Agenda and minutes
Venue: Conference Chamber
Contact: David Long
Email: david.long@westsuffolk.gov.uk
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134. |
Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
Apologies for absence were received from
Councillors Tim Marks and Alaric Pugh.
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135. |
Substitutes
Any Member who is substituting for another
Member should so indicate together with the name of the relevant
absent Member.
Minutes:
The following substitution was announced :
Councillor Terry Clements for Councillor Tim
Marks.
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136. |
Minutes PDF 174 KB
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on
5 November 2015 (copy attached).
Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting held 5 November
were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
Arising on the last paragraph 4 of
Minute 130, Members to be supplied with an unabbreviated list of
Standard Conditions, Officers advised that this information would
be circulated shortly.
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137. |
Planning Applications
Minutes:
The Committee considered Reports DEV/SE/15/68
to DEV/SE/15/71 (previously circulated).
RESOLVED – That:
(1) subject to the
full consultation procedure, including notification to Parish
Councils/Meetings and reference to Suffolk County Council,
decisions regarding applications for planning permission, listed
building consent, conservation area consent and approval to carry
out works to trees covered by a preservation order be made as
listed below;
(2) approved
applications be subject to the conditions outlined in the written
reports (DEV/SE/15/68 to DEV/SE/15/71) and any additional
conditions imposed by the Committee and specified in the relevant
decisions; and
(3) refusal reasons
be based on the grounds outlined in the written reports and any
reasons specified by the Committee and indicated in the relevant
decisions.
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138. |
Planning Application DC/13/0906/FUL PDF 257 KB
Erection of 133 no. one and two bedroom flats
and 2 no. Class A1, A2 or A3 retail units with associated access,
car parking, landscaping, bin and cycle storage (following
demolition of existing buildings), as amended, at Land at Station
Hill, Bury St. Edmunds for Peal Estates LLP.
Report No.
DEV/SE/15/67
See also agenda item 10 below.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Erection of 135 no.
one and two bedroom flats with associated access, car parking,
landscaping, bin and cycle storage (following demolition of
existing buildings), as amended, at Land at Station Hill, Bury St.
Edmunds for Peal Estates LLP.
(Councillor Julia
Wakelam declared a local non-pecuniary interest as her
husband’s firm had been involved in drawing up plans for the
proposal at a pre-application stage but at the present time it was
no longer engaged as an agent for the applicants. She remained within the meeting)
This application had been considered by the
Committee at its meeting on 6 August 2015 when Members had been
mindful of granting planning permission. A further report on Section 106 matters had been
requested before a final decision was made and the Committee also
needed to consider a Risk Assessment given that such a decision
would be contrary to the Officers’
recommendation. This information was
provided in paragraphs 7 and 51 to 54 of Report
DEV/SE/15/67. A report on Development
Viability commissioned by the applicants was contained as Exempt
Appendix B to this report. Further
exempt information provided by the Council’s appointed
viability consultant had been previously circulated as a Committee
Update Report after the agenda and papers for this meeting had been
distributed. The Committee agreed that
it did not wish to discuss the content and detail of the viability
issues as referred to in Appendix B and the Update
Report. In presenting the report
Officers drew attention to an amendment of the application whereby,
because of objections from the highway authority, the proposed two
retail units had been withdrawn and substituted with two dwellings
thus reverting to the original total of proposed dwellings involved
of 135.
The following person spoke on this
application:
(a) One of the Ward
Members - Councillor
David Nettleton.
In response to Members’ questions
Officers advised as follows:
(i) the site was not within an
Air Quality Action Area and therefore there was not a need to pay
close regard to pollution issues.
Officers dealing with Air Quality matters had been consulted about
the application and no concerns had been raised in response;
(ii) there could be
no requirement for the dwellings to be constructed to level 4 of
the Code for Sustainable Homes as the Government had recently
abolished these standards. The advice
of Government contained in the National Planning Policy Guidance
was that local planning authorities would need to provide evidence
of a localised need for sustainability measures in support of any
planning policy requirement to build at standards above those
prescribed by the Building Regulations.
Policy DM74 of the Joint Development Management Policies reflected
the latest changes regarding the consideration of sustainable
construction issues relating to planning proposals. The Council, as local planning authority, could
require Water Efficiency measures but other matters relating to
sustainable construction were to be resolved under the Building
Regulations;
(iii) the amount of
affordable housing agreed with the applicants was 10% of the total
although a review mechanism (as ...
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139. |
Planning Application DC/15/1936/FUL PDF 317 KB
Change of use from 1 no. former dwelling and 1
no. hotel (as consented under LPA reference E/86/2066/P) to a mixed
use, restaurant and small hotel to provide 9 guest bedrooms and 2
staff bedrooms in the basement (Class C1); (ii) single storey rear
extension (following demolition of existing extension and garage);
and (iii) new car park and landscaped gardens to the rear of the
property providing 13 car parking spaces for customer use and
alterations to parking at the front of the property to provide 5
parking spaces at Ounce House, 13-14 Northgate Street, Bury St.
Edmunds for the Chestnut Group.
Report No.
DEV/SE/15/68
Additional documents:
Minutes:
(i) Change of use from 1 no. former dwelling and 1
no. hotel (as consented under Local Planning Authority reference
E/86/2066/P) to a mixed use, restaurant and small hotel to provide
9 guest bedrooms and 2 staff bedrooms in the basement (Class C1);
(ii) single storey rear extension (following demolition of existing
extension and garage); and (iii) new car park and landscaped
gardens to the rear of the property providing 13 car parking spaces
for customer use and alterations to parking at the front of the
property to provide 5 parking spaces at Ounce House,14 Northgate
Street, Bury St. Edmunds for the Chestnut Group.
(Councillor Patsy
Warby declared a local non-pecuniary interest as a Member of Bury
St Edmunds Town Council and advised that, previous to this meeting,
she had voted on the proposal at a meeting of that
body. She spoke on the proposal as Ward
Member during the public speaking session to represent the views of
persons in her ward who had contacted her but she withdrew from the
meeting for the remainder of the consideration of the item.)
The Committee had visited the site on 26
November 2015.
A Committee Update Report had been previously
circulated after the agenda and papers for this meeting had been
distributed. This gave details of
representations received following re-consultation on the proposal
as a consequence of an amendment to its description and also from
Councillor Diane Hind as Ward Member for Northgate. Responses to points raised by these representation
were also included. An amendment to the
proposed Condition 11, Restaurant Use, and an additional proposed
condition relating to a Hard Landscaping Scheme were also detailed
in the update. Officers in presenting
the report proposed a further condition which would require the
submission of building materials to be used for approval.
The following persons spoke on this
application:
(a)
Objector
-
Michael Apichella
(b)
Supporter
-
Mr Simon Pott
(c) Town
Council
-
Councillor Tom Murray
(d) Ward
Member - Councillor
Patsy Warby
(e)
Applicants
-
Philip Turner
In discussing the application Members noted
the views of the objectors and their perception that there would be
loss of residential amenity for them, particularly in the rear
gardens of neighbouring houses which had a relatively quiet
ambience for a town centre location.
However, it was acknowledged that Ounce House had been used as a
hotel/bed & breakfast accommodation with a restaurant for a
number of years previously, properties in Northgate Street
contained a mix of commercial and residential uses and the extent
of existing noise levels created by traffic use of this road, were all factors to be taken into
account. Some Members expressed concern about the large amount of
car parking to be provided and also the adequacy of the vehicular
accesses, one of which was narrow and the other being shared with
an adjoining property. In response to
Members’ questions Officers advised that:
(i) the proposed car parking
arrangement met the highway authority’s standards and it was
the ...
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140. |
Planning Application DC/15/1303/FUL PDF 305 KB
Indoor equestrian school and storage barn at
Land at Sharp’s Lane, Meadow Farm, Horringer for Mr Richard Ames.
Report
No. DEV/SE/15/69
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Indoor equestrian
school and storage barn at Land at Sharp’s Lane, Meadow Farm,
Horringer for Mr Richard Ames.
The Committee had visited the site on 26
November 2015.
Officers reported receipt of further
representations from local residents which raised objections about:
(i) the cumulative impact this proposal
in would have on previously experienced problems of noise and light
pollution and traffic generation; (ii) the lack of landscaping
proposed between the proposed development and Sharpe’s Barn;
(iii) a situation that not all the equipment to be used in
connection with the proposal was shown on the plans; and (iv) the
continued existence of an unauthorised barn. The applicant’s agent had responded to the
objections lodged by advising that there was no intensification of
the equestrian facilities at the site intended. In presenting the report Officers proposed an
additional condition which would prohibit use of the indoor
equestrian school by the general public.
The following person spoke on this
application:
(a) Objector - Conrad
Bos.
Officers also informed the Committee about a
meeting which had been held at the local level with the Parish
Council and attended by Planning and Environmental Health
Officers. This had facilitated
discussion about various issues which were being dealt with under
separate headings by the Council as follows:
(i) Enforcement Action in
respect of the unauthorised barn which was being pursued;
(ii) action in respect of statutory
nuisances being investigated by Environmental Health Officers under
the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and
(iii) the situation that conditions could
not be attached to any permission granted in respect of the
application under consideration at this meeting to control
activities taking place outside the application site.
In discussing the proposal Members
acknowledged that the purpose of the equestrian enterprise was
restricted and intended to only train horses kept on the site and
not any others brought to the facilities by visitors. The Committee recognised the objections of the
Parish Council and local residents but were satisfied that these
were being addressed by planning enforcement and other legislation
and that the siting of the facilities currently being proposed
would be further away from neighbouring residential properties.
Decision
Permission be granted, subject to an
additional Condition 5 to prohibit the use of the indoor equestrian
school by the general public with the Head of Planning and Growth
being authorised to settle the precise wording of this.
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141. |
House Holder Application DC/15/2071/HH PDF 159 KB
Loft conversion to form additional bedroom
with dormer window to rear elevation at 77, Queen’s Road,
Bury St. Edmunds for Mr Andrew Mills
Report
No. DEV/SE/15/70
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Loft Conversion to
form additional bedroom with dormer window to rear elevation at 77,
Queen’s Road, Bury St Edmunds for Mr Andrew Mills.
This application was before the Committee
because the applicant was the husband of a contracted employee of
the Borough Council.
The following person spoke on this
application:
(a) One of the Ward Members –
Councillor David Nettleton.
Decision
Permission be granted.
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Tree Preservation Order Application DC/15/2166/TPO PDF 185 KB
Tree Preservation Order 106 (1986) 11 –
2 no. Quercus Ilex (01449 and 01451 on
plan) : Crown reduction by 10% and overall reshaping at 26, Bullen
Close, Bury St. Edmunds for St. Edmundsbury Borough Council.
Report
No. DEV/SE/15/71
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Tree Preservation
Order 106 (1986) 11 – 2 no. Quercus Ilex (01449 and 01451 on plan) : Crown
reduction by 10% and overall re-shaping at 26 Bullen Close, Bury St
Edmunds for St Edmundsbury Borough Council.
A Committee Update Report had been previously
circulated after the agenda and papers for this meeting had been
distributed. This advised that
following a meeting with the Ecology, Tree and
Landscape Officer there were no further
matters to be drawn to the attention of the Committee. A member commented on the need to avoid planting
trees of inappropriate species near Council property to obviate the
requirement to carry out maintenance work in future years.
Decision
Approval be granted.
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143. |
Planning Application - Cross Boundary - DC/15/1557/FUL PDF 183 KB
Installation of 33 KV underground electricity
cable from solar farm site at Avenue Farm, Icklingham (Reference F/2013/O258/ESF) to the
proposed solar farm site at West Farm, Barnham
(Reference DC/13/0801/FUL) for Elveden Farms
Ltd.
Report No.
DEV/SE/15/72
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Installation of 33KV
underground electricity cable from solar farm site at Avenue Farm,
Icklingham (Reference
F/2013/0258/ESF) to the proposed solar farm site at West Farm,
Barnham (Reference DC/13/0801/FUL) for Elveden Farms Ltd.
At the request of Officers this item was
withdrawn from the agenda.
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144. |
Exempt Information - Exclusion of Public
Minutes:
RESOLVED:
That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local
Government Act 1972 the public and press be excluded from the
meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it
involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in
Paragraph 6 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act.
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145. |
Planning Enforcement works in default of Enforcement Notice
Exempt Report No.
DEV/SE/15/73
Minutes:
The Committee considered Exempt Report
DEV/SE/15/73 (previously circulated) which sought approval pursuant
to Section 178 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as
amended) for works to be undertaken by the Borough Council in
default of an Enforcement Notice.
RESOLVED :
That pursuant to Section 178 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) authority be granted for the
Borough Council to undertake works in
default of an Enforcement Notice as referred to in Exempt Report
DEV/SE/15/73
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