconded that the application be permitted in accordance with the Officer recommendation and, upon being put to the vote, it was

RESOLVED          That the application be PERMITTED in accordance with the Officer recommendation.

17/00866/LBC – 75 Barton Street, Tewkesbury

51.5           This was a listed building consent application for the creation of two dwelling units and associated refurbishment and repair. 

51.6           The Chair indicated that there were no public speakers for this item.  The Officer recommendation was to grant consent and he sought a motion from the floor.  It was proposed and seconded that the application be granted consent in accordance with the Officer recommendation and, upon being put to the vote, it was

RESOLVED          That the application be GRANTED CONSENT in accordance with the Officer recommendation.

17/00711/FUL – Brookelands, Tewkesbury Road, Norton

51.7           This application was for the erection of five detached dwellings.

51.8           The Chair indicated that there were no public speakers for this item.  The Officer recommendation was to permit the application and he sought a motion from the floor. It was proposed and seconded that the application be permitted in accordance with the Officer recommendation. 

51.9           A Member found  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51a

52.1           Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 12-16.  Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department for Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued.

52.2           A Member felt that Inspectors seemed to be agreeing with the decisions made by the Council more frequently as the Joint Core Strategy had progressed.  Another Member pointed out that all three appeal decisions within the report had been dismissed and all had originally been delegated decisions made by Officers.  The Development Manager advised that, although it did not always win appeals with delegated decisions, the Council did have an excellent record with appeal decisions for both delegated and Committee decisions; unfortunately, this could be overshadowed, particularly when it was unsuccessful in the larger appeals.  He intended to bring some statistics on this to the Committee in the New Year. 

53.3           It was

RESOLVED          That the current appeals and appeal decisions update be NOTED.