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.

Councillor D Mitchell declared a personal interest in items 5 and 6 - APP/10/00033 and APP/10/00034: Kings Gap Court Hotel, Valentia Road, Hoylake - Renovation of the hotel, demolition of the majority of the extensions including the rear function room and adjoining annex to the hotel on the Kings Gap Frontage and erection of new extensions (see minutes 165 and 166 post) by virtue of him being a member of Mersey Travel Board.

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.

It was moved by Councillor Redfern and seconded by Councillor Teggin that a site visit be arranged for the following application:

Application 2009/06285:  Land adjacent to 50 Woodchurch Lane, Prenton - erection of 8 self contained flats and 6 houses).

Resolved (10:0) (Councillor George abstaining) - That a site visit be arranged in respect of this application.

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

Resolved (10:0) - That consideration of this application be deferred for a site visit.

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

A ward councillor addressed the meeting.

On a motion by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Salter it was:

Resolved (11:0) - 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 unit shall be used as an indoor cricket centre and for no other purpose, including any other purpose in D2 (Assembly and Leisure) of the schedule to the Town and Country Planning Use Classes (Amendment) Order 2005, or any subsequent Order or statutory provision revoking or re-enacting that Order, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

3.  Development shall not be commenced until a Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The provisions of the Travel Plan shall be implemented and operated in accordance with the timetable contained therein and shall not be varied other than through agreement with the local planning authority.

For the avoidance of doubt, such a plan shall include:

·  Access to the site by staff, visitors and spectators, including friends and family;

·  Details of off-street parking arrangements and the management of off-street parking;

·  Information on existing transport services to the site and staff, visitors and spectators, travel patterns;

·  Travel Plan principles including measures to promote and facilitate more sustainable transport;

·  Realistic targets for modal shift or split;

·  Identification of a Travel Plan co-ordinator and the establishment of a travel plan steering group;

·  Measures and resource allocation to promote the Travel Plan; and

·  Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing the Travel Plan, including the submission of an annual review and action plan to the local planning authority.

4.  Prior to the commencement of development a Community Use Scheme shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of pricing policy, hours of use, access by non-members, management responsibilities and include a mechanism for review. The approved scheme shall be implemented upon commencement of use of the development.

5.  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.

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

Councillor Mitchell declared a personal interest in this matter by virtue of being a member of Mersey Travel Board.

On a motion by Councillor Elderton and seconded by Councillor Mitchell it was:

Resolved (11:0) - 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 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.

3.  Details shall be provided for the manoeuvring, loading and unloading of servicing vehicles including the timetable for implementation, shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority before development commences. The servicing shall be carried out and operated in accordance with the approved details thereafter.

4.  Before the development is commenced, precise details to a scale of 1:20 of the extension shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such details shall include the manner of connection to the original building and alterations to the original building needed as a result of these works. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and retained as such thereafter unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

5.  The development authorised by this permission shall not begin until the local planning authority has approved in writing a full scheme of works to provide waiting restrictions at the junction of The Kings Gap and Valentia Road. The occupation of any part of the development shall not begin until those works have been completed in accordance with the approved scheme and have been certified in writing as complete by or on behalf of the local planning authority.

6.  Details of the proposed windows and dormers to a scale of 1:20 shall be submitted to and agreed by the Local Planning Authority in writing prior to the commencement of works on site. For the avoidance of doubt, the windows shall be set back within a recess of 60mm, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

7.  Details of all external lighting shall be submitted to and approved in writing prior to the commencement of development. The details shall confirm the location, levels of illumination and proposed shading to prevent the spread of direct light or glare over the public highway or into neighbouring properties.

8.  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.

9.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 165.

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

Councillor Mitchell declared a personal interest in this matter by virtue of being a member of Mersey Travel Board.

On a motion by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Salter it was:

Resolved (11:0) - 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.  Works for the demolition of the building or any part thereof shall not be carried out other than as part of the implementation of development for which planning has been granted through planning approval 2010/00034. The demolition shall be carried out without interruption and in complete accordance with the plans approved through this consent and any associated planning permission.

3.  The demolition work shall not be commenced until a contract has been signed for the redevelopment works and a copy submitted to and agreed by the LPA.

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

On a motion by Councillor Elderton and seconded by Councillor Redfern it was:

Resolved (11:0) - 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.

The Director of Technical Services submitted a report informing Members of the change to national planning policy and outlining the implications of these changes to previous planning applications.

On a motion by Councillor Mitchell and seconded by Councillor Johnson it was:

Resolved (11:0) -

(1)  That the change in national planning policy brought about by the publication of PPS4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth be noted.

(2)  That this Committee endorses the report now submitted which concludes that there are no issues arising from the publication of National Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth that give grounds for revising the decision of planning committee in relation to applications APP/2008/6821 and APP/2009/5109 OUT/2009/5110 or the proposed planning conditions and associated Section 106 Legal Agreements