Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Woodgate Chambers

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48.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 70 KB

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 31st January 2019.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 31st January 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

49.

Questions Under Committee Procedure 12.8

No questions were submitted.

Minutes:

No questions were submitted.

50.

Disclosures of Pecuniary and Personal Interests

Minutes:

The Vice-chair reminded the Committee of the requirements of the Code of Conduct and the Planning Code of Good Practice, particularly in relation to predetermination and disclosing contacts with developers and objectors.

 

The following disclosures were made:

 

(i)            by Councillor Campsall – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice in respect of application P/18/2067/2 that he did not have an open mind regarding the application;

(ii)          by Councillor Forrest – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice in respect of application P/18/1401/2 that she had spoken in her capacity as ward councillor on an earlier application for that site; however the application before the Committee was a new application and she considered that she had an open mind;

(iii)         by Councillor Fryer – a personal interest in application P/18/1379/2 as the County Councillor for the area; she had an open mind regarding the application

(iv)         by Councillor Snartt – a personal interest leading to bias in application P/18/2067/2 as he had a meeting with the owner of the land and a planning officer regarding the application.

 

51.

Planning Applications pdf icon PDF 49 KB

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Reports of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, setting out applications for planning permission, were submitted (items 1 to 3 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes).  Additional Items reports in respect of revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and the Government’s Planning Practice Guidance, and application P/18/2067/2, including an update regarding the content of the proposed Section 106 legal agreement, were also submitted (also filed with these minutes).

 

A late request to speak had been submitted by Mountsorrel Parish Council.  The Chair put the request to the Committee, which agreed that a representative of the Parish Council could speak on item P/18/1379/2.

 

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

 

(i)         Mr L. Wiggins (agent) and Mr S. Haywood (on behalf of Mountsorrel Parish Council) in respect of application P/18/1379/2;

(ii)        Ms P. Pullan (objector) and Mr A. Hardy (agent) in respect of application P/18/1401/2;

(iii)       Ms L. Sutton and Mr R. Kent (objectors) and Ms F. Turner (on behalf of the applicant) in respect of application P/18/2067/2.

 

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 Hunt in respect of application P/18/1379/2;

(ii)        Councillor Draycott in respect of application P/18/2067/2.

 

In respect of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough), officers stated that there was an error in the published report. It was not correct that the property of No.5 Cumberland Road would still have a comparable garden to other properties in the area after the development was completed. 

 

Councillor Gerrard briefly left the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough) and as a result did not participate in the vote on the proposal to grant planning permission.

 

In respect of application P/18/1401/2 (5 Cumberland Road, Loughborough), Councillor Forrest requested that her abstention on the proposal to grant planning permission be recorded in the minutes.

 

Having made disclosures, Councillor Campsall and Councillor Snartt withdrew from the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/2067/2 (Land to the West of Aumberry Gap, Loughborough).  Councillor Campsall and Councillor Snartt also left for the remainder of the meeting.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.         that, in respect of application P/18/1379/2 (Mr M. Singh, Land adjacent Granite Way, Mountsorrel), planning permission be refused, against the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, for the following reasons:

 

·           the proposed development would be an incongruous feature in the street scene, particularly in relation to its design, scale, mass and density, contrary to Policy CS2 of the Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy and saved Policy EV/1 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan and the submitted plans provided no details of facilities for waste and recycling bins.;

·           the proposed development, by virtue of its height and proximity, would have a detrimental impact on the amenity of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

52.

List of Applications Determined under Delegated Powers pdf icon PDF 76 KB

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 21st January 2019 to 22nd February 2019 is attached.

Minutes:

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 21st January 2019 to 22nd February 2019 was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

53.

Urgent Decision - Tree Preservation Order pdf icon PDF 69 KB

A report of the Head of the Strategic Support, enabling the Committee to note an urgent decision taken by the Chief Executive under Section 8.2 of the Council’s Constitution to authorise the making of a Tree Preservation Order, is attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

A report of the Head of the Strategic Support, informing the Committee of an urgent decision taken by the Chief Executive under Section 8.2 of the Council’s Constitution to authorise the making of a Tree Preservation Order, was submitted (item 7 on the agenda filed with these minutes).