Agenda, decisions and minutes

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Items
No. Item

21.

General Declarations of Interest pdf icon PDF 22 KB

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

22.

Minutes of Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 42 KB

To authorise the Chairman to sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 July 2013 as a correct record.

Minutes:

The Committee authorised the Chairman to sign, as a correct record, the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 July 2013.

23.

S/1174/13/FL-Fulbourn (8 Lucerne Close) pdf icon PDF 42 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee approved the application, subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requiring financial contributions (index linked) towards the provision and management of public open space off-site and in Fulbourn, and towards the provision of new community facilities or the improvement of existing ones, and per dwelling for the provision of household waste receptacles, and subject also to the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

Minutes:

Don Proctor (applicant’s agent) addressed the meeting.

 

The Committee approved the application, subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requiring financial contributions (index linked) towards the provision and management of public open space off-site and in Fulbourn, and towards the provision of new community facilities or the improvement of existing ones, and per dwelling for the provision of household waste receptacles, and subject also to the Conditions and Informatives set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

24.

S/0941/13/FL - Girton (Trinity Farm, Huntingdon Road) pdf icon PDF 48 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

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

Minutes:

Mark Dean (applicant) and Councillors Tom Bygott and Douglas de Lacey (local Members) addressed the meeting.

 

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

25.

S/1101/13/FL- Impington (27 Pepys Terrace) pdf icon PDF 71 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee approved the application subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requiring financial contributions (index linked) towards the provision and management of public open space in Impington, towards the provision of new community facilities or the improvement of existing ones, and per dwelling for the provision of household waste receptacles, and subject also to the Conditions set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

Minutes:

David Mead (applicant’s agent) and David Jenkins (Impington Parish Council) addressed the meeting.

 

The Committee approved the application subject to the prior completion of a Legal Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requiring financial contributions (index linked) towards the provision and management of public open space in Impington, towards the provision of new community facilities or the improvement of existing ones, and per dwelling for the provision of household waste receptacles, and subject also to the Conditions set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

26.

S/1196/13/FL - Longstanton (38 Prentice Close) pdf icon PDF 43 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee refused the application for the reasons set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director and for the additional reason of it being considered to have an adverse impact on the amenity of the occupier of no. 36 High Street.

Minutes:

Don Proctor (applicant’s agent) addressed the meeting.

 

The Committee refused the application for the reasons set out in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director and for the additional reason of it being considered to have an adverse impact on the amenity of the occupier of no. 36 High Street.

27.

S/0757/13/FL - Longstanton (High Street/Nelson Crescent) pdf icon PDF 41 KB

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to the satisfactory conclusion of negotiations between the applicant and the Council’s Environmental Health Officers to minimise noise nuisance, and to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

Minutes:

The Committee gave officers delegated powers to approve the application subject to the satisfactory conclusion of negotiations between the applicant and the Council’s Environmental Health Officers to minimise noise nuisance, and to the Conditions referred to in the report from the Planning and New Communities Director.

28.

Enforcement Action Update pdf icon PDF 38 KB

An Enforcement Action Progress Report is attached to the electronic version of this agenda available by visiting www.scambs.gov.uk and following the links from Your Council.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received and noted an Update and progress report on enforcement action

29.

Appeals against Planning Decisions and Enforcement Action pdf icon PDF 32 KB

Minutes:

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

30.

Site visit day and time of meeting

Minutes:

Councillor Nick Wright, speaking in his capacity as Planning & Economic Development Portfolio Holder, noted the declining number of Committee members attending site visits, and attributed this to Members’ difficulty in assigning two consecutive days to Planning site visits and the actual Committee meeting.

 

The Committee considered three options, namely:

 

·       The status quo (meeting at 10.00am on the first Wednesday of the month (except in January and May) with site visits at 9.30am generally the working day before)

·       Site visits at 9.30am and meeting at 2.00pm but both on the first Wednesday of the month (except in January and May)

·       A hybrid whereby the day of site visits would be determined once the length and complexity of the agenda had been determined about 14 days before the meeting. A short and straightforward agenda would result in site visits and the meeting taking place on the same day: otherwise, they would take place on consecutive days with meeting starting at 10.00am on the Wednesday.

 

Having previously discussed these proposals with the Democratic Services Officer, the Development Control Manager concluded that the system of ‘mix and match’ offered by the hybrid option mentioned above would be administratively difficult and practically unworkable.

 

Councillor Deborah Roberts said that the status quo should be maintained, pointing out the Committee’s first duty was to the public and that putting site visits and the meeting on the same day could lead to long days resulting in standard of debate issues towards the end of the agenda, and issues with the Quorum should Councillors have to leave for other engagements.

 

Among other Councillors supporting the status quo, Councillor Val Barrett said that keeping site visits to the working day before the meeting allowed officers time to investigate issues raised by Councillors on site, and prepare answers for the following day.

 

The Committee agreed to maintain the status quo (meeting at 10.00am on the first Wednesday of the month (except in January and May) with site visits at 9.30am generally the working day before)