Agenda and draft minutes

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

Apologies for absence had been received from Councillor Heneghan (Cllr Bone sub) and Councillor Devulapalli.

The Chair thanked Councillor Bone for being a substitute at the meeting.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Special Meeting held on Wednesday 28 August 2024 and the Meeting held on Monday 2 September 2024 (previously circulated).

The minutes of the meetings held on 28 August 2024 and 2 September 2024 (previously circulated) were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

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 appointed representatives on the Internal Drainage Boards are noted.

Councillor Bone declared that he had called in application 24/00892/F – King’s Lynn but had not pre-determined the application.

Councillor Ring declared that as Portfolio Holder for Business and Culture, he had an interest in applications 24/01188/F and 24/01189/LB – the Guildhall, King’s Lynn and would not take part in the debate or decisions.

Councillor Storey advised that as he was not present for the site visit for application 23/01763/FM – Gayton, he would not take part in the debate or decision.

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

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The Chair advised that there was one item of urgent business under Standing Order 7 and invited the Planning Control Manager to present the report.

The Planning Control Manager explained that the purpose of the report was to seek authorisation from the Committee to finalise and complete the S106 agreement pertaining to application ref 24/00168/OM.

RESOLVED:   That in relation to application 24/00168/OM a further 3 months from the date if the Committee resolution (until 7 January 2025) be agreed to finalise the agreement and issue the decision.  If the agreement is not completed by 7 January 2025, but reasonable progress had been made, delegated authority be granted to the Assistant Director  / Planning Control Manager to continue negotiation and finalise the agreement and issue the decision. If in the opinion of the Assistant Director / Planning Control Manager no progress is made, the application be refused on the failure to secure the S106 agreement.

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 a decision on that item is taken.

The following Councillors attended and addressed the Committee as follows:

Councillor J Collingham          9/2(b)   Dersingham

Councillor C Morley                9/2(f)    Syderstone

To receive any Chair’s correspondence.

The Chair reported that any correspondence received had been read and passed to the appropriate officer.

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

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

The Committee is asked to consider and determine the attached Schedules of Planning Applications submitted by the Assistant Director.

The Committee considered schedules of applications for planning permission submitted by the Assistant Director for Planning and Environment (copies of the schedules were published with the agenda).  Any changes to the schedules will be recorded in the minutes.

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

The Chair advised that he would be changing the order of the agenda.

(i)           23/01763/FM

Gayton:  Manor Farm, Back Street:  Proposed residential development of 36 dwellings involving the demolition of existing buildings:  Gayton Investments Ltd

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The Committee had visited the site prior to the meeting. As Councillor Storey had not been on the site visit, he did not take part in the debate or decision for the application.

The case officer introduced the report and advised that full planning permission was sought for residential development comprising 36 dwellings consisting of a mixture of detached, semi-detached, and terraced two, three and four-bed dwellings with both two-storey and single storey properties.

The site, which measured approximately 2.8 ha, represented the housing allocation for the settlement in the Development Plan.  Policy G41.1 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Plan Policies Plan, 2016 (SADMP) related specifically to this allocation.

In August 2016, outline consent was granted for 40 dwellings on the site. However, when a combination of reserved matters and full permission were sought on the site for a total of 46 dwellings, both the Planning Committee and ultimately the Planning Inspector considered that this represented overdevelopment of the site.  The proposal was therefore refused by the Planning Committee in July 2020 and dismissed at appeal in August 2021.

The current application for 36 dwellings sought to address the previous reasons for refusal.  Seven affordable units would be provided of which 2 no. would be bungalows, the remaining would be two storey dwellings.  These were well pepper-potted throughout the site.

The site was located wholly within flood Zone 1, although the northern boundary of the site was in an area susceptible to surface water flooding.

The application had been referred to the Committee for determination as the site was subject to a previously dismissed appeal and was now recommended for approval.

The Committee noted the key issues for consideration when determining the application, as set out in the report.

In accordance with the adopted public speaking protocol, Mr Jamie Burton (supporting) and David Marsham (supporting) addressed the Committee in relation to the application.

Several Members of the Committee were pleased with how the application had come forward, taking into account the concerns previously raised by the Committee.

Concern was raised in relation to drainage issues and the case officer advised that this had been well covered within the report and outlined the drainage arrangements to the Committee.

The case officer also advised that a management company would maintain and  ...  view the full minutes text for item PC58:

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

The Committee received schedules relating to the above.

RESOLVED:   That the report be noted.