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43.

Welcome and Introduction pdf icon PDF 258 KB

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The Chair welcomed Members of the Planning Committee, Officers, members of the public and those watching the webcast to the meeting.

44.

Apologies for absence

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Apologies were received from Councillor S Powell-Wilde, who was deputised by Councillor George Davies.

45.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 198 KB

To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 11 October 2023.

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The Director of Law and Governance submitted the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 11 October 2023.

 

Resolved – That the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 11 October 2023 be approved.

46.

MEMBERS' CODE OF CONDUCT - DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members 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.

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

 

No such declarations were made.

47.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

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With the consent of the Members of the Committee, the Chair agreed to vary the order of business.

48.

APPH/23/00355: 71 THE VILLAGE, BEBINGTON, WIRRAL, CH63 7PL - RE-INSTATEMENT OF GATE AND PIER AND PART OF WALL TO FRONT; EXCAVATION WORKS TO FRONT, SIDE AND REAR; CONSTRUCTION OF CAR PORT TO SIDE; DEMOLITION OF REAR EXTENSION; CONSTRUCTION OF TERRACE AND PART BASEMENT LEVEL AND PART GROUND FLOOR LEVEL EXTENSION TO REAR; ALTERATIONS pdf icon PDF 378 KB

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The Senior Planning Officer presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

 

The Chair made reference to the addendum to the report.

 

The Lead Principal Lawyer advised in respect of a correction to the addendum in that Section 93(2) of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 would not come into force until regulations were made by the Secretary of State.  Therefore Members were asked to disregard this.

 

The Chairman of Friends of Mayer Park, Mr Dennis Boyd addressed the Committee.

 

Ward Councillor, Ed Lamb addressed the Committee.

 

The applicant’s representative, Mr Armstrong addressed the Committee.

 

On a motion by the Chair and seconded by Councillor Kathy Hodson it was –

 

Resolved (10:1) – That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than 3 years from the date of this decision.

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans and document received by the local planning authority on 07/03/2023, 19/09/2023, 03/10/2023 and 19/10/2023 and listed as follows: -

- 21-048-110 Revision Fand 21-048-111 Revision E received on 07/03/2023;

- 21-048-130 Revision P received on 19/09/2023;

- the tree protection outlined in the Arboricultural Method Statement Ref. TRE/71TV/Rev F received on 03/10/2023; and

- 21-048-122 Revision G, 21-048-120 Revision Q, 21-048-141 Revision B and 21-048-121 Revision F received on 19/10/2023.

 

3. The construction of the rear extension and car port shall not take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of external surfaces of the buildings have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

4. The construction of the rear extension shall not take place until sample panels of all new facing brickwork showing the proposed bricks, face-bond and pointing mortar have been provided on site and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The approved sample panels shall be retained on site until the work is completed and the development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved sample panels.

 

5. Before development commences on the approved re-instatement of piers and wall to front, full details and specifications of the approved re-instatement of piers and stone wall to front shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The information submitted shall include details of all new materials (including reconstruction with the use of original material as a far as practicable), designs, stone samples, coping samples and finishes. The re-instatement of the pier and stone wall shall then be completed in accordance with the agreed details within six months of the date of this decision.

 

6. Before the windows and doors hereby approved are installed, details of their material (including the material of the lintel above), design, specification, method of opening, method of fixing and finish, in the form of drawings and sections  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48.

49.

APP/22/00662: MEMORIAL HALL, THE SPIRE, BRECK ROAD, POULTON, CH44 3BD - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT HALL, PROPOSED NEW 33 NO. APARTMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS pdf icon PDF 208 KB

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The Principal Planning and Enforcement Team Leader presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

 

The applicant’s agent, Mr Johnson addressed the Committee.

 

On a motion by Councillor Kathy Hodson and seconded by Councillor Steve Foulkes it was –

 

Resolved (unanimously) –

 

(1)  That the Director of Regeneration and Place be authorised to approve the application subject to the following conditions and subject to the completion of an agreement pursuant to section 106 of the Town and County Planning Act 1990.

 

1 The development hereby permitted shall begin not later than [3] years from the date of this decision.

 

2 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 13 April 2022, 16 September 2022 & 17 August 2023 and listed as follows:

21101-PJA-00-00-DR-A-1100-D

21101-PJA-01-ZZ-DR-A-2100

21101-PJA-01-ZZ-DR-A-2000-B

 

3 No development involving the use of any facing materials shall take place until samples of the materials to be used in the construction of external surfaces of the building have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

4 Prior to first occupation, a scheme for the provision of bird nesting/bat boxes within the development shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority. The boxes so approved shall be completed and available for use prior to first occupation/use of the development and shall thereafter be retained.

 

5 No development or demolition shall take place until a report on a programme of historic building investigation, including a Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved programme of historic building investigation and works shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI).. The WSI must include the following five steps:

 • A programme and methodology of site investigation and recording.

• A programme for post-investigation reporting to include production of a final report of the significance of the historic building.

• Provision for appropriate publication and dissemination of the archaeology and history of the historic building, including protection and location of historic artefacts

• Provision for archive deposition of the report and records of the site investigation.

• Nomination of a competent person or persons / organisation to undertake the works set out within the approved WSI.

 

6 No development or demolition shall take place until a report on a programme of archaeological works including a Written Scheme of Investigation has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved programme of archaeological works and works shall be undertaken in accordance with the approved Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI). The WSI must include the following five steps: • A phased programme and methodology of site investigation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

50.

APP/23/00282: 11 CALDY ROAD, WEST KIRBY, WIRRAL, CH48 2HE - THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND OUTBUILDINGS AND THE ERECTION OF A DETACHED BUILDING CONTAINING 6 APARTMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS, PARKING AND LANDSCAPING pdf icon PDF 251 KB

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The Principal Planning and Enforcement Team Leader presented the report of the Director of Regeneration and Place in relation to the above application for consideration.

 

Ward Councillor, Jennifer Johnson addressed the Committee.

 

The applicant’s agent, Mr Nellist addressed the Committee.

 

On a motion by Councillor Steve Foulkes and seconded by Councillor Kathy Hodson it was –

 

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

 

1. The development hereby permitted shall begin no later than 3 years from the date of this decision.

 

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans listed as follows:

 

LOC/01 rev. B (Location Plan)

PLAN/01 rev. E (Proposed Site Plan)

PLAN/02 rev. C (Proposed Ground & First Floor Plans)

PLAN/03 rev. C (Proposed Second Floor & Roof Plans)

PLAN/04 rev. D (Proposed West & South Elevations)

PLAN/05 rev. D (Proposed East & South Elevations)

PLAN/06 (Bin & Cycle Store Details)

PLAN/07 rev. A (Existing & Proposed Caldy Road Streetscene Sections)

PLAN/08 rev. A (Existing & Proposed Sections Through 11 Clady Road)

PLAN/09 rev. A (Existing Dwelling Plans Elevations)

Dusk Survey Results, Issue No. 1, Tyrer Ecological Consultants, 08.06.23

Updated Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Tyrer Ecological Consultants 08.06.23

Preliminary Ecological Appraisal, Tyrer Ecological Consultants 13.02.21

Dusk Survey Results, Tyrer Ecological Consultants, 12.08.21

Arboricultural Impact Assessment & Method Statement, Tree Solutions. Arboricultural Consultants, ref. 20/AIA/WIRR/81, June 21

Topographical Survey, dwg. no. 8788/01

 

3. No development above ground shall take place until the adjacent dwelling at no.9 Caldy Road as shown on the hereby approved Location Plan (ref. LOC/01 rev. B) and Proposed Site Plan (PLAN/01 rev. E) and edged in blue has been demolished.

 

4. The facing materials to be used in the external construction of this development hereby approved and set out in the PLAN/4 Rev. D (Proposed West & North Elevations) & PLAN/5 Rev. D (Proposed East & South Elevations) shall be used in the construction of the development unless agreed otherwise in writing with the Local Planning authority.

 

5 Prior to occupation of the development hereby approved, all windows in both side elevations of the building hereby approved shall be fixed and obscurely glazed on installation and remain as such thereafter.

 

6. Prior to the commencement of any works to the superstructure (other than demolition), a detailed scheme for landscaping will be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority

The scheme shall comprise of a plan and specification and demonstrate:

a. The materials to be used for hard and soft surfacing;

b. Tree and hedge planting across the site (including a minimum of 10no. trees)

c. Detailed planting plan and specification for soft landscaping of land

d. The location and design of fences, gates, walls, railings or other means of enclosure

e. The timing of implementation of the scheme; and

f. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved details. The development shall not be first occupied until the landscaping scheme has been implemented in full and the scheme shall be retained for the life of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50.