Agenda and minutes
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Apologies Minutes: Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors P.L. Thomas and M. T. Buxton. Councillor M. Glass was confirmed as Councillor P. L. Thomas’s substitute for the meeting. |
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Declarations of Interest To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests. Minutes: Councillor P. J. Whittaker declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in Agenda Item 7 – Planning Application 17/00459/FUL – Stoney Lane Farm, Stoney Lane, Broad Green, Bromsgrove - in that he was the Applicant. Councillor Whittaker withdrew from the meeting prior to consideration of this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.
All Members present at the meeting also declared Other Disclosable Interests in Agenda Item 7 (Planning Application 17/00459/FUL) Conversion of existing barn to form two bedroom dwelling - Stoney Lane Farm, Stoney Lane, Broad Green, Bromsgrove, B60 1LZ, in that they were all acquainted with the Applicant, Mr. P. Whittaker, through their roles as District Councillors. |
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Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 6th November 2017 were received.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting be approved as a correct record. |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report which detailed proposals to confirm, with modification, Tree Preservation Order (No 7) 2017, relating to trees on land adjoining Harris Brush Works and Saxon Business Park, Hanbury Road, Bromsgrove.
Councillor P. J. Whittaker informed the Committee that he was the Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services which was the department that initiated Tree Preservation Orders.
Officers drew Members’ attention to the Supplementary Documentation – 2 agenda pack and the published Update Report, copies of which were provided to Committee Members and the public gallery prior to commencement of the meeting.
RESOLVED that Provisional Tree Preservation Order (No.7) 2017, relating to trees on land adjoining Harris Brush Works and Saxon Business Park Hanbury Road, Bromsgrove be confirmed with modification from the Provisional Order, as raised and shown in Appendix (1) to that as shown on the plan and described in the schedule of trees in Appendix (2). |
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Minutes: Due to the late arrival of a significant amount of additional information from the landowner’s solicitor, Officers withdrew this item from the agenda. |
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Minutes: At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. R. Whittaker, on behalf of the Applicant addressed the Committee.
RESOLVED that Planning Permission be refused for the reasons as detailed on page 156 of the main agenda report.
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Minutes: Officers provided updates on Additional Conditions, Procedure, Condition 12 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) which outlined the permitted hours for demolition/construction, additional comments received from Warwickshire County Council Ecology, 11 additional comments received from third party representations raising objections to the application, a representation from Councillor A. Pulsford, Redditch Borough Council and a representation from Beoley Parish Council, as detailed in the published Update Report, copies of which were provided to the Committee and public gallery prior to commencement of the meeting.
At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. C. Eden and Mr. M. Burke, residents, addressed the Committee objecting to the Application. Mr. R. Wells, the Applicant’s agent, also addressed the Committee.
The Committee then considered the Application which Officers had recommended for approval. Members expressed concerns and sought clarification on various issues, which included matters relating to: the height of the buildings, HGV routing plan, retaining the setting of the listed building - Gorcott Hall, biodiversity loss, potential changes being made to the application at a later stage, and the period of time, 15 years, which the £200,000.00 bond would be retained for.
The Council’s Principal Planning Officer and the County’s Highways Officer provided clarification with regard to Members concerns and questions and in doing so, explained that any remaining combined biodiversity loss would be compensated via biodiversity offsetting.
Members were informed that the building heights would be restricted to between 9m and 21m above the development plateau ground level and that the lower buildings would be sited at sensitive locations in relation to existing surrounding development. It was also agreed during pre-application discussion that the buildings do not exceed a certain height in order to ensure that the setting of Gorcott Hall was protected; as detailed on page 179 in the main agenda report. Officers had worked with Historic England and conservation officers from Bromsgrove District Council and Stratford on Avon District Council to ensure maximum protection to Gorcott Hall.
An HGV routing plan had been devised to reduce HGV routing through sensitive areas and had been accepted in principle by both Highway Authorities. Whilst the VISSIM Model had not been reviewed, the results indicated that the proposed development would have minimal impact in queues and journey times on the surrounding network. Highways England had agreed with the conclusions of the modelling and Worcestershire County Council had requested a financial contribution towards a wider improvement scheme.
The Council’s Head of Planning and Regeneration informed the Committee that the hybrid application was being detailed in its entirety, but each of the three authorities were being ask to consider their own administrative area and jurisdiction. The proposed development included land within three Local Planning Authority (LPA) boundaries; whilst some of the recommended conditions would be common to all three areas; each authority would be responsible for enforcement of any planning conditions imposed that related to specific areas of the development or issues which were confined or unique to particular parts of the site within the particular LPA, should planning permission ... view the full minutes text for item 49/17 |
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Minutes: Officers drew Members’ attention to the amended Recommendation and the reasons for the amendment, as detailed in the published Update Report, copies of which were provided to Committee Members and the public gallery prior to commencement of the meeting.
Councillor S. P. Shannon, in whose Ward, the application site was located, addressed the Committee.
Officers clarified that planning permission was being sought for 6 x 2 bed properties and 4 x 1 bed properties, as detailed on page 213 of the main agenda report and not as indicated on page 211 of the main agenda report.
RESOLVED that planning permission be granted as detailed in the preamble above. |
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Minutes: The Committee received an update on an additional objection, received from one neighbour, as detailed in the published Update Report, copies of which were provided to Members and the public gallery prior to the start of the meeting.
At the invitation of the Chairman, Mrs. K. Sanderson, the Applicant addressed the Committee.
RESOLVED that Planning Permission be granted, subject to Conditions, as set out on page 222 of the main agenda report and a unilateral agreement to remove Part 1, Class A permitted development rights. |