Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from:-

·                     Cllr Ernie Clark

·                     Cllr Stewart Dobson, who was substituted by Cllr Stuart Wheeler

·                     Cllr David Jenkins, who was substituted by Cllr Ruth Hopkinson

·                     Cllr Christopher Newbury, who was substituted by Cllr David Halik

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

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

There were no Chairman’s announcements made at the meeting.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public.

Statements

Members of the public who wish to speak either in favour or against an application or any other item on this agenda are asked to register by phone, email or in person no later than 10.20am on the day of the meeting.

The rules on public participation in respect of planning applications are detailed in the Council’s Planning Code of Good Practice. The Chairman will allow up to 3 speakers in favour and up to 3 speakers against an application and up to 3 speakers on any other item on this agenda. Each speaker will be given up to 3 minutes and invited to speak immediately prior to the item being considered.

Members of the public will have had the opportunity to make representations on the planning applications and to contact and lobby their local member and any other members of the planning committee prior to the meeting. Lobbying once the debate has started at the meeting is not permitted, including the circulation of new information, written or photographic which have not been verified by planning officers.

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 in writing to the officer named on the front of this agenda no later than 5pm on Monday 15 April 2019 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 Wednesday 17 April 2019. 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 Committee members prior to the meeting and made available at the meeting and on the Council’s website.

There were no questions or statements submitted.

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

The Committee received a presentation by the Case Officer which set out the issues in respect of the application. The purpose of the report was to assess the merits of the proposal against the policies of the development plan and other material considerations and to consider a recommendation that the application be approved.

Members then had the opportunity to ask technical questions after which they heard statements from members of the public as follows:-

·                     Mr John Harmer, a local resident, who spoke in opposition to the proposal.

·                     Professor Richard Pagett, a local resident, who spoke in opposition to the proposal.

·                     Mr Simon Allen, Waste Operations Manager, Hills Waste Solutions, the applicant, who spoke in support of the proposal.

·                     Cllr Mark Clarke, Chairman, Cricklade Town Council, who spoke in opposition to the proposal.

·                     Cllr Chris Hodgson, Chairman of Planning, Conservation & Transport Committee, Cricklade Town Council, who spoke in opposition to the proposal.

·                     Cllr Emma Brook, Chair of Braydon Parish Council, who provided a statement opposing the proposal which was read out by Cllr Jacqui Lay.

Members then heard the views of Cllr Jacqui Lay, the local Member, who set out her objections to the proposal.  She was particularly concerned about the increase in traffic which this proposal would generate and did not consider that the current road network would adequately cope with this increase. Cllr Lay   considered that this would have an adverse effect particularly on Cricklade.  She also objected on account of the increase in foul smelling odours emanating from the vehicles transporting the waste and considered that an odour management plan was required.

Cllr Bob Jones, Member for Cricklade, expressed his opposition to the proposal, stating that he was particularly concerned about the number of Heavy Goods Vehicles which would result if this application was approved.  

The Traffic Engineer had stated that the increase in traffic would amount to no more than 1% which the current roads should be able to accommodate.

After some discussion, on the proposal of the Chairman, which was seconded by Cllr Tony Trotman,

Resolved:

To grant planning permission subject to the following conditions –

To note that the next meeting of this Committee is due to be held on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 at County Hall, Trowbridge, starting at 10.30am.

Resolved:

To note that the next meeting of this Committee is due to take place on Wednesday 22 May 2019 at County Hall, Trowbridge, starting at 2.00pm in order to facilitate a special meeting of Cabinet meeting that morning.

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

There were no urgent items of business.