Agenda and minutes

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PC110:

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 Meeting held on 9th April 2018 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman, Councillor Mrs Spikings.

PC111:

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:

The following declarations of interest were declared:

 

Councillor A White declared that in relation to item 8/2(b) – King’s Lynn he was a Member of Norfolk County Council.

PC112:

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.

PC113:

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:

There were no Members attending under Standing Order 34.

PC114:

Chairman's Correspondence

To receive any Chairman’s correspondence.

Minutes:

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

PC115:

Receipt of Late Correspondence on Applications pdf icon PDF 52 KB

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

A copy of the 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.

 

The Chairman, Councillor Mrs Spikings reported that a further piece of correspondence had been received from St Margaret’s with St Nicholas Ward Forum in relation to item 8/2(a) King’s Lynn and allowed the Committee time to read the letter.

PC116:

Index of Applications pdf icon PDF 69 KB

The Committee is asked to note the Index of Applications.

Minutes:

The Committee noted the Index of Applications.

PC116:a

Decisions on Applications pdf icon PDF 881 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 applications be determined as set out at (i) – (iii) below, where appropriate to the conditions and reasons or grounds of refusal, set out in the schedules signed by the Chairman.

 

(i)           16/00610/OM

              Wimbotsham and Downham Market:  Land north east of Bridle Lane:  Outline Major Application:  To include up to 240 dwellings (use class C3), access onto Lynn Road, open space, sustainable drainage systems and associated ancillary works:  Albanwise Ltd

 

Councillor Wareham took no part in the debate or decision for the application, as he had not been present on the site visit.

 

The Principal Planner explained that the Committee had visited the site, prior to the meeting and highlighted the points where the Committee had viewed the site from.

 

The report was introduced and it was explained that the site was an irregular shaped parcel of land located to the north east of Downham Market, but lies mostly within the parish of Wimbotsham (boundary along bridleway BR13/Bridle Lane, which ran generally east-west).  It had approximately 140m frontage onto Lynn Road/B1507, located north of Bridle Lane up to the concrete road (formerly part of RAF Downham Market and was a bridleway – BR14) which ran broadly parallel to the A10/by-pass; there was a narrowing parcel to the south of Bridle Lane which abutted Parsley Way and almost adjoined Elderflower Way – the existing peripheral residential estate development constituting the present edge of the urban area of the town.  There was agricultural land to the north (with New Road beyond), east and west of the southern ‘leg’ and also on the opposite side of Lynn Road.

 

The site comprised 9.2 ha of an allocated site of 16.2 ha for Downham Market under Policy F1.3 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016, with the policy requiring at least 250 dwellings and associated facilities.

 

The current application was in outline form with all matters reserved apart from access (off Lynn Road/B1507).  Originally the application was submitted for up to 285 dwellings including land to the north and outside the allocated site.  The application had been revised to reduce the number of dwellings to up to 240 dwellings and the site area mostly complies with the defined allocated site boundary, except for a small section around a proposed drainage feature in the north-west corner plus inclusion of bridleway BR14.

 

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

 

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

 

·        Principle of development;

·        Form and character;

·        Highways issues;

·        Residential amenity;

·        Flood risk and sustainable drainage;

·        Archaeology;

·        Ecology;

·        Minerals;

·        Section 106 matters;

·        Any other matters requiring consideration prior to the determination of the application;  ...  view the full minutes text for item PC116:a

PC117:

Delegated Decisions pdf icon PDF 130 KB

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

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received schedules relating to the above.

 

Councillor Hipperson declared that he was a Director of Shouldham Community Enterprises Ltd.

 

RESOLVED:   That, the report be noted.