Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Appointment of Chair

2.

Appointment of Vice-Chair

3.

Apologies

4.

Minutes of the previous meeting of the Planning Committee pdf icon PDF 255 KB

    To approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee.

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    Minutes:

    (Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 29 April 2021, circulated with the agenda)

     

    Resolved that the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 29 April 2021 be confirmed as a correct record.

     

    Proposed by Councillor Hill seconded by Councillor Lithgow

     

    The Motion was carried.

5.

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.)

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    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:-

     

    Name

    Application No

    Reason

    Action Taken

    Cllr N Cavill

    48/19/0065

    Personal & Prejudicial  

    Spoke and left the room for the vote

    Cllr R Tully

    48/19/0065

    Prejudicial

    Spoke and did not vote

     

6.

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 temporary legislation (within the Coronavirus Act 2020, which allowed for use of virtual meetings) coming to an end on 6 May 2021, the council’s committee meetings will now take place in the office buildings within the John Meikle Meeting Room at the Deane House, Belvedere Road, Taunton. Unfortunately due to capacity requirements, the Chamber at West Somerset House is not able to be used at this current moment.  

     

    Following the Government guidance on measures to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19), the council meeting rooms will have very limited capacity.  With this in mind, we will only be allowing those members of the public who have registered to speak to attend the meetings in person in the office buildings, if they wish (we will still be offering to those members of the public that are not comfortable in attending, for their statements to be read out by a Governance and Democracy Case Manager).  Please can we urge all members of the public who are only interested in listening to the debate to view our live webcasts from the safety of their own home to help prevent the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19).

    Additional documents:

    Minutes:

    Application No.

    Name

    Position

    Stance

    48/19/0065

    Mrs Horron

    Applicant

    In favour

     

7.

48/19/0065 pdf icon PDF 216 KB

    Change of use of land from agricultural to canine activity training facility, provision of hardstanding, field shelter and alterations to access on land at Cherry Grove Rise, Yalway Road, West Monkton

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    Minutes:

    At this point Councillor Firmin left the meeting.

     

    Change of use of land from agricultural to canine activity training facility, provision of hardstanding, field shelter and alterations to access on land at Cherry Grove Rise, Yalway Road, West Monkton

     

    Comments from Members of the Public included;

     

    ·       Pets owners suffered with their pets behaviour in the lock down period. A quiet calm place was needed for therapy rather than rehoming or euthanasia;

    ·       There would be a specified facility working with 2 dogs at a time;

    ·       No artificial lighting would be on site limiting the hours of training;

    ·       No other buildings or utilities would be brought onto the site;

    ·       Extensive regrowth of the hedge now conceals a majority of the fence which could be further screened by painting the fence posts green;

    ·       The field had not been used by grazing cattle for decades;

    ·       The development would have a positive effect on the local community with land management and employment;

     

    Comments from Members included;

     

    ·       Concerns with the number of days/hours this facility can use for training dogs;

    ·       The application site was in a quite location in the open countryside surrounded by Diary Cattle;

    ·       Concerns with the effects of this business on the agricultural land;

    ·       Concerns with the impact on livestock;

    ·       This is for dogs that need therapy and this was an ideal quiet place for this type of business;

     

    At this point in the meeting Councillor Cavill left the meeting;

     

    Councillor Hill proposed and Councillor Whetlor seconded a motion for the application to be APPROVED as per officer recommendation update below.

     

    Delegated powers to be granted for Officers to seek approval from Natural England on the scope of the landscaping to be secured and subject to the following 2 amendments to the original schedule of conditions:

     

    1.Removal of condition 14 (fence removal)

     

    2. Addition of the condition as set out in the report as follows:

     

    The fence to be installed to the Western edge of the parking area as illustrated on plan titled ‘4A Elevation of Fence and Gates’ shall match the existing.

     

    The motion was carried.

8.

43/20/0086 pdf icon PDF 331 KB

    Erection of a Class A1 foodstore with associated parking, landscaping and access works on land north west of the Nynehead Road/Taunton Road/Torres Vedras Drive

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    Minutes:

    Erection of a Class A1 foodstore with associated parking, landscaping and access works on land north west of the Nynehead Road/Taunton Road/Torres Vedras Drive

     

    Application WITHDRAWN from the Committee agenda on legal advice and will be reported back to a future meeting for determination.

9.

Appeals Lodged and decisions received pdf icon PDF 355 KB