Agenda and minutes

Members will disclose any pecuniary and any other significant interests they may have in relation to the matters under consideration.

None.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on Wednesday 6 December 2018 (already circulated by email).

The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on Wednesday 6 December, 2017 were confirmed as a correct record.

Schedule of Appeals lodged and decided between 15 November 2017 – 15 January 2018.

The Head of Planning Services submitted a report on appeals lodged and decided between 15 November 2017 and 15 January 2018.

Resolved

That the position regarding the appeals, as set out on pages 1 – 12 of the report be read and noted and that any Member requiring any further details or clarification on any Appeal, should contact the relevant Case Officer.

Background Papers:

In preparing the following reports on this agenda the following documents have been used:

1.            The Wyre Borough Local Plan (1999)

2.            Wyre Borough Core Strategy Preferred Options document (March 2012)

3.            Wyre Local Plan Issues and Options (June 2015)

4.            Submission draft – emerging Wyre Borough Local Plan 2011-2031

5.            Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

6.            Statements of Government Policy/advice (NPPF, NPPG, Circulars etc.)

7.            Supplementary Planning Documents and evidence base documents specifically referred to in the reports

8.            The application file (as per the number at the head of each report)

9.            The forms, plans, committee reports and decisions as appropriate for the historic applications specifically referred to in the reports

10.         Any additional information specifically referred to in each report.

These Background Documents are available either on line, or for inspection by request at Planning Services, Civic Centre, Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7PU

(a)          Schedule of applications to be considered

(b)          Reports of the Head of Planning Services:-

Ø   Item 01, Erection of a three storey residential care home for use within Use Class C2 including car parking with vehicular and pedestrian access and associated landscaping – Lakeland View, Laidleys Walk, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7JL – 17/00745/FULMAJ.

Ø   Item 02, Change of use of ground floor retail (A1) and first and second floor residential (C3) to create office use on all floors (A2) – 4A Bispham Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 1DG – 17/01056/FUL.

The Head of Planning Services submitted applications and reports to be considered:-

17/00745/FULMAJ – Lakeland View, Laidleys Walk, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7JL

17/01056/FUL – 4A Bispham Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 1DG

The Head of Planning Services also submitted an ‘update sheet’ on Item 01 of the agenda, referring to additional information to the report since the agenda had been published.

Ø    17/00745/FULMAJ – Lakeland View, Laidleys Walk, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7JL

RESOLVEDthat that if Wyre Borough Council were the determining Authority for the undermentioned application planning permission would have been REFUSED under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the reasons set out below:

17/00745/FULMAJ

TAS Ltd.   Erection of a three storey residential care home for use within Use Class C2 including car parking with vehicular and pedestrian access and associated landscaping.  Lakeland View, Laidleys Walk, Fleetwood, Lancashire, FY7 7JL.

This application was considered by the Planning Committee at its meeting on 6 December 2017, following a site visit. At that meeting, a decision was made to defer the application, so that officers could go back to the applicants to seek further details, as stated within the report. A full update was given to all members within the report and also the notification that on 3 January 2018 an email was received by the Planning department, confirming that an appeal against non-determination of the application had already been lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.

As the matter is now at appeal and no formal determination was made on this application, officers sought a resolution from the Planning Committee as to how they would have determined the application, had it not been appealed. The Head of Planning Services advised that the resolution will form the basis of the council’s position at appeal.

Four members of the public, Tracey McCormick, Norah Stuchfield, David Waghorn and Isobel Wilkie addressed the committee objecting to the application. Wyre Councillor Marge Anderton and County Councillor Lorraine Beavers also spoke, objecting to the application.

It was resolved that the application would have been refused for the following reasons:

1. The proposed building, by reason of its design, scale, mass and position in relation to surrounding residential properties, would have an overbearing and obtrusive impact on those properties, and resultant loss of daylight, affecting in particular, 5-8 Malcolm Place and 62 and 64 Macbeth Road, to the detriment of the residential amenity that those properties should expect to enjoy, contrary to the provisions of policy SP14 of the adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan and policy CDMP3 of the submission draft of the emerging Local Plan. 

2.  The proposed building, by reason of its design, scale, mass and position in relation to surrounding residential properties, would result in overlooking of those properties from the first and second floor bedrooms and communal lounges serving the development to the detriment of the residential amenity that those properties should expect to enjoy, contrary to the provisions of policy SP14 of the adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan and policy CDMP3 of the submission draft of the emerging Local Plan.

3. The proposed development, by reason of its scale, in terms of number of bedrooms, would only be served by 16 car spaces to meet its needs. This is considered insufficient to meet the needs of the development and would result in significant levels of vehicle movements and parking on surrounding local roads to the detriment of the proper  ...  view the full minutes text for item PA.43

RESOLVEDthat the undermentioned application be APPROVED, under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as set out below:

17/01056/FUL

MJV and Co.   Change of use of ground floor retail (A1) and first and second floor residential (C3) to create office use on all floors (A2).  4A Bispham Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 1DG.

The application was before the Committee as the applicant is a member of the Council.

The Committee resolved to grant planning permission subject to conditions set out below:-

Conditions and Reasons: -

1.     The development must be begun before the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

Reason: This condition is required to be imposed pursuant to Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.     The development shall be carried out, except where modified by the conditions to this permission, in accordance with the Planning Application received by the Local Planning Authority on 14 November 2017 including the following plans/documents:

·          Change of Use from A1 to A2 - Ground Floor Plans Project No. 2017_16-Rev 0 Sheet No. 1

·          Change of Use from A1 to A2 -  First Floor Plans Project No. 2017_16-Rev 0 Sheet No. 2

·          Change of Use from A1 to A2 - Loft Plans and Elevations Project No. 2017_16-Rev 0 Sheet No. 3

·          Change of Use from A1 to A2 - Sections Project No. 2017_16-Rev 0 Sheet No. 4

·          Change of Use from A1 to A2 - Site Layouts Project No. 2017_16-Rev 0 Sheet No. 5

The development shall be retained hereafter in accordance with this detail.

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and so that the Local Planning Authority shall be satisfied as to the details.

3.  The use hereby permitted shall not operate outside the hours of 8.30am to 6.00pm Mondays to Saturdays and no operations on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

Reason: In the interests of the amenity of occupiers of neighbouring and nearby residential properties in accordance with Policy SP14 of the adopted Wyre Borough Local Plan (July 1999).