The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management submitted the minutes of the meetings held on 21 October 2010 and 9 November 2010.

(To be circulated separately).

RECOMMENDED:  That the minutes be received.

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management submitted the minutes of the meetings held on 21 October 2010 and 9 November 2010.

Resolved – That the minutes be received.

Members of the committee are asked whether they have any personal or prejudicial interests in connection with any application on the agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.

Members of the Committee were asked whether they had any personal or prejudicial interests in connection with any application on the agenda and, if so, to declare them and state the nature of the interest.

No such declarations were made.

Members are asked to request all site visits before any application is considered. 

Members were asked to submit their requests for site visits before any planning applications were considered.

The following request for a site visit was unanimously approved;

APP/10/00999 – Melrose, 90 Oldfield Road, Heswall, CH60 6SG – Proposed extension and remodelling of the existing house and associated landscape works.

The Chair agreed to vary the order of business.

The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion by Councillor Dave Mitchell and seconded by Councillor David Elderton it was;

Resolved (9:3) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

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

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting the provisions of that Order), no garages, outbuildings or construction of boundary treatment or other means of enclosure over one metre in height around or within the area of land hereby approved in the garden area shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

Resolved – That consideration of the item be deferred for a formal site visit.

The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion by Councillor Dave Mitchell and seconded by Councillor John Salter it was;

Resolved (11:1) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

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

2. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing, roofing and window materials to be used in the external construction of this development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

3. No development (including geotechnical, geo-chemical site investigations, alteration of existing/new Statutory undertakes equipment) will take place at the site until the appli­cant, or their agents or successors in title, has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the Local Planning Authority. All works shall be carried out and completed as approved, unless otherwise agreed, in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

The written scheme of investigation shall include the following components:

i. An archaeological evaluation;

ii. An archaeological recording programme the scope of which will be informed by the results of the evaluation.

iii. The programme for post investigation assessment.

iv. Provision for the:

• Analysis,
• Publication, dissemination and,
• Deposition of the archive of the site investigations and records

4. No development shall be commenced until full details of soft and hard landscaping have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The landscaping scheme shall detail the locations, species and heights of all existing and proposed trees, shrubs and hedge planting and all existing and proposed grassed and hard surfaced areas and any other natural or proposed features. Such landscaping works shall be completed prior to the first use of the building hereby permitted.

5. Any trees or shrubs removed, dying or severely damaged or becoming seriously diseased within five years from the completion of the scheme shall be replaced by trees or shrubs of a similar size and species to those originally required to be planted unless otherwise approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

6. Development shall not commence until a scheme for the provision of cycle parking has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  The cycle parking facility shall be erected in accordance with the approved details prior to the occupation of the development hereby approved and retained as such thereafter.

7. No development shall commence until details of works to assist pedestrians crossing Broadway at its junction with Claremount Road have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The works shall be implemented in accordance with the approved plans prior to first occupation of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 120.

Resolved - That the application be deferred to allow the applicant time to provide further information in support of the application at the request of officers

The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

Ward councillors addressed the meeting.

On a motion by Councillor Dave Mitchell and seconded by Councillor David Elderton it was;

Resolved (12:00) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

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

2. Before any construction commences, samples of the facing/roofing/window materials to be used in the external construction of this development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved materials shall then be used in the construction of the development.

3. The development authorised by this permission shall not begin until the local planning authority has approved in writing a full scheme of works for the provision of:

1) a speed reduction measures in Devonshire Place and Manor Hill, between Egerton Road and Palm Grove.

2) advisory signing indicating ‘right turn only’ at the exit to the drop-off area to the south of the development site.

3) ‘School Keep Clear’ markings at the appropriate school accesses on Devonshire Place including associated signing and  traffic regulation orders.

The occupation of the development shall not begin until those works have been completed in accordance with the local planning authority’s approval and have been certified as complete by or on behalf of the local planning authority unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

4. No part of the development shall be brought into use until space and facilities for cycle parking of a type and in a location previously submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority have been provided and these facilities shall be permanently retained thereafter.

5. Prior to the first occupation of the development a School Travel Plan shall be submitted to and approved in by the local planning authority. The provisions of the School Travel Plan shall be implemented in accordance with the programme contained therein and shall not be varied other than through agreement with the local planning authority. A review of the Travel Plan should be submitted to the local planning authority on an annual basis which, for the avoidance of doubt, should include:

•  An updated action plan;

•  A progress report; and

•  Monitoring report including data from the latest travel surveys.

6. Prior to first commencement of the development details of all vehicle crossings and tactile paving shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved plans and retained as such thereafter unless agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. For information tactile paving to be provided at crossing positions and at radii at junctions of Devonshire Place and Sandyway and Grosvenor Place.

7. No works or development shall take place until a scheme for the protection of the retained trees (section 7, BS59837, the Tree Protection Plan) has been agreed in writing  ...  view the full minutes text for item 122.

The Director of Technical Services submitted the above application for consideration.

A petitioner addressed the meeting.

On a motion by Councillor Dave Mitchell and seconded by Councillor John Salter it was;

Resolved (12:00) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

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

2. The proposed 5-a-side pitch shall not be used between 19.00 hours and 08.00 hours

A report of the Director of Technical Services informed the Planning Committee of a request made to the local planning authority to grant consent for the above named property to be occupied “otherwise than by elderly persons”. Enquiries in relation to the local planning authority’s proposed attitude to granting such a consent had been submitted by solicitors acting on behalf of the vendor of the property. An enquiry had also been received from a prospective purchaser of the property, Mr Steven Smart. It was recommended that it would be appropriate to grant consent.

Resolved; (12:00) That

(1) in respect of No. 36 Kale Close that consent be granted for occupation of the dwelling otherwise than by elderly persons.

(2) the Director of Technical Services be authorised (under delegated powers) to consider similar future requests as might arise in relation to this legal agreement.

The Director of Technical Services submitted a report informing members of Planning Applications decided under his delegated powers between 30 October, 2010 and 18 November, 2010.

Resolved – That the report be noted.