Venue: Chamber - Kilworthy Park
Contact: Kathy Hoare Senior Case Manager - Democratic Services
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: *DM&L.1 There were no apologies recorded. |
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Declarations of Interest In accordance with the Code of Conduct, Members are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests and Non-Registerable Interests including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting; Minutes: *DM&L.2 Cllr Southcott and Cllr Mott declared an interest in application 3441/21/OPA as they were both local Ward Members and both remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote
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Items Requiring Urgent Attention To consider those items which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered by the Meeting as matters of urgency (if any).
Minutes: *DM&L.3 There was no urgent business brought forward to this meeting.
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Confirmation of Minutes PDF 293 KB Meeting held on 19 April 2022 Minutes: *DM&L.4 The Minutes of the Development Management and Licensing Committee Meeting held on 19th April 2022 were confirmed as a correct record.
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Planning Applications PDF 882 KB 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
Minutes: *DM&L.5 The Committee proceeded to consider the report that had been prepared by the relevant Development Management Specialists on each of the following Applications 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:
(a) Application No: 3441/21/OPA Ward: Bridestowe
Site Address: Astra Salvage Yard, Patchacott, Beaworthy
Development: Outline application with all matters reserved for development 17no holiday chalets and 1no reception building with associated car parking and amenities.
RECOMMENDATION: Conditional Consent
Conditions:
1. Time limit for submitted RM 2. Details of reserved matters 3. Accord with plans 4. Holiday use only 5. Land contamination 6. CEMP 7. No occupation before parking and turning areas provided and retained in perpetuity 8. No occupation until Sustainable Travel Plan agreed and implemented 9. Surface water drainage scheme to be agreed with or prior to reserved matters 10. Foul sewage 11. Highway drainage 12. PD removal 13. EVCPs 14. Solar PV 15. DEV32 compliance 20% carbon reduction 16. Boundary treatment plan/schedule 17. Tree reports for reserved matters 18. LEMP/LVA 19. Details of any exterior lighting 20. Landscaping (soft/hard) 21. Waste 22. Raw materials
Key issues for consideration: Principle/Sustainable Development; Design; Landscape; Impacts on residential and third party amenity; Historic Environment; Highways, Access and Parking Considerations; Water, Flood Risk and Drainage Considerations; Biodiversity; The Climate Emergency and Low-Carbon Development; Land Contamination and Environmental Health.
Speakers who addressed the Committee on the application were:
Objector: Mr Steve Hiller Supporter: Mr Callum Allen Beaworthy Parish Council: Statement read out on their behalf
The Planning Officer updated the Committee Members by confirming that since the report had been written he had received confirmation that Historic England had raised no objections to the application. He then presented his report to the Committee.
Mr Hiller spoke on behalf of those in the local community who were against the development. He spoke of concerns over flooding, plans not allowing for dog proof fencing and the highway leading to the site being of a single track road.
Mr Allen spoke in support of the application being the owner of the site. He stated that he would run the site alongside 4 other holiday units he runs.
In answering Member questions, he confirmed the facility would be a destination holiday resort and units would not be sold off as holiday homes.
During debate the Planning Officer confirmed that the drainage test results had been reviewed by the local flood authority and they were content with the results. He explained should the application be approved the siting of the cabins could change at Reserved Matters stage. The Head of Planning clarified that the extant position was for B1 and B2 classification and not just for timber manufacturing. The use of installing fencing to secure people within the site rather than stock proofing to stop livestock coming in was discussed.
One Member suggested the owner should be asked to upgrade the WiFi and secure broadband ... view the full minutes text for item *DM&L .5 |
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Planning Appeals Update PDF 270 KB Minutes: *DM&L.6 The Head of Planning updated the Members on the recently determined planning appeals. He explained that currently Appeals were taking on average 104 weeks to go to a hearing. 44-54 weeks for an appeal decisions from a SAR letter to a decision being issued.
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Update on Undetermined Major Applications PDF 198 KB Minutes: *DM&L.7 The Head of Planning took Members through the undetermined Major applications. The Monitoring Officer gave the Committee an update on the progress on the Plymouth Road application.
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