Venue: Concorde Room, Council Offices, Farnborough
Contact: Lauren Harvey 01252 398827 Email: lauren.harvey@rushmoor.gov.uk
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST All Members who believe they have a disclosable pecuniary interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting may not participate in any discussion or vote taken on the matter and if the interest is not registered, it must be disclosed to the meeting. In addition, Members are required to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed. Minutes: Having regard to the Members’
Code of Conduct, the following declarations of interests were
made. Those Members with a disclosable pecuniary interest left the
meeting during the debate on the relevant agenda items:
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To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 22nd July, 2015 (copy attached). Additional documents: Minutes: The Minutes of the Meeting held on 22nd July, 2015 were approved and signed by the Chairman. |
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TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1990 (AS AMENDED) - TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE) ORDER, 1995 - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS GENERALLY To consider
the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1538 on planning applications recently
submitted to the Council (copy attached with a copy of the index appended to
the agenda). Minutes: RESOLVED: That (i) permission be given for the following applications set out
in Appendix “A” attached hereto, subject to the conditions, restrictions and
prohibitions (if any) mentioned therein: * 15/00339/FULPP (Nos. 37 to 41
Cross Street and Nos. 59 – 61a Southampton Street, Farnborough) * 15/00389/FULPP (Jenner House,
No. 159 Cove Road, Farnborough) 15/00487/FULPP (SBAC Exhibition
Area, ETPS Road, Farnborough); (ii) the
applications dealt with by the Head of Planning, where necessary in
consultation with the Chairman, in accordance with the Council’s Scheme of
Delegation, more particularly specified in Section “D” of the Head of
Planning’s Report No. PLN1538, be noted; and (iii) the
current position with regard to the following applications be noted pending
consideration at a future meeting: 15/00427/FULPP (No. 177 Ash
Road, Aldershot) 15/00475/FULPP (The Queen’s
Head, No. 97 North Lane, Aldershot) 15/00548/FUL
(St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Bridge Road, Aldershot). * The Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1538 in respect of these applications was amended at the meeting. |
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REPRESENTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC To consider
the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1540 (copy attached) which reports on
cases of planning enforcement and possible unauthorised development. Minutes: In accordance with the
guidelines for public participation at meetings, the following representations were made to the Committee and were duly considered before a
decision was reached:
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ENFORCEMENT AND POSSIBLE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT –LAND ADJACENT TO NO. 11 FINTRY WALK, FARNBOROUGH To receive
the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1541 (copy attached) which updates on the
Performance Indicators for the Development Management Section of Planning, and
the overall workload of the Section for the period 1st April to 30th June 2015. Minutes: The Committee received the Head
of Planning’s Report No. PLN1540 regarding a change of use of land from public
amenity land to that of a private residential garden by the erection of a close
board fence at No. 11 Fintry Walk, Farnborough. A complaint had been received
in May, 2015 claiming that a 1.8 metre fence had been
erected by the owner of No. 11 Fintry Walk, enclosing
open land and changing its use to private residential garden land. Visits to
the site had confirmed that a 1.8 to 2 metre high close board fence had been erected on land adjacent to No. 11 Fintry Walk. The enclosure of the land had resulted in the
change of use of land to private residential garden. Land Registry records had
indicated that the land was registered to Hughes and
Rogers Limited, which was likely to have been the previous developer of the
estate and had since dissolved. A letter had been sent
to the owner of No. 11 Fintry Walk advising that the
change of use of land and the erection of a fence in excess of one metre high adjacent
to the highway required planning permission. Subsequent site visits had
revealed that the fence still remained and the owner
had failed to respond to further requests to cease the breach in planning
control. The Committee was informed that the main issues were the principle of the
change of use and the visual impact and highway safety implications. It was
highlighted that the Council’s Core Strategy Policy CP12 recognised the important role that amenity land played within the street scene and
that loss of amenity land was resisted by the Council. The principle of
the development was therefore unacceptable in planning terms. With regard to
the visual impact, the enclosure by fence and loss of land to the general
streetscape had a detrimental impact on the setting of the property and overall
character of the area and could well set a precedent. This was contrary to the
objectives of Core Strategy Policy CP12 and Saved Local Plan Policy ENV17.
Concerning highway safety the Council’s Transportation Strategy Officer had
raised concerns about the positioning of the fence towards the rear of the
site, adjacent to the garages and parking space which
took access from Pennine Way. In order to maintain a suitable visibility splay
and to prevent conflict with vehicles and pedestrians, the fence would need to be reduced to a height of one metre. It was
therefore considered that the unauthorised fencing and associated change
of use of land was considered unacceptable in principle, would result in
significant harm to the visual character of the area and would be likely to
harm highway safety. RESOLVED: That the Council issue an Enforcement Notice
requiring removal of the unauthorised fencing with a period of one month for
compliance for the following reasons: (i) the enclosure of open amenity land with close boarded fencing is detrimental to the character and visual appearance of ... view the full minutes text for item 32. |
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PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT) SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE QUARTER 1ST APRIL – 30TH JUNE, 2015 To receive
the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1542 (copy attached) on the progress of
recent planning appeals. Minutes: The Committee received the Head
of Planning’s Report No. PLN1541 which provided an update on the position with
respect to achieving performance indicators for the Development Management
Section of Planning and the overall workload of the Section for the period 1st
April to 30th June, 2015. The Development Manager
provided a further update in relation to changes made by the Government to the
national planning guidance regarding the use of Section 106 contributions from
small sites (of ten dwellings or less) and the application of vacant building
credits in relation to seeking affordable housing when vacant buildings were
re-used or redeveloped. The Committee was reminded
that, at the time of the previous report in February, 2015, a High Court
Challenge had been underway against the Ministerial Statement introducing the
changes. The challenge had been spearheaded by Reading and West Berkshire
Councils. On 10th February the Cabinet had agreed that, until the outcome of
the legal challenge was known: (i)
the current
approach of seeking infrastructure contributions from residential developments
of less than ten dwellings would be continued and, subject to the agreement of
Hampshire County Council, any monies from such schemes would be protected; (ii)
any income
towards open space, transport or other obligations arising from schemes of less
than ten dwellings would be protected; (iii)
the vacant building
credit guidance would not be applied to the national planning guidance changes
and that officers would determine a way forward so that any changes to the
affordable housing requirement could be made to permitted schemes, should the
national guidance changes on the vacant building credit be found to be legally
compliant; and (iv)
a contribution of
£2,000 would be made to assist in the collective legal challenge. The Committee was informed that
the local authorities had been successful in their legal challenge but the
Government had since appealed the decision. A further update would be provided
to the Committee in due course and in the meantime the Council would continue
in accordance with the actions agreed by the Cabinet as set out above. RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1541 be noted. |
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APPEALS PROGRESS REPORT Minutes: The Committee received the
Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1542 concerning the following new appeals:
RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1542 be noted. |