Agenda item

Public Participation

Mr Dennis Seeley spoke in objection to the application.

Mr Wayne Crabbe spoke in support of the application.

Mr D. Woolley, Fyfield and West Overton Parish Council, spoke in objection to the application.

Local member Cllr Jemima Milton spoke in objection to the application.

The Development Control Team Leader outlined the report which recommended the application be granted planning permission. No late items had been submitted. The Development Control Team Leader outlined the details of the site, noting that the site was currently allocated for B1 – Business, and B8 - Storage and Distribution uses.

The key planning policy considerations were noted as being: Kennet Local Plan 2011: PD1 – General development principles and ED12 – Protecting employment and tourism within villages.  The Wiltshire Core Strategy Pre- Submission Document contains emerging planning policy and  will eventually replace the Kennet Local Plan. It is not expected to be adopted until 2014 and therefore would not carry full weight. Members did, however, consider that some weight should be attached to its policies and in particular Core Policy 35 which would afford no protection to the employment use.  The National Planning Policy Framework also has some relevance.

The Committee were then invited to ask technical questions of the application. It was confirmed that the conditions attached to the site under its previous planning permission  (K/51093/F) were broadly similar to those included on the current application.

Members of the public (above) were then invited to speak on the application.

Local Member Cllr Jemima Milton spoke in objection to the application stating the impact on local residents’  amenity, and stated the highways objection as a consideration for the Committee. Cllr Milton also drew attention to the current operating hours and requested that the Committee consider conditions to restrict the usage of the site.

Members then entered into debate on the application, of which the main concerns were the traffic increase, and usage of the site outside standard operating hours. Members discussed an amendment to condition 3 to further limit the opening hours of the site. The Committee encouraged a robust approach to enforcing the operating hours of the site.

Resolved:

To GRANT planning permission for the application 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.     No loudspeakers, public address system, or other amplified sound equipment shall be used on the site which would be audible outside the building.

REASON:  In order to protect the amenities of nearby residential properties.

3.     The use hereby permitted shall only take place between the hours of 0800 and 1800 from Mondays to Saturdays (inclusive).  The use shall not take place at any other time or on Bank Holidays. Deliveries shall not be taken or despatched from the site outside the above hours.

REASON:  To protect the amenities of this primarily residential area.

4.     No external lighting shall be installed anywhere on the site unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.  Any approved lighting shall not be used outside normal working hours except as security lights.  All lighting within the building shall be turned off within 30 minutes of the end of the working day.

REASON:  To prevent undue light spillage in this remote rural area.

5.     The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents:

Application Form

Design and Access Statement (stamped received on 10 September 2013)

1:1250 Location Plan

1:500 Site Plan (Drawing No. 611) (stamped received: on 1 October 2013)

REASON:  For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.