Agenda and minutes

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

Contact: Development Control 

Items
No. Item

PL87

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

None

PL88

Minutes pdf icon PDF 117 KB

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting on 25.04.2019

Minutes:

Minutes of the meeting held on 25th April 2019

 

Approval of the minutes was proposed by Cllr Faulkner and seconded by Cllr Higgins. The minutes were approved.

PL89

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:

Cllr Higgins stated that he did not have a pecuniary or personal interest in application 18/01111/FUL Field OS 2713 2100, Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby, however he was aware that there were suggestions that the land used to be under the ownership of the  leader of the council. Upon checking with officers it isn’t owned by a member of the council but will abstain from the vote for transparency in his capacity as Deputy Leader of the Council.

 

Cllr Posnett declared an interest as a Leicestershire County Councillor.

PL90

Schedule of Applications

PL90.1

18/01111/FUL pdf icon PDF 575 KB

Field OS 2713 2100, Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby

Minutes:

Applicant:     HSSP Architects Limited

 

Location:      Field OS 2713 2100, Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby

 

Proposal:    Residential development on land off Longcliff Hill, OldDalby that currently benefits from 3 outline planning approvals 16/00911/OUT, 16/00184/OUT, 17/00743/OUT

 

           

(a)       The Development Manager stated that: The application before you is a full planning application for 36 dwellings, a briefing paper presented to members on Tuesday confirmed that there was an error within the report and the proposal seeks to replace 3 previous outline approvals which totalled 32 dwellings meaning a net gain of 4 dwellings.

A number of questions were asked by members at briefing and I now have the answers to these which I shall answer in turn.

1.         With regards to the part q agricultural conversion on the site, this was considered and the access deemed suitable to serve the proposed additional dwellings alongside this proposal.

2.         The NHS Section 106 contribution has been discussed with them and the NHS consultee and confirmed that they are happy for the monies to go to Long Clawson not Latham House.

3.         Garages provided within the scheme have been measured and accord to the standards required considering the garages as parking spaces. 

4.         With regards to the public footpath and the crossing of vehicles over this, The county Footpaths officer raised no objections to the layout however advised that an additional condition could be added so that prior to commencement of development details of the footpath shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority, which would ensure the provision of a two metre wide footway adjacent to the carriage way and the continuation of the footpath adjacent to plots 28 and 29 rather than linking into the highway.

5.         The density of this and previous schemes have been calculated

This application for 36 dwellings is on 1.57ha of land and equals 22.92 dwellings/ha

17/00743 was for 7 dwellings on 0.4562 ha of land equals 15.33 dwellings/ha

16/00911was for 8 dwellings on 0.36ha of land equals 22.22 dwellings/ha

16/00184 was for 20 dwellings on 0.9836ha of land equals 20.33 dwellings/ha.

It should also be noted that should permission be granted there needs to be a change to the list of plans provided within the committee report.

Since the printing of the committee report, comments have been received from the County Highway Authority who raise no objection subject to certain conditions being added to any permission granted.

The proposal before you comprises a full application for the erection of 36 dwellings, associated infrastructure and landscaping.  Revised plans have been received amending the layout to address visual amenity issues and issues raised through the consultation process.

The site already has the benefit of outline permission and the increase of 4 dwellings is not considered to be a significant increase.  The proposal through amendments would secure a high standard of design and ensure satisfactory amenity for future and existing occupiers.

As such the application is recommended for approval subject to conditions and the inclusion and amendment  ...  view the full minutes text for item PL90.1

PL91

Development Management Performance Report - Quarter 4 2018/2019 pdf icon PDF 667 KB

The Development Manager to submit a report providing information on Development Management Performance in Q4 (Jan – March 2019)

 

Minutes:

The Development Manager noted key points of the report and highlighted that Major applications were at 100% which is fantastic and Minors were at 87.6% which is quite a way above what is seen as an acceptable standard.

 

Appeals have increased but feel this is the remains of the old local plan. This time next year hopefully will be reporting a better appeal status.

 

Filled the 2 vacant planning officer posts. 1 of which is an existing member of staff which is excellent.

 

Appeal decisions have provided clear guidance regarding heritage assets.

 

A Cllr noted that there has been alarm from residents regarding the building numbers in the neighbourhood plan as they thought it meant you can’t have more buildings above those noted in the plan.

 

The Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services advised that they are pitched as minimums.

 

A Cllr asked if they could visit sites where decisions have been overturned at appeal.

 

A  Cllr congratulated the planning team and noted that 100% it excellent and asked if there is reason why it is not so good for minors.

 

The Development Manager responded that there is an 8 week deadline for minors and they can be more contentious.

 

A Cllr commented that they need to more notice of trees and hedges coming down.

 

The Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services responded that trees are a component of the design and they need to judge which aspects are most important.

 

A Cllr asked if they could replant what is taken down

 

The Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services noted that the philosophy is there but they could condition which will stay and go. The judgement is if the losses are acceptable or not.

 

A Cllr noted they should have guidance on what trees they can plant as a lot of forest trees are used which become too big.

 

A Cllr noted that they would like MBC to focus on the planting of new trees and retaining wildlife corridors and get recognition and rewards for doing this. They also thanked the team for the excellent report and figures.

 

PL92

Programme Of Training For Planning Committee pdf icon PDF 388 KB

Minutes:

The Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services noted that there needs to be formalisation of training provided with named dates and topics. The first one could be a review of the development appeals.

 

A Cllr suggested that they could look at public footpaths that don’t lead anywhere or that lead on to peoples properties.

 

The Assistant Director for Strategic Planning and Regulatory Services noted that they will create a list of ideas.

 

The Solicitor to the Council noted that it is a matter for LCC if a footpath is blocked.

 

PL93

Urgent Business

To consider any other items that the Chair considers urgent

 

Minutes:

None

 

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