Agenda and minutes

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.

[If Councillors have any questions relating to predetermination, bias or interests in items on this Agenda, then please contact the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting]        

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

Cllr T G Pearce declared a personal interest in all applications by virtue of being a Member of the Devon Building Control Partnership.  He remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote on the item.

To consider those items which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered by the Meeting as matters of urgency (if any). 

*DM&L 30                          

 There was no urgent business.

Meeting held on 7 January 2020

*DM&L 31        

The Minutes of the Development Management and Licensing Committee Meeting held on 7 January 2020 were confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

To see Letters of Representation and further supplementary information relating to any of the planning applications on the agenda, please select the following link and enter the relevant Reference number: http://westdevon.gov.uk/searchlanding

WARD NAME                                     Tavistock South West

APPLICATION NUMBER                     2142/19/FUL

LOCATION                                          Land Adjacent to Callington Road, Callington Road, Tavistock

DEVELOPMENT                                  Application for additional two dwellings

WARD NAME                                     Milton Ford

APPLICATION NUMBER                     4105/19/TCA

LOCATION                                          "Elderberry Cottage", The Parade, Milton Abbot

DEVELOPMENT                                  T1: Ash - Crown height reduction by approximately 4m, damaged limb removal at approximately 6m from ground level, deadwood removal (exempt). Tree is showing signs of ash dieback.

*DM&L 32        

The Committee proceeded to consider the applications that had been prepared by the Development Management Specialists and considered also the comments of the Town and Parish Councils together with other representations received, which were listed within the presented agenda report and summarised below, and RESOLVED that:

(a)   Application No:  2142/19/FUL                    Ward: Tavistock South West

Site Address:   Land adjacent to Callington Road, Callington Road, Tavistock

Application for additional two dwellings

Speakers included:

Applicant – Mr David Russell, Bovis Homes

Objector  – Mr Paul Richardson

RECOMMENDATION:  Delegated to Head of Practice for Development Management to approve subject to DCC engineers being satisfied re embankment stability information and a satisfactory deed of variation to the original outline S106 to ensure that these two units count towards any unit number triggers.

Pre-commencement conditions:

Drainage

Tree protection plan

Conditions

1.      Standard time limit full

2.      Accord with plans list

3.      Contaminated land condition

4.      Contaminated land condition

5.      Contaminated land condition

6.      Tamar Valley EMS standard condition

7.      Electric vehicle charging points

8.      Drainage

9.      Tree Protection plan prior to commencement

10.    Landscaping scheme

COMMITTEE DECISION: Delegated to Head of Practice for Development Management to approve subject to DCC engineers being satisfied re embankment stability information and a satisfactory deed of variation to the original outline S106 to ensure that these two units count towards any unit number triggers.

(b)    Application No:  4105/19/TCA        Ward:  Milton Ford                                                                                              

Site Address: “Elderberry Cottage”, The Parade, Milton Abbot

T1: Ash –Crown height reduction by approximately 4m, damaged       

Limb removal at approximately 6m from ground level, deadwood removal (exempt). Tree is showing signs of ash dieback.

RECOMMENDATION:     Approval

COMMITTEE DECISION: Approval

*DM&L 33        

 The Committee received and noted the updated lists of Planning Appeals.

*DM&L 34    

 The Committee noted the Planning Performance Indicators.