Agenda and draft minutes

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	Description of Interest	Reason	Action Taken
Cllr S Coles	SCC & Taunton Charter Trustee. Applicants for items 5,6 & 7 on the agenda were known to Cllr Coles, he stepped down from the Chair for these items ‘discretion not fettered’	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr Mrs Hill	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Morgan	Stogursey	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr C Palmer	Minehead	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr R Tully	West Monkton	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr S Wakefield	Application No. 30/21/0050 was the Cllr’s husband	Personal	Left the meeting whilst the item was discussed and voted on.
Cllr B Weston	Taunton Charter Trustee	Personal	Spoke and Voted
Cllr L Whetlor	Watchet	Personal	Spoke and Voted

All Planning committee members declared that they knew the applicants for items 5,6,7 on the agenda and had not ‘fettered their discretion’

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Public Participation

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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).

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Minutes:

There was no public participation for this meeting.

110.

30/21/0050 - Replacement of detached double garage at Pitminster Lodge, Church Lane, Pitminster, Trull PDF 99 KB

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Minutes:

Councillor Hill took the chair for this meeting

Comments from Members included;

(summarised)

· No visual impact concerns;

· Good replacement of the current building;

· The rear of the existing garage looked unattractive to the backdrop of the Church;

· Confirmation was sought on the building materials that were to be used;

Councillor Morgan proposed and Councillor Whetlor seconded a motion for Conditional Approval to be APPROVED with an additional Condition 4 to read;

Prior to the construction of the garage samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the development shall be submitted to, and approved in writing, by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and thereafter maintained as such;

Reason: To safeguard the character and appearance of the building/area.

The motion was carried

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38/21/0503 - Alterations to garden wall and formation of access driveway within the grounds of Weir Lodge, 83 Staplegrove Road, Taunton (retention of part works already undertaken) PDF 113 KB

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Minutes:

Applications 38/21/053 and 38/21/0504/LB were presented together and voted on separately

Comments from Members on both applications included;

(summarised)

· Concerns with the alterations to the garden wall;

· Concerns with the access due to safety issues on the bend;

· Concerns that the drive would be widen and trees removed;

· Concerns that this would set a president. The original application was granted to be vehicle free and now it has come back to committee for formation of an access driveway to be granted;

· Concerns that this was a creeping application;

· The new access driveway will make it much easier to get to the new properties;

Councillor Wakefield proposed and Councillor Tully seconded a motion for Conditional Approval to be APPROVED as per Officer recommendation.

The motion was carried.

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38/21/0504/LB - Alterations to garden wall and formation of access driveway within the grounds of Weir Lodge, 83 Staplegrove Road, Taunton (retention of part works already undertaken) PDF 91 KB