Development Management Committee - Wednesday, 9th December, 2015 7.00 pm - Agenda and minutes

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.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 11th November, 2015 (copy attached).

Items for decision

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 11th November, 2015 were approved and signed by the Chairman.

To consider the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 on planning applications recently submitted to the Council (copy attached with a copy of the index appended to the agenda).

            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:

 (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. PLN1561, be noted;

(iii)       the following application be determined by the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman:

*           15/00813/FULPP (Proposed extension to Princes Mead, Westmead, Farnborough); and

(iv)       the current position with regard to the following application be noted pending consideration at a future meeting:

15/00770/FULPP (Thomson House, No. 296 Farnborough Road, Farnborough).

*           The Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 in respect of these applications was amended at the meeting.

To consider the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1559 (copy attached) which reports on cases of planning enforcement and possible unauthorised development.

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:

To receive the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1562 (copy attached) on the progress of recent planning appeals.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 (as amended at the meeting) regarding the removal of Condition No. 1 of Planning Permission 15/00117/REVPP dated 30th April, 2015 and the variation of Conditions 2 and 4 of this permission to allow one delivery to be made to the Asda service yard between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Sundays and Bank Holidays, in accordance with the approved Service Yard Management Plan.

The Committee noted that there had been a number of breaches of the existing arrangements and that there had been little dialogue between Asda and local residents. It was therefore proposed by the Chairman and seconded by Cr. John Marsh, that:

(i)            the recommendation in the Report (to grant planning permission for a new trial period of one year) be amended to reduce the trial to three months;

(ii)           that ASDA be requested to meet with Ward Councillors and with local residents;

(iii)          the wording in Condition No. 3 should be amended to read ‘statutory and bank holidays’; and

(iv)       it be investigated as to whether, where possible, deliveries in respect of this variation be monitored.

RESOLVED: That permission be granted, subject to the conditions and informatives set out above and in the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 (as amended).

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 (as amended at the meeting) regarding the erection of an extension to the existing shopping centre to provide two retail units to include external display areas to the front, alterations to the external appearance of the existing tower feature, the creation of a rear service yard with access from Hawthorn Road and alterations to the existing car park layout and landscaping.

It was noted that the recommendation was to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a legal agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.

RESOLVED: That

(i)         subject to the completion of a satisfactory planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990 by 1st February, 2016 to secure:

(a) a contribution towards accident reduction of £15,000 and £10,000 for the Clockhouse and Pinehurst roundabouts respectively;

(b) a contribution towards the Farnborough Wayfinding Scheme of £15,000 to update mapping to include Princes Mead and further totem signage to identify the shopping areas and links between them, facilitating linked trips;

(c) a contribution of £25,000 towards pedestrian improvements at Northmead Junction with Victoria Road and Elmgrove Road; and

(d) submission and implementation of a Full Travel Plan, payment of the Travel Plan approval and monitoring fees, and provision of a surety mechanism to ensure implementation

the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman, be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives as set out in the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1561 (as amended); however

(ii)        in the event that a satisfactory planning obligation is not received by 1st February, 2016, the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman be authorised to refuse planning permission on the grounds that the proposal does not make satisfactory provision for a Transport Contribution or a travel plan in accordance with the Council’s adopted Supplementary Planning Document ‘Planning Contributions’ – Transport.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1559 which provided an update with regard to the position on the former cottage which lay to the rear of Job’s Farmhouse on Sandy Lane, Farnborough.

The Committee was informed that the former cottage, was a Grade II listed building. It was reported that the cottage was in a poor state of repair and, despite some protection work three years previously, now required some further work in the near future to stabilise the structure. In June, 2015 the Committee had given authority for the Council to serve an Urgent Works Notice on the building should the owner not take appropriate measures to secure it.

The decision to take enforcement action, should it have been necessary, had instigated a dialogue with the owner who had stated his intention to repair and restore the building for use as an annexe to the house. The owner had informed the Council that he was currently preparing to submit a planning application to the Council. More importantly, it was reported that considerable measures had now been taken to stabilise the building. A framework of scaffolding had been erected around and through the most vulnerable parts of the building, supporting the walls and the temporary corrugated iron roof. The site had been inspected by the Council’s Conservation Officer and the Chief Building Control Surveyor, who had confirmed that the works were comprehensive and indeed superior to those that could have been insisted upon through an Urgent Works Notice.

It was therefore not considered necessary, at this stage, to take any formal enforcement action. The former cottage had been stabilised and the Council had fulfilled its duty to protect the listed building.

RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1559 be noted.

(2)      Appeal Decisions –

RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1562 be noted.