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Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Trowbridge BA14 8JN

Contact: Kieran Elliott  Email: kieran.elliott@wiltshire.gov.uk, 01225 718504

Items
No. Item

20.

Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillor James Sheppard.

21.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2021.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2021 were presented for consideration, and it was,

 

Resolved:

 

To approve and sign the minutes as a true and correct record.

22.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

Minutes:

There were no relevant declarations.

23.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

There were no announcements.

24.

Public Participation

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public. During the

ongoing Covid-19 situation the Council is operating revised procedures

 

Statements

Members of the public who wish to submit a statement in relation to an item on this agenda should submit this in writing to the officer named on this agenda no later than 5pm on 14 September 2021.

 

Submitted statements should:

·       State whom the statement is from (including if representing another person or organisation);

·       State clearly whether the statement is in objection to or support of the application;

·       Be readable aloud in approximately three minutes (for members of the public and statutory consultees) and in four minutes (for parish council representatives – 1 per parish council).

 

Up to three objectors and three supporters are normally allowed for each item on the agenda, plus statutory consultees and parish councils.

 

Those submitting statements would be expected attend the meeting to read the statement themselves, or to provide a representative to read the statement on their behalf.

 

Questions

To receive any questions from members of the public or members of the Council received in accordance with the constitution which excludes, in particular, questions on non-determined planning applications.

 

Those wishing to ask questions are required to give notice of any such

questions electronically to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on 9 September 2021 in order to be guaranteed of a written response.

 

In order to receive a verbal response questions must be submitted no later than 5pm on 13 September 2021.

 

Please contact the officer named on the front of this agenda for further advice.

Questions may be asked without notice if the Chairman decides that the matter is urgent. Details of any questions received will be circulated to members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website. Questions and answers will normally be taken as read at the meeting.

Minutes:

The rules on public participation were noted.

25.

19/05898/OUT: Land off Park Road, Malmesbury, SN16 0QW

Outline application for up to 50 residential units, internal road, parking, open space and associated works, with all matters reserved other than access.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Public Participation

A statement in objection from Jeremy Ollis was read by Kim Power.

Campbell Ritchie spoke in objection to the application.

Paul Smith spoke in objection to the application.

Tom Cole, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

Stephen Cole, agent, spoke in support of the application.

Cllr John Bartholomew, Brokenborough Parish Council, spoke in objection to the application.

Cllr Kim Power, Malmesbury Town Council, spoke in objection to the application.

 

Catherine Blow, Senior Planning Officer, presented a report which recommended permission be granted for an outline application for up to 50 residential units, internal road, parking, open space and associated works, with all matters reserved other than access. Details of late representations were provided.

 

Key issues included the principle of development, its impact on residential amenity and highways and deliverability. The application was in conflict with the Local Plan and the Malmesbury Neighbourhood Plan. However, the current lack of a five-year housing land supply for the council area was a significant consideration on the weight that might be affordable to those plans under the National Planning Policy Framework, with the Malmesbury Neighbourhood Plan being six years old, and the recommendation was to approve the application as the harm did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of the application.

 

The Committee adjourned the meeting from 1045-1055.

 

Technical questions were able to be asked by the Committee. Details were sought on the level of affordable housing need for Malmesbury and the wider area, and the current position of the council’s five-year housing land supply and whether recent permissions may change that position, with it stated a review needed to be undertaken. Further details were sought on the legal position in respect of policies in the event of a housing land supply shortfall. Questions were also raised in respect of the open space provision of the application, which lay outside the red line on land also owned by the applicants, and how this would be secured. Clarification was sought on proposed condition 11 in relation to drainage and flooding issues, and the current stage of the review of the Malmesbury Neighbourhood Plan.

 

The Chairman then read a statement from a Unitary Member adjacent to the application, Councillor Martin Smith, in objection to the application raising issues including traffic, light pollution, flooding, drainage, educational sustainability.

 

Members of the public then had the opportunity to address the Committee with their views, as detailed above.

 

The local Unitary Member, Councillor Gavin Grant, then addressed the Committee in objection to the application, raising issues including confliction with Local and Neighbourhood Plans, views of the local community, the plan led planning system, and that the negative impacts of the application did significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.

 

The Committee then debated the application at length. The issue of the five-year housing land supply and when the shortfall might be redressed was discussed, as well as the weight the Committee felt should be given to planning policies are as a result, with detailed discussion of where  ...  view the full minutes text for item 25.

26.

Urgent Items

Any other items of business, which in the opinion of the Chairman, should be taken as a matter of urgency.

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.