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PLANNING COMMITTEE

Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held at 7.00pm on Wednesday, 4 June 2003 at The Institute. Councillors Blessett, Griffiths, Shinkins, Stevens, Warrick and the clerk were in attendance. No members of the public were present.

001 ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN

Cllr Warrick was proposed, seconded and accepted the nomination. There were no further nominations and Cllr Warrick was unanimously elected as Chairman.

002 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE - None as all members were present.

003 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Cllr Shinkins

Personal interest in minute 004 ref. SK03/0566: Known to applicant.

004 PLANNING APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

It was unanimously agreed unless otherwise indicated to put forward the following recommendations to the full Council for its decision:

Ref.	Address	Proposal	Recommendation

S02/0523	1 Campion Drive	Two-storey side extension (amended plans).	The Parish Council continues to have no objection.

S03/0537	12 Pendlebury Drive	First floor extension over garage & conversion of garage to study.	No objection.

S03/0560	1 & 2 Horsegate	Siting of two storage containers.	Objection. The structures are unsuitable being detrimental to the street scene and visual amenity of the area * Majority decision.

S03/0566	36 Swift Close	Erection of conservatory to rear.	No objection.
S03/0569	Hards Lane, Frognall	Erection of industrial units.	No objection providing that a condition is placed on any consent requiring a screen of trees/hedges to be planted to the boundaries and cladding to be of sympathetic colour to reduce the visual impact on the surrounding open countryside.

S03/0617	43a Eastgate	Erection of conservatory	No objection.

005 REPORT OF THE OUTCOME OF EARLIER APPLICATIONS

The following decision was reported which was in accordance with the Parish Council’s previously recorded observation:

Ref.	Address	Proposal	Outcome

S02/1702	House at Newlands Nursery, Back Lane	Certificate of Lawfulness (non-compliance with occupancy condition)	Granted.
S03/0003	104 Eastgate	Erection of dwelling (renewal)	Granted.
S03/0310	1 Linchfield Close	Pitched roof to existing garage	Granted.
S03/0344	45 Manor Way	Two-storey side and rear extension	Granted.
S03/0351	179a Eastgate	Extension to granny annexe	Granted.

006 TERMS OF REFERENCE, DELEGATED POWERS AND MEETING TIMETABLE

Terms of reference

It was unanimously agreed to recommend that the Committee should undertake to consider on behalf of the Council all aspects of planning, including applications, local and structure plans, and make decisions in accordance with any approved delegated powers or, where none exist, make recommendations to the Council. The Committee should also consider any aspect of development within the parish which affects its structure, amenity or appearance whether or not occurring through the usual planning process and make recommendations accordingly. The Committee should also deal with any other matter passed to it by the Parish Council from time to time.

Delegated powers

It was unanimously agreed to recommend that the Committee should be permitted to make decisions on the following categories of planning applications where there is unanimous agreement of those present at the meeting and no contrary view received from the nearest member:

Conservatories;
Small domestic extensions;
Amended plans where the Council has recorded no objections to the original proposals.

Meeting timetable

It was agreed to recommend that, in view of the short time scale permitted to enter observations (21 days from receipt), the Committee should meet at 7.00pm on the Thursday evening of week immediately preceding the Council meeting. Any plans which are not received in time for this Committee meeting should then be considered by the full Council at the normal monthly meeting to ensure that the Parish Council does not inadvertently miss the deadline date for response.

This recommendation will have a cost implication of £120 per annum in additional meeting room hire charges. This would, however, be offset by ensuring that other Committees’ meetings are timetabled to follow the Planning Meeting, thus reducing the number of ad-hoc meetings involving room hire. The appropriate budget will be able to meet the cost should this be approved.

007 DATE OF NEXT MEETING - Thursday, 26 June at 7.00pm.

There being no further business, the meeting was closed at 7.45pm.