Development Management Committee - Wednesday, 14th September, 2016 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.

Having regard to the Members’ Code of Conduct, the following declaration of interest was made. The Member with a disclosable pecuniary interest left the meeting during the debate on the relevant agenda item:

To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 17th August, 2016 (copy attached).

Item for decision

The Minutes of the Meeting held on 17th August, 2016 were approved and signed by the Chairman.

To consider the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629 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 to the following applications set out in Appendix “A” attached hereto, subject to the conditions, restrictions and prohibitions (if any) mentioned therein:

15/00930/LBC2PP (Zone C – Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Urban Extension, Alisons Road, Aldershot);

15/00931/LBC2PP (Zone C – Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Urban Extension, Alisons Road, Aldershot);

*           16/00522/FULPP (Salesian College Playing Fields, Park 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. PLN1629, be noted;

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

15/00897/REMPP (Zone C – Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Urban Extension, Alisons Road, Aldershot);

15/00898/REMPP (Zone C – Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Urban Extension, Alisons Road, Aldershot);

*           16/00571/FULPP (177 – 177A Ash Road, Aldershot); and

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

16/00068/FULPP (Enterprise House, 88-90 Victoria Road and part of 84-86 Victoria Road, Aldershot);

16/00544/FULPP (Southwood Summit Centre, 1 Aldrin Place, Farnborough);

*           The Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629 in respect of these applications was amended at the meeting.

To consider the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1630 (copy attached) which reports on cases of planning enforcement and possible unauthorised development.

Items for information

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 consider the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1632 (copy attached) on the progress of recent planning appeals.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629 regarding the part approval of reserved matters for the conversion of Cambridge Military Hospital, including part demolition, extensions and external alterations, to provide 74 dwellings and 943m2 of mixed commercial and community uses with associated landscaping, access and parking, in Development Zone C, Cambridge Military Hospital, pursuant to Condition 4 (1 to 21), attached to Outline Planning Permission 12/00958/OUT dated 10th March, 2014.

It was noted that the recommendation was to grant planning permission.

RESOLVED: That following the issue of planning permission for the first Cambridge Military Hospital Development Zone Reserved Matters Application at Gun Hill House & Water Tower, Application No. 15/00069/REMPP on completion of the associated deed of variation, the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman, be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629 regarding the part approval of reserved matters for the redevelopment of the Louise Margaret Hospital and Nurses Residence, including part demolition, external alternations, extensions and new build, to provide 41 dwellings with associated landscaping, access and parking, in Development Zone C, Cambridge Military Hospital, pursuant to Condition 4 (1 to 21), attached to Outline Planning Permission 12/00958 dated 10th March, 2014.

It was noted that the recommendation was to grant planning permission.

RESOLVED: That following the issue of planning permission for the first Cambridge Military Hospital Development Zone Reserved Matters Application at Gun Hill House & Water Tower, Application No. 15/00069/REMPP on completion of the associated deed of variation, the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman, be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1629 (as amended at the meeting) regarding the erection of first floor extensions to front, side and rear and external alterations to facilitate conversion of a café to one 1-bedroom flat, rear portion of shop at 177A Ash Road to one 1-bedroom flat; and enlargement of existing first floor flat from 1 to 3-bedrooms with enclosed first floor roof terrace.

It was noted that the recommendation was to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a satisfactory planning obligation 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 29th September, 2016, to secure appropriate financial contributions towards special protection area mitigation, the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chairman, be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the amended conditions and informatives;

(ii)           however, in the event that a satisfactory Section 106 agreement is not received by 29th September, 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 financial contribution to mitigate the effect of the development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area in accordance with the Rushmoor Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Interim Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy and Core Strategy Policies CP11 and CP13;

(iii)           in the event of

(a)  planning permission being granted and implementation (and cessation of the unauthorised residential use) does not take place within 6 calendar months of the decision date; or

(b)  planning permission being refused; the Head of Planning is authorised to instruct the Solicitor to the Council to issue an enforcement notice requiring cessation of use of the unauthorised residential units within the application site.

The Committee received the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1630, which provided an update with regard to the position on the land adjacent to 11 Fintry Walk, Farnborough.

The Committee was informed that following a Committee resolution in August, 2015, an enforcement notice was issued to the owner of 11 Fintry Walk, Farnborough, in respect of the change of use of public amenity lane to private garden and enclosure with 1.8m close boarded fence. The owner of the property had pleaded guilty on 9 June, 2016 and the court agreed to adjourn the case until 11 August, 2016, for sentencing to allow the owner time to comply with the enforcement notice.

On 11th August, the court was advised that the owner had largely complied with the enforcement notice, however there remained a pallet of bricks and vegetation on the land, which the Council wanted the owner to remove within 28 days. It was noted that the owner had been ordered to pay a fine of £500, reduced from £750, a victim surcharge of £50 and the Council’s costs of £625.

The Committee was informed that a site visit had been scheduled to ensure that the pallet of bricks and vegetation had been removed. Subject to the works being carried out satisfactorily the enforcement case will be closed.

RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1630 be noted.

(1) New Appeals –

(2) Appeal Decisions –

RESOLVED: That the Head of Planning’s Report No. PLN1632 be noted.