Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive apologies for absence from committee members. 

Minutes:

Councillors John Batchelor, Sebastian Kindersley and David McCraith sent  Apologies for Absence. Their substitutes were Councillors Henry Batchelor, Aidan Van de Weyer and Val Barrett.

2.

Declarations of Interest

 

1.         Disclosable pecuniary interests (“DPI”)

A  DPI is where a committee member or his/her spouse or partner has any kind of beneficial interest in the land under consideration at the meeting.

 

 2.        Non-disclosable pecuniary interests

These are interests that are pecuniary involving a  personal financial benefit or detriment but do not come within the definition of a DPI.  An example would be where a member of their family/close friend (who is not their spouse or partner) has such an interest.

 

3.         Non-pecuniary interests

Where the interest is not one which involves any personal financial benefit or detriment to the Councillor but arises out of a close connection with someone or some  body /association.  An example would be membership of a sports committee/ membership of another council which is involved in the matter under consideration.

Minutes:

Councillor Henry Batchelor declared a pecuniary interest in respect of Minute 5 (S/3184/17/FL - Linton (Borley House, 1 Horseheath Road)) by virtue of his employment with a company supplying materials to the applicant. He withdrew from the Chamber, took no part in the debate, and did not vote.

 

Councillor Henry Batchelor reminded Members that, when application 9 (S/1969/15/OL & S/2553/16/OL- Linton (Land south-east of Horseheath Road)) was first considered by Committee, he had spoken as a local Member (but not as a Committee member) against the proposal.

3.

Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting - 1 November 2017 pdf icon PDF 246 KB

Minutes:

The Committee authorised the Chairman to sign, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2017, subject as follows:

 

Minute 4 - S/2239/13/FL - Sawston (Deal Grove, Babraham Road)

 

Councillor Kevin Cuffley had not been a Committee member when this application had previously been considered. Councillor Cuffley clarified that Mr. Milne had addressed the Committee as a member of the public, and not as a representative of Sawston Parish Council.

4.

S/3405/17/OL - Linton (Land south-east of Horseheath Road) pdf icon PDF 451 KB

 

Outline planning application with all matters reserved for up to 42 dwellings and not less than 0.4ha of allotments, with associated open space and sustainable drainage

 

Appendix 1 – website only

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The case officer referred Members to applications S/1969/15/OL and S/2553/16/OL- Linton (Land south-east of Horseheath Road), both of which were awaiting determination by an Appeals Inspector. Both were listed at Agenda Item 9 but considered by Committee immediately after S/3405/17/OL. Further neighbour representations had been received, including that public consultation had not been adequate.

 

Alan Clarkson (objector), Dr. Robert Wickham and Michael Thomas  (representing the applicant) and Councillor Enid Bald (Linton Parish Council) addressed the meeting. Councillor Henry Batchelor spoke as local Member, and read out a written statement from Councillor John Batchelor, the other local Member for whom he was substituting.

 

Councillor Henry Batchelor proposed deferral because of a lack of clarity in the information provided to the Committee. This proposal was seconded by Councillor Deborah Roberts. The Interim Head of Development Management said that the Local Planning Authority had received legal advice that public consultation had been sound, and that it would be safe for the Committee to determine the application based on the information currently before it.

 

The Committee deferred the application.

5.

S/3184/17/FL - Linton (Borley House, 1 Horseheath Road) pdf icon PDF 384 KB

 

Erection of 6 market dwellings and 3 affordable housing dwellings following demolition of existing dwelling

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members visited the site on 5 December 2017.

 

Kate Kell (objector), Chris Anderson (applicant’s agent) and Councillor Enid Bald (Linton Parish Council) addressed the meeting.

 

Councillor Henry Batchelor (local Member) had declared a pecuniary interest in this because the company, for which he works, supplies building materials to the applicants. He withdrew from the Chamber, took no part in the debate and did not vote.

 

The Committee refused the application for the resons set out in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

6.

S/2745/17/OL - Horseheath (Land adj The Police House, Linton Road) pdf icon PDF 734 KB

 

Application for outline planning permission with all matters reserved apart from access for 8 dwellings.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members visited the site on 5 December 2017.

 

Rosanne Mattick (objector), Paul Scarlett (applicant’s agent), Councillor Miller (Horseheath Parish Council) and Councillor Richard Turner (a local Member) addressed the meeting.

 

It was reported that the Local Highways Authority considered the application to be acceptable.

 

Following a short debate, the Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development. Members agreed the reason for refusal as being the proposal’s adverse impact on the landscape character of the surrounding area, and therefore a conflict with Policies DP/2, DP/3 and NE/4 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007. The development was also considered to represent unsustainable development as specified in paragraphs 7 and 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012, and Policies DP/1(1b) and DP/7 (1) of the South Cambridgeshire LDF Development Control Policies 2007.

7.

S/3128/17/OL - Castle Camps (Land south of Bartlow Road) pdf icon PDF 710 KB

 

Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of 9 dwellings

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Robert Thompson (objector), Hayley Doyle (applicant’s agent), and Councillor Richard Turner (local Member) addressed the meeting.

 

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report. Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being a conflict with Policy DP/2 (Design of New Development) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Development Framework 2007, considering that the development would have a significant and adverse impact upon the rural character of the area on the village edge and would lead to encroachment into the countryside.

8.

S/2989/17/FL - Milton (1 Benet Close) pdf icon PDF 197 KB

 

Outline permission for development of 1 No. detached house

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members visited the site on 5 December 2017.

 

The case officer reported that Councillor Hazel Smith (a local Member) did not object to the application.

 

The Committee approved the application, subject to the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

9.

S/1969/15/OL & S/2553/16/OL- Linton (Land south-east of Horseheath Road) pdf icon PDF 133 KB

 

Outline planning application with all matters reserved for up to 50 dwellings and not less than 0.45ha of allotments

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Interim Head of Development Management informed Committee that the applicant had indicated that the appeals against the refusal of planning consent for up to 50 dwellings on the identical site would be withdrawn if application S/3405/ 17/OL was approved.

 

Dr. Robert Wickham and Michael Thomas  (representing the applicant) and Councillor Enid Bald (Linton Parish Council) addressed the meeting. Dr. Wickham confirmed that the applicant would defend the appeal based on the 42 dwellings included in application S/3405/17/OL rather than the 50 dwellings that had previously been applied to in S/1969/15/OL and S/2553/16/OL.

 

Councillor Henry Batchelor said that the appeals must be allowed to take their course.

 

The Planning Committee gave officers delegated powers to agree a ‘Statement of Common Ground’ in relation to the appeals under applications S/1969/15/OL and S/2553/16/OL, which would not defend the outstanding reason for refusal in relation to landscaping, should the inspector allow a substitution from the 50 dwellings to the 42 dwellings proposed under S/3405/17/OL. If the Inspector does not limit any scheme to no more than 42 [forty-two] dwellings, then officers will resist the Appeals for up to 50 [fifty] dwellings.

10.

S/0243/16/FL - Bassingbourn (Bassingbourn Snowsports Centre, Bassingbourn, Royston pdf icon PDF 135 KB

 

New vehicular and pedestrian access off Guise Lane. Realignment of boundary perimeter fence, New Car Park and Footpath to connect to the existing Club House

 

Appendix - website

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Nigel Cathcart (a local Member) addressed the meeting.

 

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to agree the provision of a legal agreement under Section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972 and Section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 (instead of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990), and that the sum of £5,000 thereby secured should no longer be linked specifically to a pedestrian crossing in High Street, Bassingbourn, given the change of circumstances flowing from the Ministry of Defence’s decision to reopen Bassingbourn Barracks, and the consequential likelihood of access to the Snowsports Centre being now possible from the A1198.

11.

Enforcement Report pdf icon PDF 246 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received and noted an Update on enforcement action.    

12.

Appeals against Planning Decisions and Enforcement Action pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received and noted a report on Appeals against planning decisions and Enforcement Action.