Agenda, decisions and minutes

Councillor Sebastian Kindersley declared a personal interest as an elected member of Cambridgeshire County Council. 

To authorise the Chairman to sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 May 2010 and 2 June 2010 as correct records.  These minutes are attached to the electronic version of the agenda and can be viewed by following the links from www.scambs.gov.uk/meetings.

 The Committee authorised the Chairman to sign, as a correct record, the minutes of the meetings held on 27 May 2010 and 2 June 2010.

The Committee deferred the application.

Colin Britton (objector) addressed the meeting.

Prior to considering this application, the Committee attended a site visit on 7 July 2010   The Committee noted that this was a Reserved Matters application and that revised plans had been submitted addressing the location of windows and adequacy of the visibility splay.  The Committee deferred the application, giving officers delegated powers to approve the application should the revised details be considered satisfactory, but instructing them to report back to a future meeting should they be minded to refuse.

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: Scale, density, and the adverse impact on neighbouring properties (including 11, 13 and 15 Green Street), conflict with Policies DP/2, DP/3 and DP/7 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007. 

Terry Buckley (objector), Francis Caldwell (applicant’s agent) and Councillor Ray Manning (a local Member) addressed the meeting.

Prior to considering this application, the Committee attended a site visit on 7 July 2010   The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for refusal as being the proposal’s scale and density, and its adverse impact on neighbouring properties (including 11, 13 and 15 Green Street), such as to conflict with Policies DP/2, DP/3 and DP/7 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007. 

Appendices 1 and 2 are attached to the electronic version of the agenda and can be viewed by following the links from www.scambs.gov.uk/meetings.

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: the proposal was seen as unsustainable.

Paul McCann (for the applicants), and Jack Lang (Chairman, Caldecote Parish Council) addressed the meeting.

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for refusal as being that the proposal was seen as unsustainable.

The Committee approved both applications as per the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

Sophie Gregorios –Pippas (applicant) addressed the meeting.

Prior to considering this application, the Committee attended a site visit on 7 July 2010   The Committee approved both applications S/0551/10/F and S/0552/10/LB, as amended by plans date-stamped 15 June 2010, subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

Councillor Deborah Roberts voted to refuse the two applications.

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

Jenny Jones (supporter) addressed the meeting.

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve or refuse the application, subject to the applicant agreeing to enter into a legal undertaking preventing the permitted extension being brought into beneficial use until it had first been demonstrated to the Local Planning Authority's satisfaction that the control measures being taken by the applicant to address insect nuisance were properly effective

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve or refuse the application, subject to the applicant agreeing to enter into a legal undertaking preventing the permitted extension being brought into beneficial use until it had first been demonstrated to the Local Planning Authority's satisfaction that the control measures being taken by the applicant to address insect nuisance were properly effective

 The Committee approved the application as per the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee approved the application as recommended by the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee approved the application, for a temporary period of one hundred years, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: The reinstatement of a lead roof would not provide an effective security solution and members were satisfied that the construction, materials and details of the proposed welsh slate roof were appropriate in the circumstances.

Malcolm Raby (supporter) and Councillor Alex Riley (local Member) addressed the meeting.

The Committee approved the application, for a temporary period of one hundred years, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for approval as being that reinstatement of a lead roof would not provide an effective security solution and that the construction, materials and details of the proposed welsh slate roof were appropriate in the circumstances.

The Committee indicated that, had it been determining this application, the submitted layout plan date stamped 14 August 2009 would not have been considered as acceptable because of the lack of provision and ability to secure a safe pedestrian route from the site to the village of Meldreth. 

Councillors Pippa Corney and Sebastian Kindersley declared personal interests as having met the applicant at his request.

Fred Chapman (objector), Rob Searles (Vice-Chairman Meldreth Parish Council) and Councillor Surinder Soond (local member) addressed the meeting.

The Committee indicated that, had it been determining this application, the submitted layout plan date stamped 14 August 2009 would not have been considered as acceptable because of the lack of provision and ability to secure a safe pedestrian route from the site to the village of Meldreth. 

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee refused the application outright, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reasons: amendments made had not resolved access safety issues, and the proposal would increase the incidence of on-street parking.  Therefore, the proposal would conflict with Policy DP/3 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007.  Subject to support from the Environment Agency, flood risk would also be cited as a reason for refusal.

Judith Cristie (objector), Geoff Chapman (applicant’s agent) and Councillor Nick Wright (as a local Member) addressed the meeting.

The Committee refused the application outright, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being that amendments made had not resolved access safety issues, and that the proposal would increase the incidence of on-street parking.  Therefore, the proposal would conflict with Policy DP/3 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007.  Subject to support from the Environment Agency, flood risk would also be cited as a reason for refusal.

Appendices 1 and 2 are attached to the electronic version of the agenda and can be viewed by following the links from www.scambs.gov.uk/meetings.

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities). 

Prior to considering this application, the Committee attended a site visit on 7 July 2010   The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities). 

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee approved the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: While the application is contrary to the thrust of Policy HG/8 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007, which generally seeks to prevent the conversion of rural buildings to residential use, the former residential use and planning history of the property are material considerations which outweigh the policy presumption against such development in this case.

Paul Sutton (applicant’s agent) and Councillor Tony Orgee (local member) addressed the meeting.

The Committee approved the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for approval as being that, while the application was contrary to the essence of Policy HG/8 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007, which generally sought to prevent the conversion of rural buildings into residential use, the former residential use and planning history of the property were material considerations which outweighed the policy presumption against such development in this case.

The Committee approved the application subject to the Condition referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

Robert Clark (applicant) addressed the meeting.

Councillor Charles Nightingale declared a personal interest as a member of Great Shelford Parish Council.

The Committee approved the application subject to the Condition referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: Adverse impact on the dwelling and garden at no. 68 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford.

Councillor Charles Nightingale declared a personal interest as a member of Great Shelford Parish Council.

Prior to considering this application, the Committee attended a site visit on 7 July 2010   The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for refusal as being the proposal’s adverse impact on the dwelling and garden at no. 68 Cambridge Road, Great Shelford.

The Committee approved the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason:   The proposed boathouse, in spite of its complex, untraditional, bulky and top heavy form, was not considered to represent a significant visual intrusion along the riverside or to have a significantly harmful impact upon the character and appearance of the Horningsea Conservation Area. The proposed boathouse would not be harmful to the setting of the Grade 1 listed St Peters Church. The proposal would not conflict with Policies CH/4 or CH/5 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework (LDF) Development Control Policies Development Plan Document 2007, which sought to make sure that all new development preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Conservation Areas and that the setting of listed buildings was also preserved or enhanced.

Michael Harrison (applicant) addressed the meeting.

The Committee approved the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reason for approval as being that the proposed boathouse, in spite of its complex, untraditional, bulky and top heavy form, was not considered to represent a significant visual intrusion along the riverside or to have a significantly harmful impact upon the character and appearance of the Horningsea Conservation Area. The proposed boathouse would not be harmful to the setting of the Grade 1 listed St Peters Church. The proposal would not conflict with Policies CH/4 or CH/5 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework (LDF) Development Control Policies Development Plan Document 2007, which sought to make sure that all new development preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Conservation Areas and that the setting of listed buildings was also preserved or enhanced.

To confirm the Order 

The Committee confirmed Tree Preservation Order number ….. on land at St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Linton.

Councillor John Batchelor (a local Member) addressed the meeting.

The Committee confirmed Tree Preservation Order number ….. on land at St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Linton.

The Committee received and noted a report on Appeals against planning decisions and enforcement action.

The Enforcement Action Progress Report consists of 41 pages and, in the interests of sustainability, is attached only to the electronic version of this agenda on the Council’s website. 

The Committee received and noted a summary of current enforcement cases. 

The Committee received a report summarising the drainage situation as at 28 June 2010.   It was the second in a series of updates that would be presented to the Committee until a permanent solution to the drainage issues at Cambourne could be identified and acted upon.