Agenda and draft minutes
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Apologies
To receive any apologies for absence. Additional documents: Minutes: Apologies were received from Councillors Buller (who has now stood down from the Planning committee), Firmin, Lithgow and Sully. |
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Minutes of the previous meeting of the Planning Committees
To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committees. Additional documents: Minutes: (Minutes of the meetings of the Planning Committee’s held on 6, 20 August, 3 and 17 September 2020 circulated with the agenda)
Resolved that the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 6, 20 August, 3 and 17 September 2020 be confirmed as a correct record.
Proposed by Councillor Hill, seconded by Councillor Whetlor
The Motion was carried. |
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Declarations of Interest or Lobbying
To receive and note any declarations of disclosable pecuniary or prejudicial or personal interests or lobbying in respect of any matters included on the agenda for consideration at this meeting.
(The personal interests of Councillors and Clerks of Somerset County Council, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.) Additional documents: Minutes: Members present at the meeting declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Councillor or Clerk of a County, Town or Parish Council or any other Local Authority:-
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Public Participation
The Chair to advise the Committee of any items on which members of the public have requested to speak and advise those members of the public present of the details of the Council’s public participation scheme.
For those members of the public who have requested to speak, please note, a three minute time limit applies to each speaker and you will be asked to speak before Councillors debate the issue.
Temporary measures during the Coronavirus Pandemic Due to the Government guidance on measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), we will holding meetings in a virtual manner which will be live webcast on our website. Members of the public will still be able to register to speak and ask questions, which will then be read out by the Governance and Democracy Case Manager during Public Question Time and will either be answered by the Chair of the Committee, or the relevant Portfolio Holder, or be followed up with a written response. Additional documents: Minutes:
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Advice from Natural England regarding the high levels of phosphates in the Somerset Levels and Moors.
Additional documents: Minutes: The Council has recently received a letter from Natural England about the high levels of phosphates in the Somerset Levels and Moors. The same letter has also been sent to the other Local Planning Authorities in Somerset. In light of a court Judgement (known as Dutch N), Natural England have advised SWT that, in light of the unfavourable condition of the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site, before determining a planning application that may give rise to additional phosphates within the catchment, competent authorities should undertake a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA). The types of development include: As a consequence of the above some items which would otherwise be considered by this planning committee namely applications 42/20/0031 and 21/20/0009 will no longer be determined at this committee. Officers are working on a resolution to this matter and carefully considering how and when these applications can be determined in light of the above.Officers are also liaising with colleagues in the other Somerset planning authorities to ensure a consistent County-wide approach to the issue.
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42/20/0031 - DEFERRED/WITHDRAWN
Application for approval of reserved matters in respect of appearance, landscape, layout and scale, following outline application 42/14/0069, for Phase H1A for the erection of 76 No. dwellings, hard and soft landscaping, car parking including garages, internal access roads, footpaths and circulation areas, public open space and drainage with associated infrastructure and engineering works on land at Comeytrowe/Trull Additional documents: Minutes: Application for approval of reserved matters in respect of appearance, landscape, layout and scale, following outline application 42/14/0069, for Phase H1A for the erection of 76 No. dwellings, hard and soft landscaping, car parking including garages, internal access roads, footpaths and circulation areas, public open space and drainage with associated infrastructure and engineering works on land at Comeytrowe/Trull
Application Deferred
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21/20/0009 - DEFERRED/WITHDRAWN
Replacement of agricultural storage building with the erection of 1 No. detached dwelling with associated works at Three Ashes, Langford Common Road, Langford Budville Additional documents: Minutes: Replacement of agricultural storage building with the erection of 1 No. detached dwelling with associated works at Three Ashes, Langford Common Road, Langford Budville
Application Deferred
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Change of use of land to domestic at the side of 21 Sylvan Road, Wellington (resubmission of 43/19/0103) Additional documents: Minutes: Change of use of land to domestic at the side of 21 Sylvan Road, Wellington (resubmission of 43/19/0103)
Comments from members of the public included;
· Concerns with the visibility splay when exiting Birch Road onto Sylvan Road from a south westerly direction; · The road is used as a rat run into Wellington; · Concerns with the cars parked on the very narrow road; · Concerns with the height of the fence; · The site is an open plan site; · Concerns with the height of the Conifers on the site;
Comments from Members included;
· Concerns with safety issues on the road; · Concerns with visibility issues; · Concerns with the hedge height; · Concerns with the height of the fence; · Concerns with the loss of green space;
Councillor Hill proposed and Councillor Coles seconded a motion for the application to be given Conditional Approval as per Officer Recommendation.
The motion was carried
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Erection of building for mixed agricultural and dog agility training use (retention of works already undertaken) Brook Farm,Rackfield, Wellington Additional documents: Minutes: Erection of building for mixed agricultural and dog agility training use (retention of works already undertaken) Brook Farm, Rackfield, Wellington
Comments from members of the public included;
· Rackfield is a Public Pedestrian Right of Way with vehicular access limited to the residents only which is maintained by the frontage’s of the properties who use the access; · Concerns with the increased traffic on a single track lane; · Concerns with noise from the dogs barking; · Concerns on the environmental impacts to local residents; · Concerns with the impact of the AstroTurf flooring in a level 2 flood zone and leeching into the watercourse; · Concerns that without diversification of the farm these types of businesses cannot survive; · The activity makes best use of the applicants skill set and integrated well with the farming operation and can be managed to ensure that no significant offsite impacts occur; · Concerns from local residents regarding dog barking activities have been addressed;
Comments from Members included;
· Concerns with access issues; · Concerns with barking dogs; · Concerns with the hours of business; · A condition requiring the dog training to cease in 18 months’ time should noise impact prove to be unreasonable should allay concerns for residents; · No issues raised by SCC;
Councillor Hill proposed and Councillor Coles seconded a motion for Conditional Approval APPROVED as per officer recommendation with noise management measured and itemised in the conditions;
The motion was carried.
At this point in the meeting Councillor Blaker left the meeting.
A 5 minute comfort break was proposed.
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Outline application with some matters reserved, except for access and scale, for the erection of 5 No. dwellings at Tanyard Farm, 16 Castle Street, Stogursey, TA5 1TG Additional documents: Minutes: Outline application with some matters reserved, except for access and scale, for the erection of 5 No. dwellings at Tanyard Farm, 16 Castle Street, Stogursey, TA5 1TG
Committee update
The recommendation of approval is subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement for off-site play contributions totalling up to £16,641 for the entire development. This was not made clear when the application was previously brought before committee on the 23 July 2020. Advice from SWT’s Legal service stated that it was considered a requirement to bring back the item to committee to allow for the amended recommendation to be evaluated by committee members.
Comments from Members included;
· There were lots of play equipment for younger children in Stogursey, could the off-site play contributions be used to provide facilities for youngsters with Mental Health provisions due to the Covid-19 pandemic;
Councillor Hill proposed and Councillor Coles seconded a motion for a Section 106 legal agreement to be APPROVED for off-site play contributions;
The motion was carried.
Only members of the committee that were present at the previous meeting on the 23 July 2020 were able to vote on this application. |
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Latest appeals and decisions received
Additional documents: Minutes: Latest appeal and decisions noted |
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Access to information - Exclusion of Press and Public
During discussion of the following item(s) it may be necessary to pass the following resolution to exclude the press and public having reflected on Article 13 13.02(e) (a presumption in favour of openness) of the Constitution. This decision may be required because consideration of this matter in public may disclose information falling within one of the descriptions of exempt information in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The Council will need to decide whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Recommend that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next item(s) of business on the ground that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
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Confidential item
This has been added to the agenda under Access to Information Procedure Rule 5.2, which states ‘Where there are special circumstances requiring an item to be added to the agenda after publication, the revised agenda will be open to inspection from the time the item was added to the agenda.’
Minutes: At the start of the presentation Councillor Morgan left the meeting.
An extension of 30 minutes was proposed and seconded
Proposed by Councillor Hill seconded by Councillor Coles
Resolved that the Planning Committee approved the recommendations numbered 7, 1-2 within the confidential report. |