Issue - meetings

To consider and determine planning applications in the attached schedule.

93.1.   W/09/03175/FUL. Land Adjoining Bradford On Avon Library  Bridge Street  Bradford On Avon  Wiltshire 

The committee received additional comments from the Ecologist Officer, the Urban Design Officer and Planning Officer as detailed in appendix

Public Participation

1.         Mr David Moss, Chairman of Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust, spoke in objection to the application

2.         Mr Godfrey Marks, of the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust, spoke in objection to the application

3.         Mr John Carter, of the Bradford on Avon Trust, spoke in objection to the application

4.         Miss Kate Nottage, of Bradford Bridge Concern, spoke in objection to the application

5.         Mrs Christine Steel, of Bradford Bridge Concern, spoke in objection to the application

6.         Mr John Seekings, of Bradford Bridge Concern, spoke in objection to the application

7.         Mr Colin Johns, Architect and Planning & Conservation Area Advisor to the Town Council, spoke in support of the application

8.         Mrs Isabel Martindale, Chairman of the Town Council, spoke in support of the application

9.         Mr Richard Craft spoke in support of the application

10.       Mr David Littlefields spoke in support of the application

11.       Mr Andrew Eberlin spoke in support of the application

12.       Mrs Vicky Landell-Mills, Bradford on Avon Town Councillor and Chairman of the Town Council’s Foot/Cycle Bridge Working Group, spoke in support of the application

Councillor Rosemary Brown, Unitary member for Bradford on Avon North, declared a personal and prejudicial interest as the back of her property overlooks the area concerned. She spoke in support of the application then left the meeting.

Councillor Malcolm Hewson, Unitary member for Bradford on Avon South, declared a prejudicial interest as a Bradford on Avon Town Councillor. He spoke in support of the application then left the meeting.

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED

For the following reasons:

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and the conditions attached to it overcome any objections on planning grounds.

Subject to the following condition(s):

1. The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON: To comply with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. No development shall commence on site until details and samples of the materials to be used for the development have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area.

West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 - POLICY: C31a.

3. Prior to commencement of the development further details of the exit point barriers or other suitable treatment, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: In the interest of highway safety

4. No development shall commence on site until details  ...  view the full minutes text for item 93