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Apologies Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors C. Allen-Jones and M. Buxton. |
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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: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes: The minutes of the meeting of the Planning committee held on 8th October 2018 were received.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 8th October 2918 were received. |
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Minutes: Officers clarified that the Application had been brought to the Planning Committee for consideration at the request of Councillor M. Glass, Ward Member.
Officers also provided a verbal update in respect of the application, as follows:
· In respect of consultee comments, Stoke Parish Council had stated in a letter dated 1st November 2018 that they understand from Councillor Malcolm Glass that the above application will be considered by the Planning Committee on the 5th November, 2018. The Parish Council has not received any formal notification of this fact nor have they been invited to either attend the meeting or to submit any written statement which is the normal practice.
In the circumstances, they would be grateful if officers would ensure that this letter is submitted to the Committee at the meeting. It was also stated that the report submitted to the Committee made no reference to the points outlined in the earlier email of 17 October, which set out the Parish Council’s position on this application.
· Members of the Parish Council attended a site visit with Mr Badger at which it was verbally agreed with Mr Badger that he proposed to re-position the building, reduce the size of the building, plant appropriate trees to screen the building from the highway and neighbouring properties and to ensure that the gate giving access to the public footpath would remain unlocked and uninhibited.
· Since that meeting took place, the Parish Council has not received any written confirmation from neither the applicant nor the officer that the above actions would take place. In the circumstances, the Parish Council’s position remains that the building is too big and sited in the wrong place causing it to be unsightly.
· In respect of Worcestershire County Council Countryside Service - Public Rights of Way, Officers had discussed with Patrick White, the Senior PROW Officer for Operations in that area, who was satisfied with the proposed access track material where it affects the public right of way.
· Further information from Agent had been provided which confirmed the applicant’s land ownership. Their animal health registration and a Rural Payments Agency letter confirming the County Parish Holding Number and Single Business Identifier. All of these have been viewed by the planning officer.
· In respect of objector comments, Mr Banham an objector had provide further comments and evidence regarding quad biking on grazing land within Woodgate which the applicant has identified as having access to graze sheep. He had also sought clarification on public consultation. In relation to this, two letters were sent to 10 neighbours in the vicinity of the site, the first related to the original scheme which proposed the agricultural building in the corner of the field, and allowed 24 days to comment on the proposal. A second letter was also sent to neighbour notifying them of the amendment to the scheme, this allowed 17 further days for comments. There had been some confusion locally due to the discussions between the applicant and Parish Council, which he was not ... view the full minutes text for item 45/18 |