Agenda and draft minutes

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Meeting held on 1 June 2015 and the Reconvened Meeting held on 4 June 2015.

The Minutes of the Meetings held on 1 June 2015 and the Reconvened Meeting held on 4 June 2015 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

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.

·        Councillor Bubb declared that he was acquainted with the applicant for item 8/2(b) – King’s Lynn.

·        Councillor Long declared that he was a member of Marshland St James Parish Council but had not voted on the matter relating to item 8/2(c) – Marshland St James.

·        Councillor Mrs Bower declared that her husband was the Parish Clerk for Snettisham.

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.

There was none.

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.

The following Councillor attended and addressed the Committee on the application indicated against her name:

Name                          Item                             Application

L Bambridge                8/2(b)                           15/00613/F

To receive any Chairman’s correspondence.

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

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

A copy of the summary of relevant correspondence received since the compilation 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.

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

The Committee considered schedules of applications for planning permission submitted by the Executive Director, Geoff Hall (copies of the schedules signed by the Chairman are attached to the signed Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee).

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

(i)         14/00944/FM

            Snettisham:  Land at Common Road:  Residential development of land to provide 23 residential dwellings together with associated access road, parking, garaging and public open space (revised scheme to 13/01736/FM):  Hopkins and Moore (Developments) Ltd

The Principal Planner introduced the report and explained that on 5 February 2015 the Planning Committee resolved to grant permission for the development that was the subject of the application.  Approval was subject to completion of a Section 106 Agreement within 3 months of the date of the resolution, ie. by 5^th May 2015.   However the Agreement had not been completed within the time limit.

This item sought the consent of the Committee to allow a further two months from the date of the Committee Meeting to allow completion of the legal agreement.

The full report presented to the Committee in February was appended to the item.

The application had been referred to the Committee for determination to seek an extension to the time period allowed for the finalisation of the Section 106 obligation.

The Executive Director explained that the Committee had previously resolved to grant consent subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement.  It was unusual for a developer to submit a Section 106 Agreement so late in the day but it had been received and reviewed and was now in a form which was acceptable to the Council. 

The matter before the Committee was whether it was acceptable to extend the period of time for the completion of the Section 106 agreement and not to reconsider the design aspects, etc which had not changed from that scheme presented to the Committee in February 2015.

In response to a query from Councillor Mrs Bower regarding affordable housing, the Planning Control Manager explained that the scheme would provide affordable housing.   He also explained that some of the delay with the Section 106 Agreement related to the fact that the Council was not happy with a definition of one of the clauses within the agreement. 

In accordance with the adopted public speaking protocol, Patricia Morton (objecting) addressed the Committee in relation to the application.

In response to a comment raised by the public speaker, the Principal Planner explained that granting consent for this application would not include any additional houses to the south.  The larger site was included as part of the preferred option for development in Snettisham identified in the ongoing ‘Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Pre-Submission document which was to be considered at a hearing in July.  He added that if Members  ...  view the full minutes text for item PC20:

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

The Committee received schedules relating to the above.

RESOLVED:   That the reports be noted.

Site visits, if required, will be held on Thursday, 2 July 2015. 

The next meeting of the Planning Committee will be held on Monday, 27 July 2015 at 10.00 am.

The next meeting of the Committee will be held on Monday 27 July 2015 at 10.00 am in the Committee Suite, King’s Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn.