Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on  07June 2017

DM.7/17         

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 7 June 2017 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Members are invited to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

DM.8/17         

Members and officers were invited to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered and the following were made:

Cllr R J Vint declared a personal interest in application 0894/16/FUL:  Development of three residential units – Private car park and garages rear of 27-45 Fore Street, Totnes, by virtue of attending meetings of the Totnes Transport Forum who had submitted an objection to the application.  He remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon;

Cllr R Rowe declared a personal interest in application 0894/16/FUL:  Development of three residential units – Private car park and garages rear of 27-45 Fore Street, Totnes, by virtue of recently receiving a car parking fine at that car park.  She remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon;

Cllr T R Holway declared a personal interest in application 0607/17/FUL:  Conversion and change of use of former hotel to 6 residential apartments; conversion and change of use of hotel annex apartments to 4 residential apartments; new build block of 4 residential apartments and new build single residential house; with associated landscaping, access and vehicle parking works – Yealm Hotel, 104 Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers by virtue of being a member of the River Yealm Harbour Authority on behalf of the Council.  He remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon;

Cllr D Brown declared a personal interest in the following planning applications that were sited within the South Devon AONB by virtue of being a Member of the South Devon AONB Partnership Committee and remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon:

-        4097/16/OPA: Outline application with some matters reserved for residential development of circa 8 dwellings, open space and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except for means of access (and associated off-site highway works) – Proposed development site at SX 663 471, St Anns Chapel, Bigbury; and

-        0607/17/FUL: Conversion and change of use of former hotel to 6 residential apartments; conversion and change of use of hotel annex apartments to 4 residential apartments; new build block of 4 residential apartments and new build single residential house; with associated landscaping, access and vehicle parking works – Yealm Hotel, 104 Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers.

The Chairman to advise the Committee on any requests received from members of the public to address the meeting;

DM.9/17         

The Chairman announced that a list of members of the public and town and parish council representatives, who had registered their wish to speak at the meeting, had been circulated.

To see Letters of Representation and further supplementary information relating to any of the Applications on the agenda, please select the following link and enter the relevant Planning Reference number: http://apps.southhams.gov.uk/PlanningSearchMVC/

4097/16/OPA                                      Outline application with some matters reserved for residential development of circa 8 dwellings, open space and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except for means of access (and associated off-site highway works)

Proposed Development Site At Sx 663 471, St Anns Chapel, Bigbury

**(Upon the conclusion of the above agenda items,

the meeting will be adjourned and reconvened at

2.00pm)**

0607/17/FUL                                       Conversion and change of use of former hotel to 6 residential apartments; conversion and change of use of hotel annex apartments to 4 residential apartments; new build block of 4 residential apartments and new build single residential house; with associated landscaping, access and vehicle parking works.

Yealm Hotel, 104 Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers

0894/16/FUL                                       Development of three residential units

Private Car Park & Garages rear of 27-45 Fore Street, (Accessed off Station Road), Totnes

1637/17/HHO                                      Householder application for replacement of an existing extension

6 Waltham Way, Ivybridge

DM.10/17       

The Committee considered the details of the planning applications prepared by the Planning Case Officers as presented in the agenda papers, and considered also the comments of Town and Parish Councils together with other representations received, which were listed within the presented agenda reports, and RESOLVED that:

4097/16/OPA                Proposed development site at SX 663 471, St Anns Chapel, Bigbury

Parish:  Bigbury

Outline application with some matters reserved for residential development of circa 8 dwellings, open space and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except for means of access (and associated off-site highway works)

Case Officer Update:   Typographical errors within the report were corrected.  An additional condition was proposed that details of Highway signage be agreed by the local planning authority prior to installation, and a second drainage condition was proposed.  The Case Officer updated the Committee on late letters of representation, including a further letter from Bigbury Parish Council which was reported in detail.

Speakers included:       Objector – Mrs Valerie Scott; Supporter – Mr Alex Graves; Bigbury Parish Council – Cllr Bryan Carson; and local ward Member – Cllr Huntley

Recommendation:        Delegated authority be given to the COP Lead Development Management, in consultation with the Chairman of Development Management Committee, to grant conditional approval subject to satisfactory completion of a section 106 agreement

Committee Decision:    Refusal

During discussion, Members noted that whilst access to the site was part of this application, the location of how the road tracked through the proposal site was not fixed as it formed part of the layout which was indicative.  Members also noted that the offer of affordable housing that had been included as part of the previous application was no longer being offered.  Officers advised that since the previous application had been determined, a Council resolution had been passed that set out the circumstances within which an affordable housing contribution would be requested.  The Parish Council representative and the Ward Member both advised the Committee that the community had selected an alternative site for development as part of their Neighbourhood Plan process.  Members generally felt that the proposed scheme did not overcome the issues of highway safety as set out by the Planning Inspector, and also felt that viability of the scheme had not been thoroughly assessed.  Finally, Members also noted that the application site was an unallocated site within the AONB and a number of Members had made reference to the loss of Devon bank that would arise from the proposal.

Reasons:

1.      The proposed development is likely to generate an increase in pedestrian traffic on highways lacking adequate footways and also lacking adequate visibility at the junction of the C252 and the B3392 with consequent additional danger to all users of the road contrary to paragraph 32 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Policy DP7 of the South Hams Local Development Framework and Policy DEV 31 of the emerging Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan.

2.  Having regard to the new road access points, the provision of a  ...  view the full minutes text for item DM.10/16

DM.11/17       

Members noted the list of appeals as outlined in the presented agenda report and the COP Lead Development Management responded to questions and provided further information, including plans to assist in identifying the sites in question.

The Committee discussed the appeal decision on Application 28/1560/15/O:  Proposed development site at Sx 7392 4386, Allocated site K4, Garden Mill Kingsbridge in more detail and Members felt the decision did not reflect the debate at the inquiry. 

DM.12/17       

The COP Lead Development Management introduced the latest set of performance indicators related to the Development Management service.

It was then:

RESOLVED

That the latest set of performance indicators be noted.