Cabinet - Tuesday, 17th September, 2019 7.00 pm - Agenda and minutes

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting held on 20th August, 2019 (copy attached).          

The Minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 20th August, 2019 were confirmed and signed by the Chairman.

To consider Report No. EPSH1945 (copy attached), which sets out responses to the Council’s recent consultation exercise and seeks adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement 2019.

The Cabinet considered Report No. EPSH1945, which set out the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement 2019 for approval. Members were informed that a public consultation exercise had taken place between 3rd June, 2019 and 15th July, 2019. This had attracted five representations and these were summarised in the Report. The draft document had been amended to take account of the fact that it no longer needed to contain the information on the consultation on the statement itself. The revised document was set out in Appendix A to the Report.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement 2019, as set out in Appendix A to Report No. EPSH1945, be approved.

To consider Report No. EPSH1946 (copy attached), which sets out responses to the Council’s recent consultation exercise and seeks adoption of the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document.

The Cabinet considered Report No. EPSH1946, which set out the Council’s Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document for approval. Members were informed that a public consultation exercise had taken place between 3rd June, 2019 and 15th July, 2019. This had attracted five representations and these were summarised in the Consultation Statement at Appendix B to the Report. The draft document had been amended to take account of these representations and legal advice on the viability section. The revised document was set out in Appendix A to the Report.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that the adoption of the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, as set out in Appendix A to Report No. EPSH1946, be approved.

To consider Report No. EPSH1943 (copy attached), which sets out a proposal for the adoption of an Article 4 Direction to withdraw permitted development rights in relation to identified properties in Church Circle, Farnborough and the cancellation of an Article 4 Direction in respect of properties at Pinewood Park, Farnborough.

The Cabinet considered Report No. EPSH1943, which sought confirmation of an Article 4 Direction to withdraw permitted development rights related to the replacement of windows, the alteration or removal of chimneys, the removal of front boundary walls and the laying out of hard surfacing on the front garden areas of identified properties in Church Circle, Farnborough, which formed part of the South Farnborough Conservation Area. The proposed Direction would enable the Council to protect the architectural and historic character of that part of the Conservation Area by requiring property owners to make a planning application to carry out those works. Members were reminded that the Cabinet had, in February, 2019, approved the making of the Direction and that this was now proposed to be confirmed.

The Report also set out a proposal to cancel an Article 4 Direction in respect of the withdrawal of permitted development rights from properties at Pinewood Park, Farnborough. Members were informed that the Direction had been in force since the 1970s when the properties were under the jurisdiction of Hart District Council. The Direction was no longer considered to be serving a useful purpose.

In response to a question, it was confirmed that the residents of all properties affected at Church Circle had been advised of the new provisions. It was explained that, as rights were being restored at Pinewood Park and there was no longer considered to be a justification for the Article 4 Direction, no consultation had been undertaken in that respect.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that

(i)        the confirmation of an Article 4 Direction, under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), in respect of properties at Church Circle, Farnborough, as set out in Report No. EPSH1943, be approved; and

(ii)       the cancellation of an Article 4 Direction, under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), in respect of properties at Pinewood Park, Farnborough, as set out in the Report, be approved.

To consider Report No. EPSH1947 (copy attached), which sets out proposed updates to the Council’s Tenancy Strategy.

The Cabinet considered Report No. EPSH1947, which sought approval for the Council’s updated Tenancy Strategy. Members were informed that the Localism Act 2011 had placed a statutory obligation on local authorities to publish a Tenancy Strategy. It was confirmed that, in preparing the Strategy, consultation had taken place with the Council’s Registered Provider partners and neighbouring authorities and further work had been carried out through the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s Registered Provider Review Programme.

In response to a question, it was confirmed that, in preparation of their own tenancy strategies, Registered Providers were required to have regard for the Council’s Tenancy Strategy.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that the Council’s Tenancy Strategy, as set out in Appendix A to Report No. EPSH1947, be approved.

To consider resolving:

That, subject to the public interest test, the public be excluded from this meeting during the discussion of the undermentioned item to avoid the disclosure of exempt information within the paragraph of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972 indicated against such item:

Item                Schedule      Category

No.                  12A Para.

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7                      3                      Information relating to financial or business affairs

This item was withdrawn.

To consider Exempt Report No. RP1920 (copy attached), which seeks approval of the Rushmoor Development Partnership’s Project Plan in relation to the redevelopment of Parsons Barracks Car Park, Aldershot, for submission to the Council on 3rd October, 2019.

This item was withdrawn.