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The Committee proceeded to consider the
application(s) 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: 2205/20/FUL
Ward: Sourton
Site Address: The Stables, East Bowerland Farm, Okehampton, EX20 4LZ
READVERTISEMENT (revised plans and description)
Erection of stables and change of use of land to paddock and (in
part) a separate dog training and paddock area.
During the Officer’s update, it was outlined that a
revised noise management plan had been submitted in December 2020,
which was identical to the previous plan except to amend the hours
of operation for doing training on the outside field. All hours for outside dog training were now
consistent across the wider site.
Condition 5 had been updated to reflect this and the last line of
Condition 9 removed and altered to reflect this. One further letter of objection had been received
which was added to the website. The
letter did not raise any new matters.
Although the Officer acknowledged that there had been a lack of
implementation for mitigation planting on a previous application,
this could not be considered at this meeting. The Officer outlined an error in the report (last
paragraph of page 12 of the presented agenda report) where it
stated that previous application 3851/17/FUL had been refused and
was not supported by a noise report or management plan, however, it
had had the noise report. The Officer
also confirmed the hashed red line on the presented agenda report
map did not accurately depict the site as some of the line was on
the road however the OS submitted with the application was
accurate.
The Environmental Health
(EH) Officer updated the Committee that there was no longer an
objection raised from EH as a previous noise complaint had been
investigated resulting in a limit to the number of dogs allowed to
be on site, which was 11, and the introduction of a comprehensive
noise management plan which had mitigated the noise
issues.
Speakers
included:
Supporter
– Ms L Langman;
Parish
Council Representative – Cllr S Eberle; The Councillor had also provided a video
for the Committee to review. There were
technical issues with the meeting unable to hear the sound on the
video. As the sound was integral to the
aim of the video, and no technical solution found during the 30
minutes break taken to attempt to resolve this issue, the video was
instead emailed to all Members of the Committee who then confirmed
they had been able to see and hear the video prior to the
application being debated;
Local Ward
Member – Cllr C Mott;
RECOMMENDATION: Conditional
Approval
During discussion, the following points were raised:
(a)
The Ward Member informed that she had brought this
application to Committee because of concerns from neighbours over
current levels of noise and this would potentially lead to an
increase in noise levels and duration.
The Ward Member asked that, should the application be approved,
there be a condition added which would not allow the storage of any
dog training equipment to be stored in the stables.
(b)
The blue pipe in the field, as shown in one of the
photographs, was confirmed by the applicant as left over from when
a new electric line came in and could now be removed.
(c)
In the event of the application being conditionally
approved, Members noted the particular importance of the applicants
adhering to recommended Condition 9
COMMITTEE DECISION:
Conditional Approval.
Conditions:
1.
Time limit
2. Accord with
plans
3.
Sustainable form of drainage for
stables
4.
The total number of dogs
utilising the existing training barn, existing outdoor training
area and proposed land shall not exceed 11 at any time
5.
Notwithstanding the details of
the noise management plan, the use of the land for dog training
shall not operate outside the hours of 8am to 8pm Monday to
Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. A maximum of 3 hours of
training classes can take place on Sundays between the hours of
10am and 4pm. For the avoidance of doubt the use of the land for
the training of dogs shall not take place on Bank
Holidays.
6.
Dog training use ancillary to
existing dog training facilities of East Bowerland Farm
7.
Dog training shall only take
place in area noted on site location plan
8.
No external lighting without
consent
9.
Adherence to noise management
plan
10.
Adherence to management strategy
11. No
burning of waste or manure
12. No
parking on the site
13.
Equine use for domestic purposes only – not
commercial
14. No
permanent dog training equipment on the site
15. Equine
and dog training use only
16. Use of the stables shall be for equine purposes
only and shall not be used for any purpose relating to the dog
training use, including storage of equipment.
(b)
Application No: 1846/20/HHO
Ward: Tavistock North
Site Address: 12 Watts Road, Tavistock
Householder application for demolition of stone
garden wall and creation of single storey kitchen extension,
widening of drive entrance.
There was no update to the Case Officer’s
report.
Speakers included:
Supporter – Mr E Persse;
Local Ward Member – Cllr J
Moody;
RECOMMENDATION: Refusal
In discussion, reference was made
to:
(a)
the style of the proposed extension; and
(b)
the need to maintain the integrity of the Tavistock
Conservation Area.
COMMITTEE
DECISION:
Refusal