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 4 December 2019;

 

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 4 December 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman, subject to the following amendment being made:

 

Para 2101/19/4                       Title hotel:  Lantern Lodge Hotel

Speakers included:                 Supporter – Mr Simon Bird:  Parish Council representative – Cllr Jo Hocking:  Ward Members – Cllrs Long and Pearce

 

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;

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

 

Cllr R Foss declared a personal interest in application 3354/197FUL:  Proposed installation of a Peaking Gas Generation Plant with associated development to include vehicular access and security fencing, by virtue of knowing the land owner on a social level.  He remained in the meeting and took part in the vote thereon;

 

Cllr G Pannell declared a personal interest in application 3498/19/FUL as it is sited close to the Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) by virtue of being married to a Member of the DNPA who had submitted a letter of representation.  He remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon

 

Cllrs R Rowe and B Taylor each declared a personal interest in application 3498/19/FUL as it is sited within the South Devon AONB by virtue of being Members of the South Devon AONB Partnership Committee and they remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon:

 

 

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

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/

 

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:

 

 

a)    3354/19/FUL           Land at Ermington Road, Ivybridge

                                        Town: Ivybridge West

                   

Proposed installation of a Peaking Gas Generation Plant with associated development to include vehicular access and security fencing

 

Case Officer Update:      Case officer clarified location of siting of substation which had been incorrectly identified at the site visit.  There were now 2,042 signatures on the petition against the plant.  The DNPA had not been consulted previously and now registered their objection to the plant.

Speakers included:         Objector – Ms Sophie Phillips:  Supporter – Chris Shears:  Parish Council representative – Cllr Anthony Rea:  Ward Member – Cllrs Pringle and Abbott

 

Recommendation:          Refusal

 

Committee Decision:     Refusal

 

 

 

 

b)     3021/19/HHO              11 The Coppice, Ivybridge                                                               Town:  Ivybridge East

Householder application for single storey extension to the dwelling

 

Case Officer Update:       None

 

Speakers included:          Supporter – Ms Kate Child:  Ward Members – Cllrs Pringle and Abbott

 

Recommendation:          Refusal

           

Committee Decision:     Refusal

 

           

 

c)    3498/19/FUL               Newpark Stables, North Huish

                                        Parish:  North Huish

 

Proposed provision of manège area to be used in conjunction with existing stables development

 

Case Officer Update:          None 

 

Speakers included:         Objector – Mr Richard Howell: Supporter – Mr Ian Hodgson: North Huish Parish Council – Cllr Robert Steer: Ward Members – Cllrs Smerdon and Pannell

 

Recommendation:          Conditional Approval

           

Committee Decision:     Conditional Approval

 

Conditions:                                

1.  Standard time

2.  Standard Plans

3.  Not for commercial use

4.  Additional landscaping

5.  Land returned if no longer in use

6.  Drainage details

7.  No outside lighting

 

 

d)      0332/19/FUL               Garages 7, 9, and 11, Christina Park, Totnes

                                        Town:  Totnes

 

READVERTISEMENT (Revised Plans Received) for construction of a new three storey private residence on a brownfield site currently occupied by three garages.

 

Case Officer Update:           None

 

Speakers included:              Supporter – Mr Stuart Daniel:  Town Council representative – Cllr Georgina Allen: Ward Member – Cllr Sweett

 

Recommendation:              Conditional Approval

 

Committee Decision:         Conditional Approval

 

Conditions:                                             

1.  Time limit

2.  Accordance with plan

3.  Surface water drainage in accordance with submitted details

4.  No external lighting

5.  Materials

6.  CMP 9dust, parking, hours of working)

7.  Details of internal and external lighting

8.  Accord with ecology report

9.  Unexpected contamination

10. No part of the development, including any garden area, may extend below a level of 11.6 metres Above Ordnance Datum

11.  The finished floor level of the lower ground floor shall be set no lower than 13 metres Above Ordnance Datum

12.  Details of tree planting along norther boundary of the site

 

 

 

 

e)      3391/19/HHO              Cheesewring, Sandhills Road, Salcombe

                                        Town:  Salcombe

Householder application for rebuilding of boundary wall following partial collapse (Retrospective)

 

Case Officer Update:        None

 

Speakers included:          Supporter – Mr Dominic Warren (statement read); Town Council representative – Cllr Mike Fice; Ward Members – Cllrs Judy Pearce (statement read) & Mark Long

 

Recommendation:  ...  view the full minutes text for item DM.47/19

Members noted the list of appeals as outlined in the presented agenda report.  

 

The Head of Development Management provided further details on specific recent appeal decisions.