Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

PC51:

Appointment of Vice-Chairman

Minutes:

AGREED:       That Councillor Morrison be appointed Vice-Chairman for the meeting.

PC52:

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence and to note any substitutions.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence had been received from Councillor Mrs V M Spikings and Mrs S Fraser.

 

The Committee asked for its best wishes to be sent to Councillor Mrs Fraser for a speedy recovery.

 

The Chairman thanked Councillor Blunt for being a substitute at the meeting.

PC53:

Minutes

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting held on          and the Reconvened Meeting held on       .

Minutes:

The Minutes of the Meetings held on 2nd and 5th October 2017 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

PC54:

Declarations of Interest

Please indicate if there are any interests which should be declared.  A declaration of an interest should indicate the nature of the interest (if not already declared on the Register of Interests) and the agenda item to which it relates.  If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared, the Member should withdraw from the room whilst the matter is discussed.

 

These declarations apply to all Members present, whether the Member is part of the meeting, attending to speak as a local Member on an item or simply observing the meeting from the public seating area.

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

PC55:

Urgent Business Under Standing Order 7

To consider any business, which by reason of special circumstances, the Chairman proposes to accept, under Section 100(b)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act, 1972.

 

Minutes:

There was no urgent business under Standing Order 7.

PC56:

Members attending under Standing Order 34

Members wishing to speak pursuant to Standing Order 34 should inform the Chairman of their intention to do so and on what items they wish to be heard before the meeting commences.

 

Minutes:

The following Councillor(s) attended under Standing Order 34:

 

Name                          Item                 Application

 

D Whitby                     8/3(b)               17/01658/F - Clenchwarton

 

PC57:

Chairman's Correspondence

To receive any Chairman’s correspondence.

 

Minutes:

The Chairman reported that any correspondence received had been read and passed to the relevant officers.

PC58:

Receipt of Late Correspondence on Applications pdf icon PDF 208 KB

To receive the Schedule of Late Correspondence received since the publication of the agenda.

 

Minutes:

A copy of the summary of late correspondence received since the publication of the agenda, which had been previously circulated, was tabled.  A copy of the summary would be held for public inspection with a list of background papers.

PC59:

Index of Applications pdf icon PDF 54 KB

The Committee is asked to note the Index of Applications.

 

Minutes:

The Committee noted the Index of Applications.

PC59:a

Decisions on Applications pdf icon PDF 175 KB

To consider and determine the attached Schedule of Planning Applications submitted by the Executive Director.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered schedules of applications for planning permission submitted by the Executive Director for Planning & Environment (copies of the schedules are published with the agenda).  Any changes to the schedules are recorded in the minutes.

 

RESOLVED:   That the application be determined as set out at (i) – (x) below, where appropriate to the conditions and reasons or grounds of refusal, set out in the schedules signed by the Chairman.

 

(i)         17/00581/FM

            Downham Market:  Land south of Prince Henry Place:  Proposed 19 no. 2 and 3 bedroom dwellings (15 no. market sale dwellings and 4 no. affordable high quality dwellings) with associated garages/parking, access road, landscaping and open space:  Altius Goc (London Road Downham Market) Limited

 

The Principal Planner updated the Committee and explained that the application sought full permission for the construction of 19 dwellings (including 4 affordable units), with associated garages/parking, access road, landscaping and open space on 0.7ha of former paddock land south of Prince Henry Place, Downham Market.

 

Members were reminded that the application was referred to the previous Planning Committee Meeting on 2nd October 2017.  The application was deferred following a site visit to enable further clarification to be sought in relation to the proposed footpath link to the east of the site to Howdale Rise.

 

The Committee was informed that a Land Registry search had confirmed that the land was sold to the owner of No.26 Howdale Rise in 2002.  However County Highways had provided an extract from the dedication agreement under Section 40 of the Highways Act 1959 dated 6th May 1976 relating to the development of Howdale Rise.  This illustrated that along with the roads and footways, the land in question was dedicated as highway.  Whilst this land may be registered as in the ownership of No.26 Howdale Rise, in light of the above mentioned agreement, highway rights exist over it and these would supersede any private ownership rights.

 

County Highways remained of the opinion that it would be beneficial for the pedestrian link to be formed in order to maximise permeability through the site.

 

In response to the concerns raised by Members at the site visit and the following discussion when the meeting reconvened, the applicants have produced an alternative layout plan omitting the footpath link.  The Committee now had the choice of two site layout plans should they be minded to approve the application – one without the footpath link (making it more secure but all pedestrians using Prince Henry Place) and one with the footpath link (maximising permeability).  Either option was considered to be acceptable in planning terms.

 

The application had originally been referred to the Committee for determination as the views of the Town Council were contrary to the officer recommendation.

 

The Committee noted the key issues for consideration when determining the application, namely:

 

·        Principle of development;

·        Impact on form and character of the locality;

·        Highway issues;

·        Affordable housing provision;

·        Drainage; and

·        Other material planning considerations.

 

In accordance with the adopted public  ...  view the full minutes text for item PC59:a

PC60:

Delegated Decisions pdf icon PDF 78 KB

To receive the Schedule of Planning Applications determined by the Executive Director.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received schedules relating to the above.

 

RESOLVED:   That the report be noted.

PC61:

Planning Enforcement Service - Quarterly Report pdf icon PDF 69 KB

To provide the Committee with the quarterly report covering performance for the period 1 July 2017 – 30 September 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report which provided an update on service performance for planning enforcement during the third quarter of 2017.

 

Attached to the report was a list of live cases to 31st October 2017.

 

It was noted that the total number of live cases was 254 and 156 cases had been closed.  In addition, 13 formal notices had been served.

 

RESOLVED:   That, the report be noted.

PC62:

Planning & Enforcement Appeals - Quarterly Report pdf icon PDF 65 KB

To provide the Committee with the quarterly report covering performance for the period 1 July 2017 – 30 September 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a quarterly update report covering performance for the period 1 July – 30 September 2017.

 

The data showed that for the third quarter of 2017, 27% of all appeals were allowed.  For the 12 month period to 30 September 2017 an average of 18% of all appeals were allowed.  This was well below the post National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) national average figure of around 36% of all appeals allowed.