To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2017.

The Director for Business Services submitted the minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2017.

Resolved- That minutes be approved.

Members were asked to declare any disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in connection with any items on the agenda and to state the nature of the interest.

Councillor S Foulkes declared a prejudicial interest in Item 10 and Item 17 by virtue of being a Board Director for Magenta Living.

Councillor G Watt declared a non-prejudicial interest in Item 14 as he has made long standing opposition to development in Darmonds Green and would consider the application on its own merit.

The following site visits were unanimously approved.

AGENDA ITEM 5 – APP/17/00743: ELMEES DISCOUNT, 186 BOROUGH ROAD, SEACOMBE, CH44 6NJ: Retention of shop at ground floor and change of use of the rear store, first floor and second floor of the building to a 5 bedroom HMO (use class c4) with associated alterations (amended scheme)

AGENDA ITEM 6- APP/17/01009: THE SHIP INN, 208 BRECK ROAD, WALLASEY VILLAGE, CH44 2ED: Erection of 9 new dwellings and associated landscaping on land adjacent to the former Ship Inn, Breck Road, Wallasey.

The Chair sought and received approval from the Committee to move the following items up the agenda due to attendance of the public with interests in these items.

Agenda Items 4: St Anselmians Rugby Club, Agenda Item 10: Ashton Court, Banks Road, Agenda Item 15: 42 Cavendish Road. These items were heard first in this order followed by the remaining items in the order of business.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

2  Lead Petitioners against addressed the Committee.

The Agent for the Applicant addressed the Committee.

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee.

The Heritage Champion addressed the Committee.

On a motion moved by Councillor D Realey and seconded by Councillor Elderton it was:

Resolved - (12- 1 Abstention) That the application be approved subject to a section 106 agreement in relation to highway matters, the conditions mentioned in the report and referred to the Secretary of State for consideration before a decision is issued.

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority between the 17^th March and the 1^st December and listed as follows:

AR5001.LP01

Proposed Club House 9804-C01_D

Proposed Site Plan 9804 PL104 L

Proposed Club House Elevations and Section 9804-PL 105_C

Proposed Club House Ground Floor Plans 9804-PL 106_C

Proposed Club House First Floor Plans 9804-PL 107_B

Proposed Site Plan 9804-PL 108_C

Car Park Plan 9804 PL109

Sweep Path for Coaches SCP/16523/ATR04

Construction Management Plan AR5001 EASTHAM - CM 03 02 17

Garage and Fencing Detail AR5001 EASTHAM - GARAGES & FENCING 03 02 17

House Types AR5001 EASTHAM - House Types 03 02 17

Pine House Type AH10 HT.PI.01A

Landscaping and External Works AR5001 EASTHAM - LANDSCAPING & EW

Fence Elevation AH10 FE.01A

Planning Layout AR5001 EASTHAM - PLANNING LAYOUT PL01

Site Ground Floor Plan AR5001 EASTHAM - PLANNING LAYOUT PL.02A

Planning Layout AR5001 EASTHAM - PLANNING LAYOUT PL03

Street Scenes AR5001 EASTHAM - Streetscenes 03 02 17 A3 - SS.01

Street Scenes AR5001 EASTHAM - Streetscenes 03 02 17 A3 - SS.0.2.A

Street Scenes AR5001 EASTHAM - Streetscenes 03 02 17 A3 - SS.03A

Site Survey Anselmians RUFC-Sheet1-a0

Site Survey Anselmians RUFC-Sheet2-a0

Site Survey Anselmians RUFC-Sheet3-a0

3. Before any approved phase of the construction commences, samples of the facing, roofing and window materials to be used in the external construction of this phase of the 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.

4. Detailed drawings shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before any work is commenced to indicate the finished site and ground floor levels intended at the completion of the development in relation to the existing site levels and the levels of the adjoining land and the development shall be carried out and completed in accordance with the details so approved.

5. The hard and soft landscaping scheme hereby approved for each approved phase of the development shall be carried out prior to the occupation of any part of the corresponding phase development or in accordance with a timetable to be agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. Any trees or plants that within a period  ...  view the full minutes text for item 116.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

Councillor S Foulkes left the meeting during consideration of this application.

2 Lead Petitioners addressed the Committee.

The Agent for the Applicant addressed the Committee.

A Ward Councillor addressed the Committee.

On a motion for refusal moved by Councillor I Lewis and seconded by Councillor D Elderton it was:

Resolved- (12-0) That the following application be refused on the following grounds:

In the absence of an Executed Section 106 agreement, Committee is not satisfied that the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing, in accordance with Policy HSG2 and HS6 of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan, nor the reasons stated by the Planning Inspector, which Committee considers to be material consideration.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor I Lewis and seconded by Councillor T Johnson it was:

Resolved- (13-0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions.

1. The development hereby permitted shall be limited to a period of 12 months, expiring on 18th January 2019.

2 The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 21/11/17 and listed as follows: Drawing No. 02.

NB. Subsequent to the Committee decision it is considered that the proposed condition 1 approved by the Committee is unenforceable and the permission has not therefore been issued and not therefore formally granted.  Officers have visited the site and steps have now been taken to clear the site. This application is to be brought back to the next meeting of the Planning Committee to enable appropriate conditions to be determined prior to issuing the permission.

Resolved-That the application be deferred for a formal site visit.

Resolved – That this item be deferred for a formal site visit.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor S Foulkes and seconded by Councillor D Realey it was:

Resolved- (13-0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 16/11/17 and listed as follows: Drawing No. PL-01 Rev:A, PL-02 Rev:C, 01 Rev:X, 02 Rev:X.

3. Within 2 months of the date of this decision notice; the window(s) hereby permitted on the North (side) elevation shall be fitted with obscured glazing and any part of the window(s) that is less than 1.7m above the internal floor level of the room in which it is installed shall be non-opening. The window(s) shall be permanently retained in that condition thereafter.

4. The external 'Decked veranda' as shown on Drawing No: PL-01 Rev:A shall not be used by customers (except for egress) between the hours of 19:00 to 9:00 Monday to Sunday.

5. No amplified sound, voice or any music shall be played in external areas at any time.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor D Elderton and seconded by Councillor S Foulkes it was:

Resolved (12-1 Absent) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority and listed as follows: 002 Rev H (11.09.2017) 003 Rev J (21.11.2017) 004 Rev H (11.09.2017) 005 Rev J (21.11.2017) 006 Rev J (21.11.2017) & 008 Rev J (12.12.2017)

2. The site shall be suitably landscaped in accordance with a scheme to be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority within three months of the date of approval, the scheme shall include details of planting types, heights, soft and hard landscaping, the 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.

3. Within three months of the date of approval a plan indicating the positions, design, materials and type of boundary treatment to be erected has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The boundary treatment shall be completed in accordance with the approved details within three months of the date of the approval of details by the Local Planning Authority.

4. Within three months of the date of approval details of the space and facilities for cycle parking shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The cycle parking shall be completed in accordance with the approved details within three months of the date of the approval of details by the Local Planning Authority and shall be permanently retained thereafter.

5. Foul water and surface water discharges shall be drained separately from the site.

6. Within three months of the date of approval a surface water drainage scheme based on the hierarchy of drainage options in the NPPG with evidence of an assessment of the site conditions shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the LPA. The surface water drainage scheme must be in accordance with the non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems (March 2015) or any subsequent replacement national standards and unless otherwise agreed in writing by the LPA, no surface water shall discharge to the public sewer either directly or indirectly. The scheme shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

7. Within three months of the date of approval arrangements for the storage and disposal of refuse, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be implemented in full within three months of the date of the approval of details unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

8. Within 3 months of the date of approval, the windows  ...  view the full minutes text for item 122.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor A Leech and seconded by Councillor D Realey it was:

Resolved- (13-0) That the following application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 11 October 2017 and listed as follows: PPSD NORTH FACE Rev B & PPSD Plan View Rev B.

3. The four new access doors hereby approved shall not be used and shall remain closed between the hours 20.00 hours and 08.00 hours Monday to Sunday.

This Application was withdrawn from the Agenda.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor S Foulkes and seconded by Councillor I Lewis it was:

Resolved- (13-0) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on the 2 November 2107.

3. The premises shall be used for a Personal Fitness Training Studio (incorporating Beauty Therapy, Sports Massage and ancillary consultation room) and for no other purpose (including any other purpose in D2 of the schedule to the Town and Country Planning Use Order 1987, or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting that Order.

4. The use hereby permitted shall be discontinued and the land restored to its former condition on or before ten years of the approval date in accordance with a scheme of work(s) to be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

This application was withdrawn from the Agenda.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted the above application for consideration.

On a motion moved by Councillor S Foulkes and seconded by Councillor D Realey it was:

Resolved- (11-2) That the application be approved subject to the following conditions:

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of 3 years from the date of this permission.

2. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans received by the local planning authority on 19th October 2017 and listed as follows: 1705-01 Rev B; 1705 03 Rev A

3. Before any construction commences, samples of the 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.

4. NO DEVELOPMENT SHALL TAKE PLACE until a Site Waste Management Plan, confirming how demolition and construction waste will be recovered and re-used on the site or at other sites, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Plan shall be implemented in full unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions 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 other extensions to the dwelling shall be erected unless expressly authorised.

6. The windows in the north elevation (serving the stairway) and the north-facing window serving Bedroom 4 shall be obscurely glazed and non-opening prior to first occupation and retained as such thereafter.

7. Prior to commencement of development, a full scheme of works for the reinstatement to standard footway levels of any vehicle accesses from the highway that are rendered obsolete by the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall not be occupied until the approved works have been completed in accordance with the approved scheme.

8. Detailed drawings shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before any work is commenced to indicate the finished site and ground floor levels intended at the completion of the development in relation to the existing site levels and the levels of the adjoining land and the development shall be carried out and completed in accordance with the details so approved.

9. Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling, arrangements for the storage, recycling and disposal of refuse, and vehicle access thereto, shall be made within the curtilage of the site, in accordance with details to be submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority. The approved details shall be implemented in full and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted a report detailing planning applications decided under delegated powers between 05/12/2017 and 08/01/2018.

Resolved - That the report be noted.

The Managing Director for Delivery submitted a report detailing planning appeals between 01/10/2017 and 31/12/2017.

Resolved - That the report be noted.

The Assistant Director for Environmental Services will give a verbal update.

The Assistant Director for Environmental Services updated members on

1 – Thornton Manor Hotel - That the Judicial Review date is set for 31 January and members will be updated at the next meeting.

2 - Hillbark Hotel - Further legal advice had been sought and the original enforcement notice served had been withdrawn and a new enforcement notice had been reissued giving 3 months for compliance. Effective 15 February 2018 – compliance by 19 May 2018 subject to any appeal to this enforcement notice.