Agenda item

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

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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.