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: 4.1 The evacuation procedure, as noted on the Agenda, was advised to those present. 4.2 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: 5.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors J R Mason and T A Spencer. Councillors R A Bird and J E Day 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: 6.1 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. 6.2 The following declarations were made:
6.3 No further declarations were made on this occasion. |
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To approve the Minutes of the meetings held on 3 May and 15 May 2018. Additional documents: Minutes: 7.1 The Minutes of the meetings held on 3 May and 15 May 2018, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as correct records 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: 8.1 The Technical Planning 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. 18/00258/FUL – 77 Barton Street, Tewkesbury 8.2 This application was for the conversion of two rooms on the second floor from offices to create a self-contained studio flat. 8.3 The Planning Officer drew attention to the Additional Representations Sheet, attached at Appendix 1, and explained that, since the report had been written, it had been established that a mistake had been made when calculating the floor space for the proposed living/bedroom area. Page No. 4, Paragraph 5.19 of the Officer report, stated that the floor space for the living/bedroom area would be 16.9 square metres; however, this was incorrect and it would actually be 17.87 square metres which was above the minimum standard of 17.5 square metres for a lounge/bedroom. She apologised for this error and indicated that this meant the premises would not be classed as overcrowded under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System brought in under the Housing Act 2004. Notwithstanding this, the proposal would still be inconsistent with national technical standards for housing, as set out at Paragraph 5.18 of the report. Taking account of this, and the other harm identified in the report, the recommendation to refuse the proposal remained unchanged. 8.4 A Member sought clarification as to whether the national technical housing standards related to all properties; whilst he could understand why it might be necessary to impose certain standards on a new build, this was an existing structure. In response, the Planning Officer advised that the technical housing standards were set by the government and referred to all development; it did not differentiate between new builds and change of use. The report did set out that Planning Practice Guidance stated that compliance with the technical housing standards could only be required where this had been referenced with a local planning authority’s local plan – there was no such reference within the Joint Core Strategy, although it may be included within the emerging Tewkesbury Borough Plan. Nevertheless, as with the Housing Act 2004 guidance, they provided certain benchmarks; at the end of the day, a planning judgement had to be made as to whether the residential amenity was acceptable. The Member felt there was considerable lack of clarity; the national technical standards were not set out in planning policy at a national or local level and yet they appeared to be critical to the recommendation in relation to this particular application. There was a balance of probabilities to be taken into account when making an overall recommendation and it seemed to him there had been a significant change to the ... view the full minutes text for item 8a |
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Current Appeals and Appeal Decisions Update To consider current Planning and Enforcement Appeals and CLG Appeal Decisions. Minutes: 9.1 Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 14-24. Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Department for Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued. 9.2 It was RESOLVED That the current appeals and appeal decisions report be NOTED. |