Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Peter Colmer.

Councillor Alan MacRae replaced Councillor Peter Colmer for this meeting only.

The minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2013 were presented and it was

Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 March 2013 be approved as a true and correct record.

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

There were no declarations of interest

The Chairman explained the meeting procedure to the members of the public.

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 in person no later than 10.20am on the day of the meeting.

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. The rules on public participation in respect of planning applications are detailed in the Council’s Planning Code of Good Practice.

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 (acting on behalf of the Director of Resources) no later than 5pm on Wednesday 17 April 2013. 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.

The Committee noted the rules on public participation and the manner in which the meeting would be held.

Members of he public addressed the Committee as set out in minute No 19, as detailed below.

There were no questions received from members of the public or members of the Council.

A report by the case officer is attached.

The following spoke in support of the application:

• Drummond Mondley, Wessex Water the applicant

The following spoke as a consultee

• Richard Burden – Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The Committee received a presentation by the Case Officer, Richard Hughes which set out the main issues in respect of the application. He introduced the report which recommended that planning permission be granted, subject to conditions and a Unilateral Undertaking.

It was noted that the proposal was for a 64km Water pipeline from Corfe Mullen to Salisbury, including works to enlarge existing treatment works sites at Littledown, Codford, Wylye, and Camp Hill and the crearion of new sites at Monkton Deverill and Summerslade Down.

Members of the Committee were informed that East Dorset District Council and North Dorset District Council had granted planning permission for those sections of the pipeline that crossed their areas. 

Members then raised a number of technical issues in relation to the application including the cessation of abstraction from the Wylye River and the improvement to water levels of the River, lack of response to the consultation from Network Rail, whether the majority of Monkton Deverill and Longbridge Deveill Parish Council’s concerns had been responded to and resolved and the length of time that the works will take to complete. Members were reassured by Councillors Trotman and West that when previous Wessex Water works were carried out in their areas, that the work was undertaken with the minimum of disruption and local people were consulted at each stage of the works. 

The Committee then heard from the public who had an opportunity to address the Committee with their views, as detailed above.

The Committee then considered the application and debated a number of issues, in particular it was suggested that the Passenger Transport Section should be included in the list of those who would be consulted by Wessex Water as detailed in condition 21below. 

Resolved:

That planning permission be GRANTED, for the following reasons:

The decision to grant planning permission has been taken on the grounds that the proposed development would not cause any significant harm to interests of acknowledged importance and having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and policies DP1, C1, C2, C3, C5, C8, C12, HE2, HE3 HE5 HE7 of the  Wiltshire Structure Plan 2016; policies CP41,CP50, CP51, CP52, CP56, CP58 CP68, CP69of the Draft Wiltshire Core Strategy, policies CP20, CP22 of the South Wiltshire Core Strategy, saved policies G1 G2 G3 G5 G7 G8, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6  C7 C11, C12, C13, C14, C17, C18, C19 CN5 CN8 CN11  CN18 CN19, CN20, CN21, CN22, R17 TR15 of the Salisbury District Local Plan; policies C1 C2, C4,  C6, C6A, C9, C15, U6, C17, C27, C31A, C32, C34A, C38 T11, T12 of the West Wiltshire District Plan 1^st Alteration 2004, and policies CR1 CR3of the West Wiltshire Leisure & Recreation Development Plan Document

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