Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 October 2017.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 August 2017 be approved as a correct record.

Members are asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary or affected interests in respect of any matter to be considered at this meeting.

Any Member with a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter should withdraw from the meeting when the matter is under consideration and should notify the Democratic Services Officer in attendance that they are withdrawing as they have such an interest. If the Disclosable Pecuniary Interest is not entered on the register of Members interests the Monitoring Officer must be notified of the interest within 28 days.

Any Member with an affected Interest in a matter must disclose the interest to the meeting and must not participate in discussion of the matter or vote on the matter unless granted a dispensation by the Monitoring officer or by the Governance and Audit Committee.  There is no requirement to withdraw from the meeting when the interest is only an affected interest, but the Monitoring Officer should be notified of the interest, if not previously notified of it, within 28 days of the meeting.

Councillor Skinner stated that he had a disclosable pecuniary interest in item 5 and would withdraw from the room during the duration of this item.

Any other items which, pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decides are urgent.

There were no urgent items of business.

Erection of 130 dwellings with associated car parking, garaging, landscaping, informal open space and the formation of two new access points off the existing Cricket Field Grove. In addition, the creation of a publically accessible SANG facility and the provision of two Sports Pitches with associated parking and changing room facilities on land off Lower Broadmoor Road.

Erection of 130 dwellings with associated car parking, garaging, landscaping, informal open space and the formation of two new access points off the existing Cricket Field Grove. In addition, the creation of a publically accessible SANG facility and the provision of two Sports Pitches with associated parking and changing room facilities on land off Lower Broadmoor Road.

A site visit had been held on Saturday 9 September 2017 which had been attended by Councillors Brossard, Dudley, Finnie, Mrs Hayes, Mrs Mattick and Phillips

The Committee noted:

• The supplementary report of the Head of Planning tabled at the meeting.

·        5 objections received as summarised in the Agenda papers.

Members were reminded that this application came before them on 22^nd June 2017, where members resolved to approve the application subject to the S106 agreement being completed.

Since the Planning Committee on 22^nd June 2017, additional objections had been received, regarding in particular the relocation of the central access into the proposed development from Cricket Field Grove. The purpose of the report was to inform Members of the additional comments received. For clarification no amendments to the scheme have been received since Members resolved to approve the application at the Planning Committee on 22^nd June 2017.

Following the completion of a planning obligation under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to:

01. Measures to avoid and mitigate the impact of residential development upon the Thames Basins Heath Special Protection Area (SPA).

02. Provision of on-site affordable housing

03. Measures to secure improvements to the footpath linking Cricket Field Grove with Furze Hill Crescent. 

04. Measures to secure the lease of the sports pitches, parking and facilities.

05. Securing the main vehicular access and footways as privately maintainable with permissive rights for the public at all times;

08. The developer informing all future purchasers of the private status of the roads and footways within the site and that they, not the Council, will be responsible for them in perpetuity.

09. The developer agreeing to indemnify the Council’s waste collection vehicles from damage that may occur from entering a private road. 

RESOLVED that the Head of Planning be authorised to APPROVE the application subject to the following conditions:

01.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON:  To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

02.       The development hereby permitted shall be carried out only in accordance with the following approved plans received by the Local Planning Authority:

Layouts

            101502-BAR-SC-01 Rev H (Planning Layout)         

            101502-BAR-SC-02 Rev H (Information Layout)

            101502-BAR-SC-03 Rev G (Heights Layout)

            101502-BAR-SC-05 Rev G (Unit types Layout)

            101502-BAR-SC-07 Rev G (Land use Plan)

            101502-BAR-SC-06 (Location Plan)

            5138_P_007 Rev A (Landscape masterplan)

            6360_PDL01 C (Drainage Strategy)

Flats

            101502-B1-E1 Rev D (Apartment Block 1 Elevations)

            101502-B1-E2 Rev D (Apartments Block 1 Elevations)

            101502-B1-E3 Rev D (Apartments Block 1 Elevations)

            101502-B1-E4 Rev C (Apartment Block 1 Elevations)

            101502-B1-P1 Rev E  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43.

Proposed conversion of single dwelling house to three self-contained apartments with raising of garage roof, the erection of a single storey front extension, side porch and addition of balcony in front elevation.

This item was withdrawn from Committee. It had been identified that parts of the roof structure on both sides of the dwelling would overhang neighbouring properties, therefore resulting in encroachment. As notice had not been served by the applicant on the affected properties, the application could not be entertained.