Members will be asked to make any declarations of interest in respect of items on this Agenda.

The following declarations of interest were made in accordance with the code of conduct –

The Committee will be asked to confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 31 May 2012.

Agreed the minutes of the meeting held on 31 May 2012.

To receive reports on business which, in the opinion of the Chair, should be brought forward for urgent consideration.

The Chair informed members that the new provisions in the Localism Act now allowed the Planning Authority the power to refuse to register a retrospective planning application. Therefore, applications that have had an enforcement notice served upon them will not be registered onto the planning system unless there are extenuating circumstances which will agreed by the Assistant Director for Planning Services in consultation with Councillor Stevens, Chair and Councillor Tuohy, Vice-Chair.

The Chair informed members that following complaints to the Planning Authority about the location of site notices, ward members would now have a greater involvement in the consultation of planning applications. In an attempt to correct this issue ward members would now be informed which streets would be targeted for householder letters and the location of site notices.

The Chair informed the Committee that a speaker requesting to speak on application 14.3 Pottery Quay, Pottery Road, Plymouth – 12/00116/FUL, had been refused the opportunity to speak due to the request being after the deadline and when the public speaking register had closed. In response to the refusal for inclusion on the public speaking register he would be raising the issue of amending the public speaking rules at the next meeting of the Constitutional Working Group.

The Chair will receive and respond to questions from members of the public submitted in accordance with the Council’s procedures. Questions shall not normally exceed 50 words in length and the total length of time allowed for public questions shall not exceed 10 minutes. Any question not answered within the total time allowed shall be the subject of a written response.

There were no questions from members of the public.

The Assistant Director of Development (Planning Services) will submit a schedule asking Members to consider Applications, Development proposals by Local Authorities and statutory consultations under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.  Members of the Committee are requested to refer to the attached planning application guidance.

The Committee considered the following applications, development proposals by local authorities, and statutory consultations submitted under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990, and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990.  Addendum reports were submitted in respect of minute numbers 14.2 and 14.4.

(Brunswick Limited)

Decision:

Application REFUSED as deemed contrary to the following core strategy policies –

CS01 – in respect to not support a sustainable linked community;

CS22 – in respect to causing unacceptable noise, nuisance of light pollution;

CS34 – in respect to detailed neighbour considerations.

(The Committee heard representations against the application from Councillor Ball and Councillor Fry, ward members).

(The Committee heard representations against the application).

(The Committee heard representations in support of the application).

(Councillor Nicholson’s proposal to refuse the application, on the reasons as stated above, having been seconded by Councillor Stevens, was put to the vote and declared carried).

(Hadley Property Group)

Decision:

Application GRANTED conditionally subject to a S106 obligation, with delegated authority to refuse in the event that the S106 Obligation is not completed by 28 September 2012.

The case officer presented an Addendum Report detailing the actions taken since the Committee meeting on 28 June 2012, when the application was deferred for negotiation.

(The Committee heard representations against the application from Councillor K Taylor, ward member).

(The Committee heard representations in support of the application).

(Councillors Nicholson and Wheeler declared a personal interest on the above item).

(Mr D Wraighte)

Decision:

Application GRANTED conditionally, subject to the inclusion of an additional condition relating to public safety improvements –

Condition: The development hereby permitted shall not be brought into use until the developer has initiated processes for the introduction of public safety improvements in the form of a Traffic Regulation Order and associated measures to control indiscriminate and hazardous car parking on the street in Merafield Road in the vicinity of the application site; the extent of which shall be initially agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority and shall be subject to further public consultation. A written description of the measures taken by the developer to initiate the processes leading to the introduction of the said safety improvements shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before the development is brought into use.

Reason: In the interest of public and highway safety.

(The Committee heard representations against the application from Councillor Mrs Beer, ward member).

(The Committee heard representations in support of the application).

(Councillor Nicholson’s proposal to include an additional condition relating to a traffic order, having been seconded by Mrs Foster, was put to the vote and declared carried).

(Mrs Maureen Lawley)

Decision:

Application REFUSED as deemed contrary to the following core strategy policies –

CS03 – in respect to safeguarding the historic environment;

CS18 – in respect to protecting and supporting a diverse and multi-functional green space;

CS34 – in respect to positively contributing to the landscape;

(The Committee heard representations against the application from Councillor Mrs Beer, ward member).

(The Committee heard representations against the application).

(The Committee heard representations in support of the application).

(Councillor Nicholson’s proposal to refuse the application, on the reasons as stated above, having been seconded by Councillor Stevens, was put to the vote and declared carried).

(Councillors Mrs Bowyer, Mrs Foster, Nicholson and Stevens declared a personal interest on the above item).

The Assistant Director of Development (Planning Services) acting under powers delegated to him by the Council will submit a schedule outlining all decisions issued from 21 May 2012 to 17 June 2012, including –

1)  Committee decisions;

2)  Delegated decisions, subject to conditions where so indicated;

3)  Applications withdrawn;

4)  Applications returned as invalid.

Please note that these Delegated Planning Applications are available for inspection at First Stop Reception, Civic Centre.

To consider passing a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the press and public from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it (they) involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) … of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, as amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

There were no items of exempt business.

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A SCHEDULE OF VOTING RELATING TO THE MEETING IS ATTACHED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THESE MINUTES.