Agenda and minutes

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20th May 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 20th May 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 Bailey – a personal interest in application P/17/2070/2 as he knew Mr Ford, one of the speakers, in a professional capacity.

When considering application P/19/0574/2, the Chair referred to lobbying correspondence that had been sent to members of the Committee from the Nanpantan Ward Residents’ Group.  Members of the Committee confirmed that they retained an open mind regarding the application.

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 and 2 in the appendix to the agenda filed with these minutes). 

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

(i)         Mr P. Cowley (applicant), Mr G. Ford (on behalf of the applicant) and Mr R. Eady (on behalf of Hoton Parish Council) in respect of application P/17/2070/2.

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 Bokor in respect of application P/17/2070/2;

(ii)        Councillor Smidowicz in respect of application P/19/0574/2.

RESOLVED

1.         that, in respect of application P/17/2070/2 (Sunrise Poultry Farms Ltd, Land on the West Side of Rempstone Road, Hoton), planning permission be granted subject to the conditions, reasons and advice notes set out in the report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration and subject to:

(a)   an additional condition requiring the applicant to provide the local planning authority with a long term management plan for the landscaping required by condition 6 to better ensure that the impact of the development on the landscape is reduced;

(b)   an additional advice note suggesting that the latest time for deliveries is limited to 18.00 hours where possible and the latest time for unit clearance operations is limited to 19.00 hours where possible;

2.         that, in respect of application P/19/0574/2 (Russo & France, 59 Ashleigh Drive, Loughborough):

(a)   planning permission be refused, against the recommendation of the Head of Planning and Regeneration, for the following reasons:

(i)    the design of the proposed development would constitute an overdevelopment of the site and, as a result, would be detrimental to the residential amenity of future occupiers of the dwellings, contrary to policies CS2 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy 2015 and saved policies EV/1 and H/17 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan 2004;

(ii)   the overdevelopment of the site would result in insufficient parking being provided, contrary to saved policy TR/18 of the Borough of Charnwood Local Plan 2004;

(b)   that officers be given delegated authority to finalise the wording of the decision notice.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 10th May 2019 to 7th June 2019 is attached.

A list of applications determined under powers delegated to officers for the period from 10th May 2019 to 7th June 2019 was submitted (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).