Agenda and minutes

Venue: Parkside, Station Approach, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1GH

Contact: Development Control 

Items
No. Item

PL67

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Cllr Greenow

Cllr Glancy sent her apologies and was substituted by Cllr Wyatt

Cllr Bains sent his apologies and was substituted by Cllr Higgins

PL68

Minutes pdf icon PDF 108 KB

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

Minutes:

Minutes of the meeting held on 31.1.19

 

7 Members voted to approve the minutes. 2 Members abstained because they had not seen them. It was decided that the Chair sign them as a true record.

PL69

Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 51 KB

Members to declare any interest as appropriate in respect of items to be considered at this meeting.

Minutes:

Cllrs Rhodes and Posnett declared an interest in matters which may arise in relation to the County Council.

 

PL70

Schedule of Applications

PL71

16/00303/OUT pdf icon PDF 917 KB

Land and Buildings North Canal Farm, Pagets End, Long Clawson

Minutes:

Applicant:     R D and J K Chandler

Location:     Land and Buildings North Canal Farm, Pagets End, Long Clawson

Proposal:     Demolition of agricultural buildings, construction of up to 40 dwellings, improvements to existing access, formation of surface water attenuation pool and associated infrastructure, provision of public open space and landscaping.

 

The Chair advised that this application had been withdrawn from the agenda

 

The Assistant Director of Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services explained that this was because a large quantity, complexity and contentious nature of late submissions had been received and more time was needed to provide an updated report.

 

PL72

Item 5 - 17/00641/OUT pdf icon PDF 202 KB

Fields 8456 7946 and 9744 Normanton Lane, Bottesford – Request to vary S106 Agreement

Minutes:

DEED OF VARIATION 17/00641/OUT OS Fields 8456 7946 And 9744, Normanton Lane, Bottesford

 

 

(a)  The Development Manager (LP) presented the report and stated that:

The purpose of this report is to consider amendments to the s106 agreement associated with this application that have been requested by the applicant and to invite the Committee to consider the applicant’s request to vary the section 106 currently in place to:

 

(i)            Operate the car park with a minimum charge to users of £1 to park for the day (previously no charge was intended).

The deed of variation was presented to members at the last committee of January 2019 whereby a request was made to allow both the charging element above and also a revision to the implementation time of the car park.

The request was refused and the request to amend trigger times is no longer proposed. 

Since the publication of the report, representation has been received with regards to the charging, and concern raised that no restriction on the amount that could be charged for parking should the applicant later wish to revise any previous references to one pound per day.

 

The wording of the revision is intended so that an application to vary is not required for every fee change in the years to come, however the wording can be amended should members feel this is necessary.  Copies of the representations have been given to members for consideration.

 

The request for the ability to charge would ensure that the car park can be suitably managed and maintained with the funding paying for such items as security measurements, the request is recommended for approval as per the report.

 

A Cllr asked for the proposer and seconder from the discussion last month to make comments.

 

Cllr Rhodes, who was the proposer, stated that he considers there no problem with charging, the problem was the issue was conflated with the timing of provision when they were previously submitted, and the proposal was rejected because of this. The carpark should come into operation after the addition of the 50th house which was the original condition. Since this is now no longer an issue he did not have a problem with charging.

 

Cllr Botterill, who seconded the proposal, had concerns that it was not viable. He agreed with Cllr Rhodes.

 

A Cllr had concerns that the village would become congested with people parking elsewhere.

 

A Cllr had concerns that the £1 charge might increase too rapidly and the carpark would not be used.

 

A Cllr asked if the committee had the power to set the amount.

 

The Development Manager stated that the report reads “operate the carpark with a minimum charge to users of £1 to park for the day”. It is allowing the provision of charging as opposed to setting the rate.

 

A Cllr asked if there was reference to approval by Melton Borough Council so that we had a degree of control over the acceleration rate of fees in an earlier report.

 

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PL73

Urgent Business

To consider any other items that the Chair considers urgent

 

Minutes:

None

 

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