Issue - decisions

MELBOURN: Planning Applications

11/06/2021 - Proposed diversion of part of Melbourn Public Footpath no. 6 and stopping up of Melbourn Public Footpath no. 8


13/03/2019 - S/2424/18/FL - Melbourn (36 New Road)

The applicant withdrew this application.


18/12/2018 - S/2941/18/FL - Melbourn (Land north of Melbourn Science Park)

By ten votes to one, the Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to

 

1.     The prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing those items referred to in the Heads of Terms attached as Appendix 1 to the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development, amended if necessary by officers in consultation with the Planning Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the meeting;

 

2.     Call-in by the Secretary of State by virtue of the application representing a significant departure from the adopted Development Plan; and

 

3.     The Conditions and Informatives set out in the above-mentioned report, amended if necessary by officers in consultation with the Planning Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the meeting.

 

(Councillor Deborah Roberts voted to refuse the application)


15/01/2018 - S/1032/17/FL - Melbourn (Land r/o 46-56 The Moor, Melbourn)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, subject to

 

1.     The prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing the Obligations set out in Appendix 3 attached to the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development, and adjusted, if necessary, following clarification being sought and obtained from Cambridgeshire County Council in relation to capacity at Melbourn Village College; and

 

2.     The Conditions and Informatives set out in the said reort, final wording and any minor amendments to be agreed by the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee.


02/09/2015 - S/0287/15/OL - Melbourn (Land at 36 New Road)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, as amended, subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing

·       Seven Affordable Housing units, first refusal being given to those with a local connection

·       Financial contributions towards the provision of public open space, community facilities, and health and education facilities within Melbourn

 

And the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/08/2015 - S/0482/15/FL - Melbourn (56 Medcalfe Way)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the Conditions set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


03/06/2015 - S/0070/15/FL - Melbourn (40 Medcalfe Way)

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


03/06/2015 - S/2791/14/OL - Melbourn (Land East of New Road)

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director. Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being that the proposal amounted to an unsustainable development in that it would

 

1.     have an adverse visual impact on this part of the village and cumulatively create a hard urban edge to the village; and

 

2.     fail to deliver community cohesion through its demands on the local doctor’s surgery and primary school for which there is no certainty that the additional capacity required can be met


11/12/2014 - S/2008/14/FL - Melbourn (The Star, 29 High Street)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the recommendation, subject to:

 

1.    a reduction in the scale and form of the proposed dwelling on Plot 3;

 

2.    the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 sexuring the provision of two affordable dwellings, and financial contributions towards public open space and community infrastructure; and

 

3.    the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


11/12/2014 - S/2048/14/FL - Melbourn (Land Off Victoria Way)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to:

 

1.    If required in policy terms following changes to National Planning Practice Guidance on 28 November, the prior completion of a Legal Agreement, under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, securing financial contributions in respect of public open space, community facilities, education, health and public art;

 

2.    Submission of an acceptable, amended plan showing reduced height of the flats along the south eastern edge of the development, and realigned dwellings and landscaping; and

 

3.    The Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/11/2014 - S/1902/14/FL - Melbourn (Black Peak Farm, London Road)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application (as amended) subject to the comments of the Local Highways Authority, Cambridgeshire County Council Historic Environment Team and English Heritage and the Conditions and informatives: referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/11/2014 - S/1898/14/FL - Melbourn (Munceys Farm, London Way)

The Committee gave officers officers delegated powers to approve the application (as amended) subject to the comments of the Local Highways Authority, Cambridgeshire County Council Historic Environment Team and Ecology Officer and the Conditions and informatives: set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


03/10/2014 - S/1427/14/FL- Melbourn (Land Between Railway and Sewage Disposal Works, Royston Road)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to the comments of the Environment Agency, Local Highways Authority, Cambridgeshire County Council Historic Environment Team and Ecology Officer and the Conditions and informatives set out in the Planning and New Communities Director’s report.

 


11/08/2014 - S/1422/14/VC - Melbourn (31 The Moor)

The Committee gave officers delegated power to approve the application subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 securing onsite affordable housing and financial contributions towards the provision of education infrastructure, public open space and indoor community facilities, and the Conditions set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/03/2014 - S/2479/13/FL - Melbourn (Grange Farm, Flint Cross)

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


14/02/2013 - S/0090/12 - Melbourn (Adj 2 Lawns Close)

The Committee discharged Conditions 7 and 8 of Planning Consent SC/1216/72.


14/02/2013 - S/2609/11 - Melbourn (31 The Moor)

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/12/2012 - S/1796/12/FL - Melbourn (29 High Street)

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application, as amended, subject to no materially new objections being received during the consultation period on the amended drawings, confirmation from the Environmental Health Officer that the revised details satisfactorily address his concerns, and the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director, and an additional Condition relating to finished floor levels.


07/12/2012 - S/1402/12/FL - Melbourn (151-155 High Street)

The Committee refused the application for the reason set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/08/2012 - S/0571/12/FL - Melbourn (Police Station Site, High Street)

The Committee approved the application contrary to the recommendation from the Planning and New Communities Director.  Members agreed the reason for approval as being that the benefits that would accrue to the community at large outweighed any perceived planning harm.


07/08/2012 - S/0843/12/FL - Melbourn (29 High Street)

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation from the Planning and New Communities Director.  Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being overdevelopment of the site, negative impact on neighbouring occupiers, and poor design.


06/07/2012 - S/0571/12/FL - Melbourn (Police Station Site, High Street)

The Committee deferred this application in order to give the Council the opportunity to finalise its new Code of Conduct following newly issued national regulations and put procedures in place for the granting of dispensations, which may allow the two local Members to address the Committee, notwithstanding their interests.


11/05/2012 - S/2455/11 - Melbourn (117A High Street)

The Committee approved the application subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 Legal Agreement and the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.


07/07/2011 - S/1023/10 - Melbourn (49 High Street)

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Members agreed the reasons for refusal as being that they had insufficient information to persuade them that the application was appropriate given the uncertainty about the Use Class being applied for, and the potential adverse impact on neighbour amenity that might be caused.


03/06/2011 - S/1983/10 and S/1984/10 - Melbourn (The Pink Geranium, 25, Station Road)

The Committee noted that this application had been withdrawn from the agenda.


03/06/2011 - S/1981/10 - Melbourn (Land adjacent to 25 Station Road)

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


04/02/2011 - S/1881/10 - Melbourn (Oak Cottage, 6a Vicarage Close)

The Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities).  Reason: Members considered that, by virtue of its bulk and massing, the proposal would have an unacceptable impact on the street scene and on neighbour amenity.  Members also referred to comments made by the Inspector in dismissing an Appeal against the refusal of planning application S/1208/02/F.


15/01/2010 - S/1356/09/F - Melbourn (Plasmon Data Systems UK Ltd Headquarters, Whiting Way, Melbourn)

The Committee approved the application subject to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and Sustainable Communities).  Members asked officers to consult Cambridgeshire County Council with a view to establishing a liaison Committee consisting of the East of England Ambulance Service, Melbourn Parish Council, local Members and others as seen appropriate.


04/12/2009 - S/1071/09/F - Melbourn (Building 1 and 2 Whiting Way)

The Committee approved the application, subject to the Conditions referred to in the report and to an additional Condition requiring suitable screening to Back Lane..  The Council would monitor the site at regular intervals for six months from the commencement of business. 


05/11/2009 - S/1071/09/F- Melbourn (Building 1 & 2 Whiting Way) - Withdrawn from the agenda to be presented to the meeting on 2 December 2009

The Committee noted that this application had been withdrawn from the agenda.


05/02/2009 - S/2060/08/F – Melbourn (Land to the North East of 19/21 Dolphin Lane)

Approved contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and Sustainable Communities), subject to a Condition requiring the provision of a stock-proof fence along the boundary between no. 13 Dolphin Lane and the application site prior to the commencement of development.  Reason: relationship between the application site and the rest of the village.


02/08/2007 - B/1/45/070 – Melbourn (73 High Street)

No further action, as report.


08/09/2006 - S/1415/06/F - Melbourn

Approval as report 


09/06/2006 - S/0727/06/F - Melbourn

Delegated approval for the reasons set out in the report from the Director of Development Services, subject to safeguarding Conditions and to resolution of car parking issues and design of some of the dormer windows.


09/06/2006 - S/0669/06/O - Melbourn

 Approval for the reasons set out in the report from the Director of Development Services, subject to the Conditions referred to therein.


16/05/2006 - S/0593/06/RM - Melbourn

Delegated approval, contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Director of Development Services, subject to the Local Planning Authority being satisfied with the revised plans.  Members considered that the proposal would enhance the area, and comply with Policies HG10, SE9 and EN30 of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2004.


02/02/2006 - S/2099/05/F-Melbourn

Approval, contrary to report, of an activity deemed appropriate at this particular garden centre and site in accordance with Policy P1/2 of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Structure Plan 2003 and Policy SH12 (1) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2004


02/02/2006 - S/2127/05/F - Melbourn

Approval (not delegated) 


12/12/2005 - S/1250/05/F - Melbourn

REFUSED


12/12/2005 - S/1249/05/F - Melbourn

REFUSED

RESOLVEDto issue an Enforcement Notice


12/12/2005 - S/1114/05/F - Melbourn

REFUSED


12/12/2005 - S/1054/05/F - Melbourn

APPROVAL


12/12/2005 - Melbourn - S/0739/05/F

REFUSED


12/12/2005 - Melbourn - S/0637/05/F

APPROVAL


08/12/2005 - S/2006/05/F - Melbourn

Delegated refusal.  Enforcement with a six-month compliance period.


17/06/2005 - S/0402/05/F - Melbourn

Refused


17/06/2005 - S/0200/05/F - Melbourn

Delegated approval


11/05/2005 - S1580/04/F - Melbourn

Delegated refusal 


07/02/2005 - S/2435/04/F - Melbourn

Delegated approval, contrary to report.  Conditions (reinforced by a Section 106 Agreement) to restrict occupation to the applicant only and require removal of the Mobile Home if no longer required.  Reason: special circumstances of applicant. 


07/02/2005 - S/2305/04/F - Melbourn

Refused as report with additional reasons being design, and loss of the day centre


06/01/2005 - S/2181/04/F - Melbourn

Approval as report. 


02/12/2004 - S/2074/04/F - Melbourn

 Approval


19/05/2004 - S/0383/04/F - Melbourn

Approval