Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Wallasey Town Hall

Contact: Pat Phillips  Committee Officer

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77.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 70 KB

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management submitted the minutes of the meetings held on 9 August, 2011.

 

RECOMMENDED:  That the minutes be received.

Minutes:

The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management submitted the minutes of the meeting held on 9 August, 2011.

 

Resolved – That the minutes be received.

78.

MEMBERS' CODE OF CONDUCT - DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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.

Minutes:

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.

 

Councillor John Salter declared a prejudicial interest in Item 4 on the agenda – Wirral Waters International Trade Centre by virtue of being misquoted in the Press in the past on this application and indicated that he would leave the room during discussion of this item.

79.

REQUESTS FOR SITE VISITS

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

Minutes:

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/11/00834 - Land adjacent to 47 Wright Street, Egremont, CH44 8BD - Erection of a new dwelling. (Councillor J Keeley).

80.

WIRRAL WATERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE pdf icon PDF 808 KB

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Minutes:

The Interim Director of Corporate Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

Councillor John Salter having previously declared an interest in this matter left the room during consideration of this item.

 

On a motion by Councillor David Elderton and seconded by Councillor Brian Kenny it was:

 

Resolved (11:00) - That the application be approved subject to a Section 106 Agreement and the following conditions;

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission or two years from the date of the approval of the last of the reserved matters, whichever is the later.

 

2. No later than 10 years following the date of this permission, all outstanding applications shall have been submitted to the Local Planning Authority for the approval of Reserved Matters.

 

3. Each reserved matters application shall provide for approval, the details of the access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale within the upper and lower limits for height, width and length of each building stated in the application hereby approved  (hereinafter called “the reserved matters”) shall be obtained for each phase of the development from the local planning authority in writing before any development of that phase is commenced

 

4. Application for approval of the first reserved matters shall be made to the local planning authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission

 

5. The landscaping details referred to in condition 3 shall include details of all earthworks (including proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; car parking layouts; other vehicle and pedestrian access and circulation areas; hard surfacing materials; minor artifacts and structures (e.g. design, materials position and type of boundary treatment to be erected, outdoor furniture, refuse or other storage units, signs, lighting, flood lighting etc.);  proposed and existing functional services above and below ground (e.g. drainage power, communications cables, pipelines etc. indicating lines, manholes, supports etc.); and retained historic landscape features and proposals for restoration, where relevant.

 

6. Soft landscape works for the relevant phase of development shall include planting plans; written specifications (including cultivation and other operations associated with tree, plant and grass establishment); schedules of plants, noting species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate; and implementation programme to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

 

7. All hard and soft landscape works for the relevant phase of development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. The works shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the development or in accordance with the implementation programme to be submitted to and approved by in writing local planning authority.

 

8. A landscape management plan, including long term design objectives and any necessary Green Infrastructure linkages with the wider Wirral Waters scheme, including necessary ecological measures sympathetic to bats, minimal disturbance bird zone, management responsibilities and maintenance schedules for all landscape areas, shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority prior to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 80.

81.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WIRRAL pdf icon PDF 117 KB

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Minutes:

 

A report of the Interim Director of Corporate Services that had been considered by the Economy and Regeneration Overview and ScrutinyCommittee on 5 September, 2011 provided members with an overview of the differing levels of affordability within the borough impacting on local peoples’ ability to access appropriate housing.  The report also highlighted the work undertaken by the Housing Division in responding to local affordability issues along with the range of specific programmes and activity undertaken.

 

Resolved (12:00) – That the report be noted.

82.

SHALE GAS FRACKING pdf icon PDF 92 KB

Minutes:

A report of the Interim Director of Corporate Services that had been considered by the Economy & Regeneration Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 5 September, 2011 informed members that following reports of exploratory works for shale gas in Lancashire, concern had been raised about environmental implications. The purpose of the report was to advise members of local and national responsibilities and regulatory roles in relation to development for gas exploration and extraction.

 

Resolved (12:00) – That the report be noted.

83.

CONSULTATION ON DRAFT NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND LOCAL PLANNING REGULATIONS - PROPOSED RESPONSE. pdf icon PDF 200 KB

Minutes:

A report of the Interim Director of Corporate Services outlined the contents of a wide ranging national consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government Department on a draft National Planning Policy Framework which was intended to replace the previous suite of existing national Planning Policy Statements, Planning Policy Guidance Notes and Minerals Planning Statements and revised national Regulations for Local Planning, which could have significant implications for the future shape of the land-use planning system in England.  The report recommended that the comments set out in the Appendices to the report were submitted as the formal Council’s response to the Department for Communities and Local Government Department.  The report would be considered by the Cabinet on 22 September, 2011.

 

Resolved (12:00) - That the comments set out in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to the report form the basis of the Council’s response to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

84.

APP/11/00763 - Flat 1, 507 OLD CHESTER ROAD, ROCK FERRY, CH42 4NG - Erection of a two storey side extension to provide a 1 two-bed residential unit. pdf icon PDF 272 KB

Minutes:

The Interim Director of Corporate Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

It was reported that, following the submission of amended plans, officers were now in a position to recommend approval for this application.

 

On a motion as amended by Councillor J Keeley and seconded by Councillor Les Rowlands it was:

 

Resolved (10:2) – 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 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. 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.

85.

APP/11/00834 - Land adjacent to 47 WRIGHT STREET, EGREMONT, CH44 8BD - Erection of a new dwelling. pdf icon PDF 314 KB

Minutes:

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

86.

APP/11/00867 - 19 CALDY ROAD, WEST KIRBY, CH48 2HE - Double storey side extension, front wall/drive alterations and move dropped kerb to suit new driveway entrance. pdf icon PDF 241 KB

Minutes:

The Interim Director of Corporate Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

On a motion by Councillor David Elderton and seconded by Councillor Dave Mitchell 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 external finishes of the development hereby permitted shall match those of the existing building in material, colour, style, bonding and texture.

 

3. The proposed extension hereby permitted shall be built in accordance with amended plans submitted and dated 8 September 2011.

87.

APP/11/00969 - Oldfield Farm Cottage, OLDFIELD ROAD, HESWALL, CH60 6SG - Single storey extension to existing outbuilding and minor external and internal repair / refurbishment works, including blocking up of existing doorway, replacing the existing door opening with windows, and re roofing of existing outhouse roof using natural slate (to replace existing, insensitive concrete tiles). pdf icon PDF 182 KB

Minutes:

The Interim Director of Corporate Services submitted the above application for consideration.

 

On a motion by Councillor Les Rowlands and seconded by Councillor Eddie Boult 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. No development shall commence until cross section drawings (scale: 1:5 or 1:2) and full details of the windows and doors are submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The details shall include confirmation that the windows and doors will be painted white or off/white.  The approved windows and doors shall be installed and painted before the development is brought into use and retained as such These drawings shall be submitted and approved in writing by the Local Authority before work commences and shall be retained as such thereafter.

 

3. Before work commences on the stone walls a lime mortar specification and a stone sample shall be made available on site for the approval of the Local Planning Authority. Work shall not commence until such approval has been given in writing. The stonework shall match the existing stonework in the garden room in respect of type, colour, size and bedding of stone and type of pointing.

 

4. No development shall be commenced until a sample of the type of roof material and a sample of rain water goods have all been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved samples.

 

5. The extension to the outbuilding hereby approved shall only be occupied in association with or for purposes ancillary to the residential use of the existing dwelling house and shall not be occupied or sold off separately as an independent unit of accommodation.

88.

Planning Applications Decided Under Delegated Powers Between 18/08/2011 and 09/09/2011. pdf icon PDF 68 KB

Minutes:

The Interim Director of Corporate Services submitted a report detailing applications delegated to him and decided upon between 18/08/2011 and 09/09/2011.

 

Resolved (12:00) – That the report be noted.