Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 28th June 2018.

The minutes of the meeting held on 28th June 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

No questions were submitted.

No questions were submitted.

The following disclosures were made:

(i)            by Councillor Page – a personal interest in application P/18/0250/2 (Land to the west of Aumberry Gap, Loughborough) as he knew the landowner as they were both members of the same golf club; however he retained an open mind.

The Chair and Councillor Bebbington referred to correspondence that had been sent to all members of the Committee by the applicant’s agent in respect of application P/18/0250/2.

The list of planning applications to be considered at the meeting is appended.

Reports of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, setting out applications for planning permission, were submitted (items 1 to 4 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes).  Additional Items reports in respect of applications P/18/0602/2, P/18/1161/2, P/17/0881/2 and P/18/0250/2 were also submitted (also filed with these minutes).

In accordance with the procedure for public speaking at meetings, the following objectors and applicants or their representatives attended the meeting and expressed their views:

(i)            Ms Payal Walker (applicant) in respect of application P/18/0606/2;

(ii)          Mr Jake Locke (objector) and Mr Anil Lad (applicant) in respect of application P/18/1161/2;

(iii)         Ms Anne Bailey (objector) and Ms Lizzie Marjoram (on behalf of the applicant) in respect of application P/17/0881/2;

(iv)         Councillor Margaret Smidowicz (objector) and Ms Frances Turner (applicant) in respect of application P/18/0250/2.

In accordance with the procedure for Borough Councillors speaking at Plans Committee meetings, the following Councillors attended the meeting and expressed their views:

(i)            Councillor Huddlestone, speaking on behalf of Councillor Bradshaw, in respect of application P/18/0606/2;

(ii)          Councillor Smidowicz in respect of application P/18/1161/2.

In addition the Chair, Councillor Page, read a statement on behalf of Councillor Taylor, who could not be present at the meeting, in respect of application P/17/0881/2.  He stated that the statement contained Councillor Taylor’s views and not his.

In addition to the general update on the new version of the National Planning Policy Framework, published by the Government on 24th July 2018, that was contained in the Additional Items report, officers provided the following advice regarding each of the applications as follows:

(i)           in respect of application P/18/0606/2 – while there had been slight changes to policy in relation to the application there was nothing of note that would change the recommendation that had been submitted;

(ii)          in respect of application P/18/1161/2 – there was nothing of direct relevance in the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework that altered the weight to be given to the planning considerations or the recommendation set out in the report;

(iii)         in respect of application P/17/0881/2 – there had been changes in relation to considering viability (paragraph 57), the appropriate amount of affordable housing on brownfield sites (paragraph 63), the minimum amount of affordable housing required to be affordable home ownership on major residential sites and exceptions to that requirement (paragraph 64); the Council could now demonstrate a five year housing land supply but that was also the case when the original permission was granted in 2016; it was concluded that there was no need to change the officer recommendation set out in the submitted report;

(iv)         in respect of application P/18/0250/2 – the Council could now demonstrate a five year housing land supply but the absence of one was not given great weight in the planning balance in reaching the recommendation set out in the report; the changes to the policy on design and layout (paragraph 131) added support to the recommendation that planning permission should be refused.

Officers provided the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 18th June 2018 to 13th July 2018 is attached at page E1.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 18th June 2018 to 13th July 2018 was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).