To consider the planning applications contained in the list.
Minutes:
The Committee considered the applications in the plans list *.
Note: *List previously circulated; copy attached to the signed Minutes.
(a) Applications dealt with without debate.
In accordance with its agreed procedure the Committee identified those applications contained in the Plans List which could be dealt with without debate.
RESOLVED that the following applications be determined or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the various recommendations contained in the list namely:
(i) No 2 on the Plans List (15/01133/TPO – Application to pollard a 3m 1 x Holm Oak Tree protected by Tree Preservation Order 80/0001/TPO – land at NGR 294835 112898 (adjacent to Shortridge Mead Flats), Patches Road, Tiverton).
be approved subject to conditions as recommended by the Head of Planning and Regeneration
(Proposed by the Chairman)
Note: As the item was a Local Authority application, Cllrs P J Heal and R L Stanley declared personal interests as Chairman of the Decent and Affordable Homes Policy Development and Cabinet Member for Housing respectively.
(b) No 1 on the Plans List (15/00391/MOUT – Outline for the erection of between 15 and 20 dwellings and up to 2500 sq.m of B1 floor space including landscaping, parking and provision of vehicular access from the B3190) – Land at NGR 295599 122818 (North of Bourchier Close), Bampton
The Area Planning Officer outlined the contents of the report by way of presentation highlighting the history of the site and the allocation within Policy BA2 of the AIDPD, the location plan, the site access arrangements, the section through the proposed footpath and the illustrative masterplan. She informed the meeting that a letter had been received from the agent voicing concerns with regard to the officer recommendation within the report and stating that he felt that more weight should be given to the Adopted Local Plan rather than the emerging plan, the layout provided had been indicative and that the quantum of employment space would be dealt with via a reserved matters application. She explained that officers believed that more weight should be given to the emerging plan and therefore she stood by her recommendation within the report.
She answered the questions posed at public question time:
· Traffic issues in Castle Street – the inspector had identified the issue but felt that the need to allocate the site outweighed concerns at the time to do with traffic issues.
· She felt that the flooding issues had not been fully resolved through the application.
· Trees: she agreed that the matter of the group of beech trees would be looked into.
Consideration was given to:
· The emerging Local Plan and the amount of weight that should be given to it and the fact that the site was not proposed for reallocation within the emerging new plan;
· Traffic issues in Bampton;
· Historical flooding issues in the town;
· The issues that the inspector had identified when considering the site in 2007;
· The proposed reclassification of Bampton as a village;
· The employment allocation and whether this was required;
· Poor accessibility along country roads and the impact of the centre of the town;
· Visual impact;
· The steep access from the town to the site;
· COR16 (Core Strategy Local Plan Part 1) and high quality development.
RESOLVED that the outline application be refused as recommended by the Head of
Planning and Regeneration.
(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr P J Heal)
Notes:
(i) Cllr Mrs F J Colthorpe declared a personal interest as a previous Ward Member and as the current County Councillor;
(ii) Cllr R L Stanley declared a personal interest as one of the Ward Member’s and that he had been involved in discussions with some of the objectors;
(iii) Cllrs Mrs J B Binks, Mrs F J Colthorpe and R J Dolley made declarations in accordance with the Protocol of Good Practice for Councillors dealing in planning matters as they had received correspondence regarding this application;
(iv) Mrs Lunel spoke on behalf of the objectors;
(v) Cllr P P Edwards spoke on behalf of Bampton Town Council;
(vi) Cllrs B A Moore and R L Stanley spoke as Ward Members;
(vii) Cllr K I Busch requested that his abstention from voting be recorded.
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