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Agenda and minutes

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

Contact: Roger Bishton  Senior Democratic Services Officer

Items
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73.

Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

An apology for absence was received from Cllr Bridget Wayman who was substituted by Cllr Paul Oatway QPM.

74.

Minutes of the Previous Meetings

To approve and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meetings held on 14 & 28 September 2016.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

(1)       To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 14 September 2016 as a correct record, subject to the following amendment:

 

Minute No. 65 – 15/12351/OUT – Land at Rawlings Farm, Cocklebury Lane, Chippenham, SN15 3LR

 

The second person to speak against the proposal be amended to read:

 

“Dr Nick Murry, a local resident and Monkton Park Residents’ Group representative.”

 

 

(2)       To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 28 September 2016 as a correct record

 

  

75.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest made at the meeting.

76.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

77.

Public Participation

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 Wednesday 7 December 2016 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 9 December 2016. 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.

Minutes:

Questions were asked by Mr Kim Stuckey and Cllr Chris Caswill to which written answers were provided as appended to these minutes.

78.

15/12351/OUT - Land at Rawlings Farm, Cocklebury Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3LR

A report by the Case Officer is attached.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The following people spoke against the proposal

 

Mr Kim Stuckey, a local resident

Mr Paul MacLaurin, WAVIN Operations Director for Europe

Mr Craig Howell Williams QC on behalf of Mr Fionn Pilbrow, a local resident

Cllr David Mannering, representing Langley Burrell Parish Council

Cllr Ian Janes, representing Bremhill Parish Council

 

The following person spoke in favour of the application

 

Mr Peter Frampton, the agent

 

The Head of Development Management reported that at its meeting held on 14 September 2016, this Committee resolved to delegate authority to him to grant planning permission, subject to conditions and completion of a Section 106 legal agreement. The legal agreement was progressing, but had not yet been completed and the permission had therefore not yet been granted. In these circumstances, the Council had a duty to consider any changes to the planning considerations that might arise between a decision being made and a granting of permission where these may be material to the decision. 

 

Regarding this application, since the decision as referred to above was agreed by this Committee, the Council had been consulting on proposed further modifications to the draft Chippenham Site Allocations Plan (CSAP) following receipt of the Inspector’s letter dated 12 October 2016, which he issued upon the conclusion of the Plan’s examination between 27 September and 4 October 2016.  The consultation period on the proposed modifications concluded on 12 December 2016 but representations received had not yet been analysed.    

 

 Furthermore, in November 2016 the Council had published its 2016 Housing Land Supply Statement as required by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and accompanying Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). In accordance with the NPPF, the Council was required to apply the appropriate buffer to its 5 year housing supply (either 5% or 20%).  The Council considered that it required a 5% buffer, this equating to needing to show a 5.25 year supply of land to meet 5 year’s worth of requirement. At the time this Committee considered the application in September there was a 4.76 year’s supply.  Though the Council’s position had improved it still could not currently demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply.       

 

The application was therefore being referred back to this Committee so as to update Members in the light of these changing circumstances.

 

Additionally, it was reported that the Secretary of State had issued an Article 31 Holding Notice the previous day in response to a representation received from a member of the public earlier on Tuesday 12 December 2016 the same day.  This Holding Notice stated that the Council could not grant planning permission. A planning decision could not be made and issued until the Secretary of State had decided whether or not to call in the application for a decision by himself.  However, this did not prevent the Committee from considering the application and forming a view on its merits, giving further consideration to the matters referred to above including delegating a grant of approval to the Head of Development Management, in accordance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 78.

79.

Date of Next Meeting

To note that the next scheduled meeting of this Committee is due to be held on Wednesday 18 January 2017, starting at 10.30am in the Council Chamber at County Hall, Trowbridge.

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

To note that the next scheduled meeting of the Committee was due to be held on Wednesday 18 January 2017, starting at 10.30am in the Council Chamber at County Hall, Trowbridge.

80.

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 items of urgent business.

Appendices

Public questions and responses

Supporting documents: