Agenda and draft minutes

SWT Planning Committee
Thursday, 18th March, 2021 1.00 pm

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Items
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139.

Apologies

140.

Minutes of the previous meeting of the Planning Committee pdf icon PDF 173 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 25 February 2021 circulated with the agenda)

     

    Resolved that the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 25 February 2021 be confirmed as a correct record.

     

    Proposed by Councillor Coles, seconded by Councillor Hill

     

    The Motion was carried.

141.

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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    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

    All Cllrs received correspondence from the applicant

    19/20/0008

    Personal

    Spoke and Voted

     

142.

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.

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    Minutes:

    Application No.

    Name

    Position

    Stance

    19/20/0008

    Mr R Fowler

    Local resident

    Objecting

     

    Mrs P Fowler

    Local resident

    Objecting

     

    Mr R Down

     

    In Favour

     

    Mr J Marks

    Applicant

    In Favour

     

143.

19/20/0008 pdf icon PDF 148 KB

    Application for Outline Planning with all matters reserved for the erection of 1 No. dwelling on land to the south of Mill Lane, Hatch Beauchamp

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    Application for Outline Planning with all matters reserved for the erection of 1 No. dwelling on land to the south of Mill Lane, Hatch Beauchamp

     

    Comments from members of the public included;

     

    ·         Concerns that the development was in the open countryside and outside the settlement limits of Hatch Beauchamp;

    ·         Concerns that if approved the development would set a precedent which would allow for more local development on productive agricultural land;

    ·         The applicant’s business provided much needed local jobs in the village;

    ·         The development would mean that the applicant would not have to  travel to work;

    ·         Living near the site would add extra security for the business;

    ·         The Parish Council and several local residents supported the application;

    ·         The development would mean that the business could expand and be a vast improvement to the village;

     

    Comments from Members included;

     

    ·         Concerns with the lack of ‘Right to Build self-build plots’ available;

    ·         Concerns with the removal of the hedgerow and trees;

    ·         The concerns with phosphate run off would not be a problem with this development;

     

    At this point Cllr Morgan joined the meeting.

     

    ·         The proposed development was not in a sustainable location;

    ·         The development was in contravene of the basic local and National Policies;

     

    Councillor Hill proposed and Councillor Lloyd seconded a motion for the application to be REFUSED as per Officer Recommendation.

     

    The motion was carried.

144.

Latest appeals and decisions received pdf icon PDF 177 KB