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MINUTES  PDF 204 KB
To approve the accuracy of
the minutes of the meeting held on 17 September 15.
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Transformation and
Resources submitted the minutes of the meeting held on 17 September
2015.
Councillor P Cleary identified an inaccuracy
in minute 77 and suggested that the vote should have been recorded
as 11:1 and not 12:0.
Resolved –
That subject to the above amendment, the minutes be approved.
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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:
Councillor Christina Muspratt declared a
prejudicial interest in respect of item 12 by virtue of her
membership of Merseyside Cycle Forum
Councillor Steve Foulkes declared a
prejudicial interest in respect of item 10 by virtue of him being a
board member of Magenta Living
Councillor Anita Leech declared a prejudicial
interest in respect of item 10 by virtue of her previous
involvement with the application.
Councillor Wendy Clements declared a personal
interest in respect of item 12 by virtue of her membership of
Merseyside Cycle Forum.
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REQUESTS FOR SITE VISITS
Members are asked to request
all site visits before any application is considered.
Minutes:
Members were asked to submit requests for site
visits before any applications were considered.
The following requests were unanimously
approved:
APP/15/00398: 11
SEABANK ROAD, EGREMOUNT, CH44 0EE – CHANGE OF USE TO HOUSE IN
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY – 6 BEDROOM PROPERTY INCREASING 7 BEDROOMS
WITH INTERNAL ALTERATIONS.
OUT/15/00977:
GRAZING LAND, LEASOWE ROAD, WALLASEY VILLAGE – OUTLINE
APPLICATION FOR 10 DWELLINGS
APP/15/00979: LAND
NORTH WEST TO 1 THE KNAP, GAYTON, CH60 0EX – PROPOSED NEW 2
BED DORMER PROPERTY ON LAND AT 1 THE KNAP.
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
Minutes:
The Chair agreed to vary the order of
business.
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APP/15/00398: 11 SEABANK ROAD, EGREMONT, CH44 0EE - Change of use to house in multiple occupancy - 6 bedroom property increasing 7 bedrooms with internal alterations PDF 371 KB
Minutes:
Resolved –
That consideration of this item be deferred for a formal site
visit.
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APP/15/00952: Cammell Laird, CAMPBELTOWN ROAD, TRANMERE, CH41 9BP - Full planning application for a proposed crew transfer and storage facility. PDF 293 KB
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted the above application for consideration.
On a motion by Councillor Walsh and seconded
by Councillor Realey it was:
Resolved (13:0)
That the application be approved subject
to the following conditions:
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1. The development
hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three
years from the date of this permission.
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2. A lighting plan and light spill plan must be
submitted for agreement with the Council to show how the applicant
will reduce light spill onto the intertidal areas. In
addition, the proposed illumination shall be shielded away from the
highway and neighbouring houses in a manner to be agreed with the
Local Planning Authority to prevent glare. The shielding shall be
retained thereafter
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3. The site must be
drained on a total separate system, with only foul drainage
ultimately connected into the public foul sewerage system
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4. All fuel and chemical storage tanks must have
adequate bund walls with outlets. The bund must be capable of
holding more than the largest tank within it.
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5. The Licence
Holder must ensure that artificial lighting used to facilitate the
construction and operation of the pontoon is directed away from New
Ferry SSSI and Mersey Estuary SPA. The specific locations of the
designated sites can be obtained from Natural England.
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6. Surface water
draining from areas of hard standing shall be passed through an oil
interceptor or series of oil interceptors, prior to being
discharged into any watercourse, soakaway or surface water sewer. The interceptor(s)
shall be designed and constructed to have a capacity compatible
with the area being drained, shall be installed prior to the
occupation of the development and shall thereafter be retained and
maintained throughout the lifetime of the development. Clean roof
water shall not pass through the interceptor(s). Vehicle
washdowns and detergents shall not be
passed through the interceptor.
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7.
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance
with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on
29th July 2015 and listed as follows: G5229.001, G5229.002,
FS/0381024-1 Rev A, FS/0377940-1 Rev, HFL/2011/0377940-3R Rev
A, HFL/2011/0377940-1 Rev H, FS/0381024
- 1 Rev A, FL/2011/0377940-3, IHB/AB/002
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APP/15/00958: 7-9 ROSE MOUNT, OXTON, CH43 5SG - Variation of Condition 3 of APP/11/00283 (opening hours): Monday to Thursday open at 09:00, last entry 23:30, trading to cease 00:00 (midnight), premises closed to the public 00:30; Fridays and Saturdays: open 09:00, last entry 23:30, trading to cease 01:00 with premises closed to public 01:30; Sundays open 09:00, last entry 23:00, trading to cease at 23:30 with premises closed to the public at 00:00 (midnight) PDF 377 KB
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted the above application for consideration.
A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee in
opposition to the application.
A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee in
support of the application.
It was moved by Councillor Mitchell and
seconded by Councillor Clements that the application be refused on
the following grounds
‘It is considered the proposed variation
of condition and resulting later opening hours would result in
noise and disturbance later at night that would be detrimental to
the amenities neighbouring residents should expect to enjoy at a
time when ambient noise levels are lower. As such the application
is considered contrary to policies HS15 and SH4 of the Wirral
Unitary Development Plan, Supplementary Planning Document 3 (Hot
Food Takeaways, Restaurants, Cafes and Drinking Establishments) and
the National Planning Policy Framework.’
The motion was put and lost (4:9)
It was then moved by Councillor Realey and
seconded by Councillor Hodson and
Resolved
(9:4) that the
application be approved subject to the following
conditions:
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1. The premises shall
be closed between 00.30 hours (midnight) and 09.00 hours Monday to
Thursday, 01.30 hours and 09.00 Fridays and Saturdays and 00.00
(midnight) hours and 09.00 hours on Sundays.
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2. All windows and
doors must be kept closed at all times, except for access and
egress.
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3. No live or amplified
music, other than low level background music which must not be
audible from beyond the site boundary shall be played at the
premises at any time.
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4. The public shall not
be granted entry into the premises after 23.30 Monday to Saturday
or after 23:00 on Sunday.
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5. This permission is
for a temporary period and shall expire after 12 months, starting
from the date of this grant of approval.
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OUT/15/00977: Grazing Land, LEASOWE ROAD, WALLASEY VILLAGE - Outline application for 10 dwellings PDF 288 KB
Minutes:
Resolved –
That consideration of this item be deferred for a formal site
visit
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APP/15/00979: Land North West to 1 THE KNAP, GAYTON, CH60 0EX - Proposed new 2 bed dormer property on land at 1 The Knap PDF 251 KB
Minutes:
Resolved –
That consideration of this item be deferred for a formal site
visit.
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APP/15/00984: Flaybrick Hill Reservoir, BOUNDARY ROAD, BIDSTON, CH43 7PE - The development is for 6, 4 bedroom family dwellings, distributed evenly across the site. The houses are arranged to allow views of the existing Flaybrick Reservoir Water Tower from Hill Road. PDF 271 KB
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted the above application for consideration.
A Petitioner addressed the Committee
The Applicant addressed the Committee
A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee
It was moved by Councillor Mitchell and
seconded by Councillor Elderton and
Resolved (12:1)
That the application be approved subject
to the following conditions:
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1. The development
hereby permitted shall be commenced before the expiration of three
years from the date of this permission.
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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.
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3. 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 other
extensions to a dwelling shall be erected unless expressly
authorised.
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4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and
Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any
subsequent Order or statutory provision re-enacting or revoking the
provisions of that Order), no window or dormer window shall be
added to the property unless expressly authorised.
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5.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning
(General Permitted Development) Order 2008 (or any Order revoking
or re-enacting that Order) no external alterations or extensions
shall be carried out to the building(s) hereby approved.
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6.
The area(s) so designated within the site shall be suitably
landscaped in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and
approved by the Local Planning Authority before any works commence
on site, the landscape work to be completed during the first
available planting season following completion of the development
hereby approved and shall be maintained thereafter to the
satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.
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7.
No development shall take place until details of any gates, walls
and fences to be erected as part of the proposed development have
been submitted to and approved by Local Planning
Authority. Any gates, walls and fences
comprised in the approved details shall be erected prior to the
first occupation of any of the approved dwellings.
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8.
All driveways shall be generally formed and hard-surfaced to the
satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority before any of the
dwellings to which they relate are occupied.
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9.
Before the development hereby permitted is first commenced, a datum
for measuring land levels shall be agreed in writing. Full details of existing and proposed ground
levels and proposed finished floor levels shall be taken from that
datum and submitted to and approved in writing by the Local
Planning Authority, notwithstanding any such detail shown on
previously submitted plan(s). The
development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved
details and retained as such thereafter.
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10. No development
shall take place until an assessment is carried out in accordance
with authoritative technical guidance (CLR11), has been submitted
to and approved in writing ...
view the full minutes text for item 95.
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APP/15/01101: Melrose & Thornridge Heights, STAVORDALE ROAD, MORETON - Demolition of existing vacant garages and redevelopment of the site with 38 no. houses and flats. PDF 281 KB
Minutes:
Having previously declared a
prejudicial interest in respect of this item, Councillors Foulkes
and Leech left the room during consideration of this
application.
Councillor Denise Realey,
Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee took the Chair for
consideration of this item only.
The Strategic Director for
Regeneration and Environment submitted the above application for
consideration.
A Petitioner addressed the
Committee.
The Agent addressed the
Committee.
A Ward Councillor addressed the
Committee
On a motion by Councillor
Hodson and seconded by Councillor Clements it was:
Resolved
(11:0) That
the application be approved subject to the following
conditions:
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The development hereby permitted shall be commenced before the
expiration of three years from the date of this
permission.
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2.
Prior to the commencement of development, a scheme for the
provision of affordable housing to be provided, shall be submitted
to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The
scheme shall include the occupancy criteria to be used in
determining the identity of prospective and successive occupier of
the affordable housing and the means by which such occupancy can be
enforced. The approved scheme shall be implemented in full and in
perpetuity unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local
Planning Authority.
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3.
Prior to the commencement of development a Construction Management
Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local
Planning Authority. The provisions of
the Construction Management Plan shall be implemented in full
during the period of construction and shall not be varied unless
otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning
Authority.
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4. No
development shall take place until details of secure covered cycle
parking and/or storage facilities have been submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. These facilities shall be provided in accordance
with the approved details and made available for use prior to the
first use of the development hereby permitted and shall be retained
for use at all times thereafter.
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5. No
development shall take place before details of a scheme of
landscaping, which shall include details of both hard and soft
landscaping works and earthworks, has been submitted to and
approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme as approved shall be carried out in the
first planting season following the completion of
development. Any trees, shrubs or
plants that die within a period of five years from the completion
of development, or are removed and/or become seriously damaged or
diseased in that period, shall be replaced (and if necessary
continue to be replaced) in the first available planting season
with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning
Authority gives prior written permission for any
variation.
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6. No
development shall take place before a detailed Method Statement for
the protection of the retained trees (section 7, BS5837, the Tree
Protection Plan) has been submitted to and approved in writing with
the Local Planning Authority. The
development shall be implemented in accordance with the approved
method statement. For the avoidance of doubt, the method
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view the full minutes text for item 96.
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APP/15/01138: 21 GAYTON PARKWAY, GAYTON, CH60 3SZ - Proposal: Erection of new dwelling at land to the rear of 21 Parkway, Gayton - amended site layout to that as approved as APP/15/00064 and the addition of two 'Juliet Balconies' to rear elevation PDF 83 KB
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted the above application for consideration.
A Petitioner addressed the Committee
The Agent addressed the Committee
On a motion by Councillor Realey and seconded
by Councillor Williams it was:
Resolved (10:2: with
one abstention) that the application be approved subject to the
following conditions:
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The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance
with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on
12th August 2015 and listed as follows: drawing number 001, dated
5th December 2014, drawing number 002, dated 5th June 2015, drawing
number 003, dated 28th July 2015, drawing number 004, dated 28th
July 2015.
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2. Within 3 months
of the date of this permission, samples of the facing, roofing
materials and hard standing 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.
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3.
Within 3 months of the date of this permission, a landscaping
scheme shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning
Authority and the approved landscape work shall be completed during
the first available planting season following completion of the
development hereby approved and shall be maintained thereafter to
the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.
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4. Within 1 month of
a the date of this permission a Construction Management Plan shall
be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning
Authority. The provisions of the
Construction Management Plan shall be implemented in full during
the remaining period of construction and shall not be varied unless
otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.
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5. No trees
indicated in the approved plan(s) or documentation to be retained
shall be cut down, uprooted or destroyed, nor shall any trees be
pruned other than in accordance with the approved plans and
particulars, without the prior written approval of the Local
Planning Authority. Any agreed pruning
shall be carried out in accordance with British Standard 3998 (Tree
Works).
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6. Notwithstanding the provisions of Schedule 2,
Part 1, Class A, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E of the Town
and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or
any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting
the provisions of that Order), no garages, outbuildings, or
alterations or extensions to the dwelling shall be erected unless
expressly authorised.
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NOTICE OF MOTION - 'BETTER PLANNING TO FACILITATE CYCLING' PDF 52 KB
At the meeting of the Council held on 12
October (minute 51 refers), the attached Notice of Motion proposed
by Councillor Pat Cleary and seconded by Councillor Phil Gilchrist
was referred by the Mayor to this Committee for consideration.
In accordance with Standing Order 7 (6),
Councillor Cleary has been invited to address the meeting in order
for him to explain the Motion.
Minutes:
Having previously declared a prejudicial
interest in respect of this item, Councillor Muspratt left the room
during consideration of the motion.
The Chair advised that at the meeting of the
Council held on 12 October 2015 (minute 51 refers), the following
Notice of Motion proposed by Councillor P Cleary and seconded by
Councillor P Gilchrist was referred by the Mayor to this Committee
for consideration. Councillor Cleary and Gilchrist were invited to
address the Committee to explain the Motion.
Councillor Cleary asked the Council to support
the development of facilities for cycling in the interests of
improved health, reduced air pollution, less congestion, and more
economical travel. In particular, he called upon the Committee to
recognise that secure cycle parking/storage facilities are
fundamental in facilitating the bicycle as a practical mode of
transport for Wirral residents.
Councillor Gilchrist then addressed the
Committee to further ask that the Committee supports the
motion.
Officers responded to questions by Members
regarding cycling provision in planning applications
It was moved by Councillor Cleary and seconded
by Councillor Mitchell and
Resolved (12:0)
That the Council be
advised that the Planning Committee supports the Notice of Motion
‘Better Planning to Facilitate Cycling.’
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BUILDING MORE HOUSING ON BROWNFIELD LAND - REFERRAL FROM CABINET 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 PDF 53 KB
At the meeting of the Cabinet held 10
September 2015 (minute 48 refers) , the attached report was
referred to this Committee for members to note.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
A Report considered by the Cabinet on 10
September 2015 was referred to the Planning Committee for
reference.
The Report sought Cabinet Members approval to
establish a register of brownfield sites suitable for residential
development and were relevant to develop
Local Development Orders identified on suitable sites.
The Cabinet recommended that the Head of
Regeneration and Planning be requested to report the draft Local
Development Orders and the outcome of the consultation to the
Planning Committee who would determine the final adoption of an
Order.
Resolved –
That the report be noted.
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Planning Applications Decided Under Delegated Powers Between 07/09/2015 and 11/10/2015
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted a report detailing planning applications
decided under delegated powers between 07/09/2015 and
11/10/2015.
Resolved –
That the report be noted.
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Planning Appeals Decided Between 01/07/2015 and 30/09/2015 PDF 53 KB
Minutes:
The Strategic Director for Regeneration and
Environment submitted a report detailing planning appeals decided
between 01/07/2015 and 30/09/2015
Resolved –
That the report be noted.
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