Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 30 July 2018  (to be laid on the table half an hour before the meeting).

The minutes of the meeting which took place on 30 July 2018 were confirmed and signed.

To receive apologies for absence.

Where a Member of the Committee is unable to attend a meeting, a substitute Member from the same Area Planning Committee may attend, speak and vote in their place for that meeting.

Members are advised that in order for a substitute to be arranged, a Member must give four clear working days notice of their apologies. For this meeting, the latest date apologies can be given for a substitute to be arranged is [XX Month XXXX].

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Mary Foryszewski, Denis Leigh and Nabeel Nasir.

To receive from Members declarations of interests in relation to any items included on the Agenda for this meeting in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Chairman to respond to any questions received from members of the public of which notice has been given in accordance with Procedure Rule 10.

There were no questions from members of the public.

The Chairman to respond to any questions received from Members in accordance with Procedure Rule 11.

There were no questions from Members.

Planning Performance and the Government target on quality on planning decision making will now be a standard item on the Joint Planning Committee agenda. This was an agreed recommendation at Executive on 28 November 2017 and is part of the Development Management Service Improvement Plan.

The latest available statistics will be attached to the update sheet. .

Louise Yandell, Area Team Leader, informed the Committee that the Planning Service continued to perform well in terms of both the speed and quality of decision making.

Proposal

Hybrid Planning Application;- Change of Use, extension and alterations to office building to provide 1 dwelling together with the erection of a detached garage; outline application, with access and landscaping to be determined, for the erection of up to 28 dwellings following demolition of 2 dwellings, glasshouses and outbuildings (as amplified by Flood Risk and Drainage Strategy Assessment received 28/03/2018, additional ecology information received 15/05/2018 and planning statement addendum received 18/06/2018)

Recommendation

Recommendation  A:  That, subject to the consideration of any further representations by 22/08/2018 that raise further material consideration that have not yet been considered and subject to conditions and a Section 106 agreement to secure to secure contributions towards education, recycling provision, playing pitch improvements, off-site environmental improvements, SuDs and open space management/maintenance permission be GRANTED.

Recommendation B: That, in the event that the requirements of Recommendation A are not met within 6 months of the date of the resolution to grant permission, then permission be REFUSED

Proposal

Hybrid Planning Application;- Change of Use, extension and alterations to office building to provide 1 dwelling together with the erection of a detached garage; outline application, with access and landscaping to be determined, for the erection of up to 28 dwellings following demolition of 2 dwellings, glasshouses and outbuildings (as amplified by Flood Risk and Drainage Strategy Assessment received 28/03/2018, additional ecology information received 15/05/2018 and planning statement addendum received 18/06/2018).

With reference to the report circulated with the agenda, officers presented a summary of the planning context for making a decision on the application, and the proposed development including site plans and the layout. Officers outlined the determining issues and those matters of a more subjective nature.

Officers advised that there were some amendments to the report, noted below.

On page 27 in paragraph 3, ‘up to’ should be replaced with ‘estimated’ and read; ‘Area A of the application site is included within the Draft Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies document as a site allocation (Ref: DS 15: Longdene Field) for an estimated 25 dwellings.’

On page 29, the date on which the Council refused application WA/2016/1226 should read 20/09/2016.

One further letter of representation had been received raising objection on several grounds. In response, Officers explained that they had considered the planning constraints of the area, and that this did not alter the conclusions set out in the agenda report.

Officers also advised that following the publication the agenda, further responses from consultees had been received. In light of these comments, conditions 11, 14 and 31 had been removed from the recommendation.

An amendment was also proposed to condition 23, plus an additional condition 43, regarding Electric Vehicle Charging Points.

Public speaking

In accordance with the Council’s arrangements for public participation at meetings, the following made representations in respect of the application, which were duly considered:

Mike Barnes – Objector

Ian Rhodes – Agent

Debate

The Committee considered the application and revised recommendation as noted in the update sheet. The Committee highlighted that the application was identical to one that had been refused previously, and therefore considered whether there were any changes to the circumstances which would now make it acceptable. Members noted that the majority of the site had been identified in the draft LPP2, however Cllr Mulliner pointed out that at this stage, these were just officers’ suggestions and had not been agreed by the Council.

Members queried what constituted a major development in the AONB. Officers explained the criteria and confirmed that in this case, it had been judged that this was not major, and therefore no exceptional circumstances were required. This had also been the conclusion of the appeal inspector.

The Committee discussed the effect on the SPA whether mitigation was required. Officers clarified that an Appropriate Assessment had been carried out and concluded that there would be no significant adverse impact,  meaning that no mitigation was required. This approach had been approved by Natural England.

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