Agenda and minutes

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Apologies for absence were received from Cllr W G Cann OBE for whom Cllr A F Leech substituted.

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:

Whilst not a Member of the Committee, Cllr J B Moody declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in application 4426/17/FUL:  Land adjacent to 24 Glanville Road, Tavistock – Application for demolition of western boundary wall(s) and erection of 4 no. dwellings (two pairs of semi-detached dwellings) by virtue of living in close proximity to the application site.  Upon the advice of the Council Solicitor, he proceeded to leave the meeting room during consideration of this application;

Cllr J Yelland declared a Personal Interest in application 4426/17/FUL:  Land adjacent to 24 Glanville Road, Tavistock – Application for demolition of western boundary wall(s) and erection of 4 no. dwellings (two pairs of semi-detached dwellings) by virtue of having received representations from Cllr Moody on this application.  She remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote on this application;

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 each item.

Development Management & Licensing Committee meeting held on 17 April 2018

Licensing Sub Committee meeting held on 30 January 2018

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The Minutes of the Development Management and Licensing Committee Meeting held on 17 April 2018 were confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record, subject to inclusion of the following amendment on page 1 of the agenda:

Minute Reference *DM&L 58 (Declaration of Interest):

That ‘Cllr A Roberts declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in application…..’ be replaced with the words: ‘Cllr A Roberts declared a prejudicial interest in application…..’

The Minutes of the Licensing Sub-Committee Meeting held on 30 January 2018 were confirmed and signed by the Chairman as a correct record, subject to inclusion of the following amendment on page 7 of the agenda:

Minute Reference *LSC 10 (To Determine An Application for a New Premises Licence at Meavy Parish Hall, The Green, Meavy, Yelverton PL20 6PJ): 5. Address by Cllr Moyse objecting to the application:

To include the following addition: ‘….but I know the village as I was the Parish Clerk for three years..’

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The Chairman advised the Committee that, in light of the recent decision to present these on a quarterly basis, the Performance Indicators would not be considered at this meeting.

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

4426/17/FUL Land adjacent to 24 Glanville Road, Tavistock, PL19 0EB to 24 Glanville Road, Tavistock – Application for demolition of western boundary wall (s) and erection of 4no. dwellings (two pairs of semi-detached dwellings)

4043/17/OPA 8 Drakes Park, Bere Alston, Devon, PL20 7DY – Outline planning application for the erection of one dwelling

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

(a)    Application No:  4426/17/FUL   Ward: Tavistock North

Site Address: Land adjacent to 24 Glanville Road, Tavistock PL19 0EB

Application for demolition of western boundary wall(s) and erection of 4 no. dwellings (two pairs of semi-detached dwellings)

Case Officer Update:  At the offset of the officer presentation, concerns were raised from the public gallery that the site plans that were being displayed were inaccurate.  In light of these concerns, a number of Members did not feel that the Committee was in a position to determine the application at this time.  It was therefore PROPOSED and SECONDED and on being put to the vote was declared CARRIED that the application be deferred for consideration at a future meeting.

RECOMMENDATION:         Conditional Approval

COMMITTEE DECISION:    Deferral

(b)   Application No:  4043/17/OPA  Ward:  Bere Ferrers

Site Address: 8 Drakes Park, Bere Alston PL20 7DY     

Outline planning application for the erection of one dwelling

Case officer Update: N/A

Speakers included: Parish Council Representative: Cllr Hilary Boot-Handford and local Ward Member: Cllr Brian Lamb (only to clarify a point on the status of the local Neighbourhood Plan)

RECOMMENDATION:         Conditional Approval

COMMITTEE DECISION:     Conditional Approval  

[Members please note that this item will include PART TWO ITEMS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXEMPT INFORMATION IS LIKELY TO BE DISCLOSED.  The Committee is recommended to pass the following resolution:

“RESOLVED that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the Meeting on the grounds that exempt information may be disclosed as defined in the paragraphs given in Schedule 12A to the Act.”]

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The Committee received and noted the updated list of Planning Appeals including Enforcement Appeals.

In the ensuing discussion, particular reference was made to the decision to dismiss (refuse) the appeal listed at Land adjacent to Station Road, Bere Ferrers.  Whilst Members welcomed this decision, some concern was raised that, in citing another recent appeal matter, the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) team was acting inconsistently in its approach to responding to planning applications.  As a result, some Members were of the view that there was a need for a protocol to be developed between the Development Management service and the AONB team in order to establish a consistent approach for the team to respond to relevant planning applications.