Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 7th March 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 7th March 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed.

No questions were submitted.

No questions were submitted.

The following disclosures were made:

(i)            by Councillor Bentley – a personal interest in enforcement case E/16/0434 as the person speaking on behalf of the developer was known to him, but not in a personal capacity;

(ii)          by Councillor Forrest – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice in respect of application P/18/2482/2 as the application site was in her ward; however the matter had been dealt with by her fellow ward councillor, Councillor Tillotson, and she retained an open mind;

(iii)         by Councillor Grimley – a disclosable pecuniary interest in application P/18/0888/2 as he was employed by the architects who were working on the community centre adjacent to the application site;

(iv)         by Councillor Grimley – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice in respect of enforcement case E/16/0434 that he had asked for the matter to be considered by the Plans Committee; however he had not expressed an opinion on the matter and retained an open mind;

(v)          by Councillor Snartt – a personal interest in enforcement case E/16/0434 as the person speaking on behalf of the developer was known to him as she had done work for a parish council within his ward;

(vi)         by Councillor Tillotson – a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice in respect of application P/18/2482/2 as she had called the application in and would be speaking against the application.

The list of planning applications to be considered at the meeting and reports of the Head of Planning and Regeneration are attached.

Reports of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, setting out applications for planning permission and an enforcement case, were submitted (items 1 to 4 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes).  Additional Items reports in respect of applications P/18/0888/2, P/18/2469/2, P/18/2482/2 and enforcement case E/16/0434 were also submitted (also filed with these minutes).

In accordance with the procedure for public speaking at meetings, the following local residents, representative of the developer and representative of a parish council attended the meeting and expressed their views:

(i)         Mr J. Lovett (local resident) in respect of application P/18/2469/2;

(ii)        Ms V. Munden (local resident), Ms L. Marjoram (on behalf of the developer) and Mr E. Guest (on behalf of Thrussington Parish Council) in respect of enforcement case E/16/0434.

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 Smidowicz in respect of application P/18/2469/2;

(ii)        Councillor Tillotson in respect of application P/18/2482/2;

(iii)       Councillor Poland in respect of enforcement case E/16/0434.

Having disclosed a pecuniary interest, Councillor Grimley left the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/0888/2 (William Davis Ltd, Land off Highland Drive and Knox Road, Loughborough).

In respect of application P/18/0888/2 (William Davis Ltd, Land off Highland Drive and Knox Road, Loughborough), officers drew attention to the proposed change to the terms of the agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 set out in the Additional Information report.

During the course of the consideration of application P/18/2469/2 (Mr Mick Burke, 7 Derwent Drive, Loughborough) Councillor Bentley withdrew from the meeting.

Having made a disclosure under the Planning Code of Good Practice, Councillor Tillotson left the meeting during the consideration of application P/18/2482/2 (Ms A. Bailey, 133 Knightthorpe Road, Loughborough).

RESOLVED

1.         that, in respect of application P/18/0888/2 (William Davis Ltd, Land off Highland Drive and Knox Road, Loughborough):

(a)       authority be given to the Head of Planning and Regeneration and the Head of Strategic Support to enter into an agreement under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure improvements, on terms to be finalised by the parties, as set out below:

·           Provision of on-site Affordable Housing involving a total of 7 dwellings, the exact tenure for the affordable housing would 2 x 3 bed shared ownership; 4 x 2 bed rent and 1 x 2 bed bungalow for rent;

·           A financial contribution of £86,952.48 towards secondary school education provision and to the Post 16 sector made up of:

£71,683.44 to be spent on secondary school provision to improve capacity at Woodbrook Vale School, which falls within the catchment area;

£15,269.04 to be spent on improving capacity at Rawlins Community College Academy as a Post 16 Sector requirement;

·           A financial contribution of £720 towards Quorn library;

·           A financial contribution of £4,681.44 (£195.06 x 24 dwellings) towards improving existing to health facilities;

·           A financial contribution towards to Sustainable Travel Packs  ...  view the full minutes text for item 57.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 25th February 2019 to 22nd March 2019 is attached.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 25th February 2019 to 22nd March 2019 was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).