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Venue: Council Chamber - Council Offices, Monkton Park, Chippenham, SN15 1ER

Contact: Ben Fielding – Email: Benjamin.fielding@wiltshire.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

65.

Apologies

To receive any apologies or substitutions for the meeting.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Ashley O’Neill.

66.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

To approve as a true and correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 12 October 2022.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Gavin Grant confirmed that in relation to Minute 54 of the previous Minutes, constructive conversations had continued with Bloor Homes and that they had been made aware that Development Management Team Leader, Lee Burman had now left the council.

 

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2022 were presented for consideration, and it was;

 

Resolved:

 

To approve and sign as a true and correct record of the minutes of the meeting held on 12 October 2022.

67.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

Councillor Tony Trotman declared that in relation to Item 7a, his daughter worked in Foxham and regularly travelled the route identified within the report. Cllr Trotman noted that he was familiar with the route but had no other public interest in the item.

68.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements through the Chair.

Minutes:

The Chairman informed those in attendance of the procedures in place if there was to be a fire alarm.

 

It was agreed that the Committee placed on record its gratitude to the officers who had recently departed from the Council, including Michael Akinola, Thomas Bostock and Lee Burman.

69.

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 no later than 10 minutes before the start of the meeting. If it is on the day of the meeting registration should be done in person.

 

The rules on public participation in respect of planning applications are linked to 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 30 November 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 2 December 2022. 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:

No questions had been received from councillors or members of the public.

 

The Chairman welcomed all present. He then explained the rules of public participation and the procedure to be followed at the meeting.

70.

Planning Appeals and Updates

To receive details of completed and pending appeals and other updates as appropriate.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Councillor Martin Smith moved that the Committee note the contents of the appeals report included within the agenda. It was seconded by Councillor Elizabeth Threlfall.

 

Resolved:

 

To note the Planning Appeals Update Report for 7 December 2022.

71.

Planning Applications

To consider and determine the following planning applications.

Minutes:

72.

Pl/2021/11198 Christian Farm, Foxham Road, Foxham, SN15 4NE

Variation of condition 11 (vehicle routing movements) on 18/00523/FUL.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Public Participation

James Whilding spoke in support of the application.

Cllr Richard Tucker spoke on behalf of Bremhill Parish Council.

 

Development Management Team Leader, Simon Smith presented a report which outlined the proposed variation of condition 11 (vehicle routing movements) on 18/00523/FUL. Details were provided of the variation of condition 11 (vehicle routing movements) and issues raised by the proposals, including the principle of development and highways safety.

 

The officer detailed the previously agreed route through the planning condition included within the previous application (18/00523/FUL) before detailing the newly proposed variation to the route. The reason for the proposed change was cited as a change of vehicle fleet which would no longer be able to go under a bridge included within the previous route.

 

Members of the Committee had the opportunity to ask technical questions regarding the application. Details were sought on, but not limited to whether the vehicles had been making use of Lyneham Banks, which was not part of the previously agreed routing. It was clarified by the officer that this had been anecdotally claimed and was a matter that was dependent on the Council to resource and enforce the previously agreed routing as well as if the proposed route was to be accepted. It was also clarified that the proposed route would be in replacement of the previously agreed routing and not in addition to.

 

Further technical questions included but were not limited to the size of the new fleet of lorries that the applicant had purchased, with it noted by the officer that the original condition had been made based on a fleet small enough to fit through the bridge. In addition, it was clarified that more lorries would leave the farm than enter, due to the breeding of the poultry. Concern was raised in relation to the new routing and that the lorries would have to travel through Lyneham and Royal Wootton Bassett town centre to junction 16 or use roads that had already been heavily affected by lorries, with residents currently complaining about the speed and volume of traffic.

 

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

 

The Local Unitary Member, Councillor Howard Greenman then spoke regarding the application. Cllr Greenman stated that though he was anxious to support anything that would underpin food security, knowing the roads it would be irresponsible to make lorries travel down them. Cllr Greenman also drew reference to how the Highways Engineers had previously objected to the proposed route but had since changed their mind. Reference was drawn to the meeting of the Christian Malford Parish Council which had taken place in the week of the Committee meeting, where residents had stated that they thought that the proposed route would be irresponsible and that they had previously put up with lorries travelling through their village. Cllr Greenman expressed surprise and disappointment that the applicant had acquired a new fleet of vehicles of that size. Cllr Greenman expressed that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 72.

73.

PL/2021/06167 Plough Lane Caravan Site, Plough Lane, Kington Langley, SN15 5PS

Use of site for stationing of 44 static for holiday purposes.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Public Participation

Simon Cooper spoke in objection to the application.

Cllr Graham Trickey spoke on behalf of Kington Langley Parish Council.

 

Development Management Team Leader, Simon Smith presented a report which outlined the use of site for the stationing of 44 static caravan units for holiday purposes

 

Details were provided including issues raised by the proposals, including the principle of development; design, appearance, and landscape impact; impact on the amenity of surrounding occupiers; highways; drainage; occupancy restrictions and other matters.

 

Members of the Committee had the opportunity to ask technical questions regarding the application.Details were clarified on, but not limited to that it would be the responsibility of the Wiltshire Council Enforcement Team to make checks to ensure that the static caravan units were only occupied for holidays. In addition, it was stated that one of the proposed conditions would compel the operator to be responsible for a register that they would have to provide to the Enforcement Team. It was noted that the Wiltshire Council Drainage Engineer had objected to the application based upon a flood risk assessment with extensive reasoning and that a local objection had cited a height difference from the site to the drainage outflow. The officer stated that the report addressed that issue by acknowledging that though the flood risk assessment was an issue, this could be addressed by a Grampian condition, that work could only take place once an improved drainage scheme had been agreed.

 

It was suggested that the access road was narrow and would not be acceptable and would likely not be accepted if this application was for a housing estate rather than for static caravan units. It was clarified by the planning officer that the Highways Engineer had been satisfied with the access road. It was also clarified that the static units would be wooden clad and located in permanent locations. Further reference was drawn to the enforcement of conditions on holiday homes and that in neighbouring counties more checks seem to take place from the authority. Furthermore, it was queried whether the commercial viability of the application had been considered by officers as had been considered for previous holiday homes in the locality.

 

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

 

The Local Unitary Member, Councillor Howard Greenman then spoke regarding the application. Cllr Greenman thanked the members of the public, who had objected to the application for their responses. Cllr Greenman stated that the application was very different to a tourist site and brought further attention to the drainage issue that had been identified, with it noted that the applicant had failed on multiple occasions to provide a solution to the outflow and that a housing development would not be considered without sewage outflow included. Cllr Greenman noted that Kington Langley was a small village as identified within the Wiltshire Core Strategy and had coexisted with the current touring site for caravans. In addition, it was noted that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 73.

74.

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 urgent items.