Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Philip Brown, Cllr Peter Fuller,

Cllr Chris Humphries, Cllr Mark Packard, Cllr Ian West, Cllr Fred Westmoreland and Cllr Graham Wright.  

Cllr Philip Brown was substituted by Cllr Jacqui Lay

Cllr Ian West was substituted by Cllr Bill Douglas

Cllr Fred Westmoreland was substituted by Cllr Leo Randall

Cllr Graham Wright was substituted by Cllr Peter Colmer  

Cllr Rod Eaton also attended the meeting.

Councillors are requested to declare any personal or prejudicial interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

Members of the public who wish to speak either in favour or against an application on this agenda are asked to register in person no later than 5:50pm on the day of the meeting.

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

No members of the public addressed the Committee.

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

The Committee received a presentation by the Area Development Manager which set out the main issues in respect of the application.

Members of the Committee then asked technical questions after which Cllr Rod Eaton, the local Member made a statement in support of the application.  He also reported that the Melksham Town Council of which he was Town Mayor and the Melksham Community Area Partnership supported the application.

After discussion,

Resolved:

To grant planning permission for the following reason:-

The proposed development conforms to the Development Plan and there are no objections to it on planning grounds.

Subject to the following conditions:-

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       The development hereby approved shall not be occupied until a Green Travel Plan has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The Travel Plan shall include details of implementation and monitoring and shall be implemented in accordance with these agreed details. The results of the implementation and monitoring shall be made available to the Local Planning Authority on request, together with any changes to the plan arising from those results.

          REASON: In the interests of road safety and reducing vehicular traffic to the development.

          Wiltshire & Swindon Structure Plan 2006 - POLICY: DP1

3       No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until the internal access, turning areas and parking spaces have been completed in accordance with the details shown on the approved plans. The areas shall be maintained for those purposes at all times thereafter.

          REASON: In the interests of highway safety.

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

4       No part of the development hereby permitted shall be occupied until the overspill car parking space together with a vehicular access thereto has been provided in accordance with details submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The said space shall not be used other than for the parking of vehicles or for the purpose of access.

          REASON: To ensure that adequate provision is made for parking within the site in the interests of highway safety.

          West Wiltshire District Plan 1st Alteration 2004 – POLICY: T10

5       No development shall commence on site (including any works of demolition), until a Construction Method Statement which shall include details of how demolition will be undertaken and what provision will be made to protect bats should they be discovered in any parts of these two buildings has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall not be carried out otherwise than in accordance with the approved construction method statement without the prior written permission of the Local Planning Authority.

          REASON: To minimise the detrimental effects to the neighbouring amenities and the natural  ...  view the full minutes text for item 34.