Agenda, decisions and minutes

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In the event of a fire any person with a disability should be assisted in leaving the building.

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

17.2          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. 

17.3           The Chair indicated that he had exercised his discretion to vary the order of the Agenda Item 5a – Planning Schedule to allow the invited representatives from Gloucestershire County Council to attend.  On that basis, Items 3-5 of the Planning Schedule would be taken before Items 1-2.

18.1          Apologies for absence were received from Councillors J H Evetts (Chair), R M Hatton, J R Mason, T A Spencer and R J E Vines.  Councillors R A Bird and J E Day would be acting as substitutes for the meeting.

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          No further declarations were made on this occasion.

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 July 2018.

20.1          The Minutes of the meeting held on 3 July 2018, copies of which had been circulated, were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair. 

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21.1          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.

21.2          The Technical Planning Manager advised that the revised National Planning Policy Framework had been issued on 24 July 2018.  He did not intend to go through all the changes but explained that the core principles referenced within Officer reports had been removed as the government considered that they were addressed sufficient elsewhere within the National Planning Policy Framework.  There had also been clarification on several other issues and changes to paragraph numbers.  It was the Officers’ opinion that the changes did not alter any of the recommendations contained within the reports before Members.

18/00522/FUL – 43 Evesham Road, Bishop’s Cleeve

21.3           This was an application for a first floor extension over the existing garage to provide additional living accommodation. 

21.4           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.

18/00449/FUL – Land on the East Side of Broadway Road, Stanway

21.5          This application was for the erection of a four-bay steel-framed hay storage barn open on one side (revised scheme to 17/00758/FUL).  The Committee had visited the application site on Friday 27 July 2018.

21.6          The Chair invited the applicant’s agent to address the Committee.  The applicant’s agent clarified that the application was for an agricultural barn, designed for agricultural purposes and on agricultural land.  The barn was of a typical portal construction and was the type of barn seen throughout the countryside in Tewkesbury Borough and across the whole country.  As set out in the Officer report, this was a revised submission following a previous refusal for a barn on this land under delegated powers on the grounds of its size, scale and location allegedly being harmful to the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  In order to address this, the applicant had reduced the size of the barn by approximately 25% and he was pleased to see that the suggested refusal reason no longer referred to ‘size and scale’.  Notwithstanding this, he was concerned that the recommendation was now a ‘principle’ matter resting on the simple fact that the site was within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  He stressed that around one third of Tewkesbury Borough was located within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and there must be hundreds of farms covered by this designation, many  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21a

To consider current planning and enforcement appeals and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) appeal decisions.

22.1          Attention was drawn to the current appeals and appeal decisions update, circulated at Pages No. 22-26.  Members were asked to consider the current planning and enforcement appeals received and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government appeal decisions issued.

22.2          It was

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