Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

There were none.

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 4^th April 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 4^th April 2019 were presented.

Resolved:

To approve as a correct record and sign the minutes.

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

There were none.

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

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 2.50pm 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 Wednesday 22^nd May 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 Friday 24^th May 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.

To receive details of completed and pending appeals and other updates as appropriate for the period of 22/03/2019 to 17/05/2019.

The committee received details of the appeal decisions as detailed in the agenda.

Resolved:

To note the Appeals report for the period of 22/03/2019 to 17/05/2019.

To consider and determine planning applications in the attached schedule.

New dwelling with integral garage and access.

Public Participation

Sarah Stephens spoke in objection to the application

Nigel Lilley (Agent) spoke in support of the application

Elaine Hartford spoke on behalf of Alderbury Parish Council (PC)

The Senior Planning Officer, Warren Simmonds presented the application which was for a new dwelling with integral garage and access. The application was recommended for approval with conditions, as set out in the report.

Attention was drawn to the late correspondence which was circulated at the meeting which included three letters from third parties (C Webber, R Hall & L Wood) each objecting to the proposed development on grounds including obstruction of access to the embankment for maintenance, unacceptable development and instability to existing mature trees.

This application was a resubmission of a previously refused scheme earlier this year. The current scheme was amended by a reduction in the proposed reduced footprint of the dwelling.

The site was part of a former piece of railway land. Photos were shown from the top of the embankment looking out in all directions.

The eastern projection has been significantly reduced, the height of the house was the same, however the bank had been found to be higher than previously detailed.

A section from Kiln Close showing the embanked behind the proposed development was shown on a slide.

Members had the opportunity to ask technical questions of the Officer, where it was clarified that the report still referred to an integral garage, this was confirmed as an error, there was no garage proposed, as off street parking was now proposed.

Members of the public then had the opportunity to present their views as detailed above.

The local resident noted that the existing dwellings were all of a larger scale with either 4 or 5 bedrooms. She felt that the architecture of the proposed development did not match what was already there.

It was noted that the close of dwellings was tucked away from the rest of the village and residents had a sense of privacy, and felt that would be altered if the proposed dwelling went ahead.

Other concerns focused on drainage issues and what may become of the remaining land at a later date.

The Agent drew attention to the Planning statement that had been submitted with the application, as it had addressed some of the comments made by the Committee on the last occasion.

The red line area was designed so that it did not extend north or west, so there was no residential use on top of the bank, but it did extend south for parking.

The property would be 70m back from the highway and would be the second house from the entrance, so would not act as a gatehouse.

The retaining wall would not appear as a dominant feature.

Elaine Hartford, Chairman of Alderbury PC spoke in objection to the revised application., with reasons which were largely the same as they had been for the previous application.

The current scheme amendments did not alter the fact that the parish council felt  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

APPLICATION WITHDRAWN

This application had been withdrawn, and was not considered by the Committee on this occasion.

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.

The Committee noted the following requests for future site visits:

·         Land at Wagtails, Alderbury – Development of 36 dwellings.

·         115 Tollgate Road

Cllr Devine expressed concern about the wellbeing of the two people occupying a property in East Grimstead which did not have planning approval. The two occupants were both reported as having serious medical issues. He asked whether they had been visited by Social Services.

Cllr Britton- in whose division this property is situated – stated that the Council’s legal department had been in touch with the couple from time to time over the past few years reminding them that the property was being illegally occupied but recognising the mitigating factor of their health.

Cllr Britton undertook to obtain an update.

The Committee also noted that at the last meeting part of the decision for application 18/03678/FUL was that the bank be reinstated. An update on the progress of that was requested for the next meeting.