Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 11th October 2018.

The minutes of the meeting held on 11th October 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

No questions were submitted.

No questions were submitted.

The Chair referred to the fact that members of the Committee had received promotional literature from the applicants for item 4 on the agenda (P/17/0388/2, Clear View Business Park, 103 Loughborough Road, Quorn).  Members of the Committee who had received the correspondence confirmed that they retained an open mind in respect of the application.

The following disclosures were made:

(i)            by Councillor Grimley – a personal interest in application P/17/0388/2 (Clear View Business Park, 103 Loughborough Road, Quorn) as he had worked with people who had worked for the applicant’s architect; however he had had no contact with them regarding the application and retained an open mind;

(ii)          by Councillor Grimley – a personal interest in application P/17/2591/2 (Land Off Loughborough Road, Burton on the Wolds) as he had previously worked with the applicant’s landscape architect in a professional capacity; however he had had no contact with them regarding the application and retained an open mind;

(iii)         by Councillor Snartt – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice that he would be withdrawing from the Committee table during the consideration of application P/18/1712/2 (216 Bradgate Road, Anstey) as he would be speaking on behalf of the ward councillor;

(iv)         by Councillor Tassell – a personal interest in application P/18/1712/2 (216 Bradgate Road, Anstey) as she knew a local resident who she had seen during the Committee’s visit to the site.

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 5 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes).  An Additional Items report in respect of application P/17/0388/2 was also submitted (also filed with these minutes).

In order to assist with the arrangements for speakers, the Committee agreed to consider item 5 on the agenda (application P/17/2591/2) prior to item 3 (application P/18/1712/2).

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

(i)         Mr Stephen Bradwell (on behalf of objectors) and Ms Christina Church) in respect of application P/18/0174/2;

(ii)        Mr Jim Foxall (objector) and Mr Stephen Bradwell (on behalf of the applicant) in respect of application P/18/0827/2;

(iii)       Mr F.J. Howgate (objector) and Mr Alan Carr (on behalf of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold Parish Council) in respect of application P/17/2591/2;

(iv)       Mr Patrick Reid (on behalf of the applicant) in respect of application P/17/0388/2.

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 Shepherd in respect of application P/18/0174/2;

(ii)        Councillor Parton, speaking on behalf of Councillor Mercer, in respect of application P/18/0827/2;

(iii)       Councillor Bokor in respect of application P/17/2591/2;

(iv)       Councillor Snartt, speaking on behalf of Councillor Taylor, in respect of application P/18/1712/2.

In respect of application P/17/2591/2 (Land Off Loughborough Road, Burton on the Wolds), correspondence had been received from the Highway Authority earlier on the day of the meeting setting out its comments on the application.  That correspondence was read in full to the Committee and was available as part of the planning file.

Having made a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice, Councillor Snartt withdrew from the Committee table during the consideration of application P/18/1712/2 (216 Bradgate Road, Anstey).

RESOLVED

1.         that, in respect of application P/18/0174/2 (Ms Christina Church, Kennel Block, Quorn Hall, Quorn), planning permission be granted subject to the condition, reason and advice notes set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration and subject to an amendment to the condition to state that the whole of the site should only be used for private domestic purposes;

2.         that, in respect of application P/18/0827/2 (Mr and Mrs R. Merchant, 85 Castledine Street, Loughborough), planning permission be granted subject to the conditions, reasons and advice notes set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration;

3.         that, in respect of application P/17/2591/2 (Jelson Ltd, Land Off Loughborough Road, Burton on the Wolds):

A.   subject to resolution 3B below, the Planning Inspectorate be informed that had the Local Planning Authority been given the opportunity to determine the application then planning permission would have been refused for the reasons set out below:

(i)     The general  ...  view the full minutes text for item 36.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 28th September 2018 to 19th October 2018 is attached.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 28th September 2018 to 19th October 2018 was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).