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 Planning Committee meeting held on 01 December 2021 (already circulated by email).

The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on the 01 December 2021 were approved as a correct record.

The Schedule of Appeals lodged and decided between 15 November 2021 – 15 December 2021, is attached.

The committee noted the Schedule of Appeals lodged and decided between 15 November – 15 December 2021, as set out on pages 3-4 of the agenda pack. Any member requiring any further details or clarification on any appeal was invited to contact the relevant Case Officer.

Background Papers:

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

1.            The Wyre Borough Local Plan (2011-2031)

2.            Draft Revised Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

3.            Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan

4.            Statements of Government Policy/guidance (NPPF, NPPG, Ministerial Statements etc.)

5.            Supplementary Planning Guidance and evidence base documents specifically referred to in the reports

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

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

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

These background documents are available on line, or for inspection by a written request to Planning Services, Civic Centre, Breck Road, Poulton-le-Fylde, FY6 7PU.

Reports of the Head of Planning Services on planning applications to be determined at this meeting:

Erection of 39 no. dwellings with car parking, landscaping

and all other associated works.

The application was brought to the committee for determination for a second time, having been deferred at the Planning Committee meeting on 01 December 2021. The application before members did not include any revised plans based on concerns raised by members at the previous meeting, and therefore according to 5.06/15 of the Constitution, there would be no further opportunities for the public or non-committee members to speak.

A site visit took place on the 01 December 2021 when the application first came to committee.

The Planning Development Manager explained to the committee that there had been no further updates on the drainage issue which had been raised at the previous meeting and that United Utilities still objected and would still be allowed to refuse the diversion proposed by the developer.

She also explained to members that after discussions with the applicant on the issue of an on-site play area, the applicant told officers that they would not be able to make an off-site contribution as well as providing an onsite play area, due to viability reasons. This had not been disputed by officers.

Officers had received a plan for an on-site play area, but had decided that if an off-site contribution could not be given then they could not support the application, as per the policy recommendations. The applicant, based on this, withdrew the revised plan including the on-site play area and the plan in front of members was the same plan submitted at the previous meeting, with no on-site play area but with an offsite contribution.

The Chair asked for clarification on the withdrawn plans for an on-site area. The Head of Planning Services explained to members that based on the size of the development, the proposed size of an on-site play area would be designated a Local Area of Play (LAP), for children between the ages of 4-6. The equipment would thus be restricted and small, and the expense would roughly be the same as the off-site contribution. He also responded to questions regarding green infrastructure guidance and explain to members that the Council’s policy did not require formal play areas within sites; if these play areas could not be provided for on site, then it would be better to have a financial contribution offered to an off-site area that might benefit from it. He did however note to members that if they were considering a refusal of the application, the applicant was happy to supply the on-site play area included in the withdrawn plans, which would be subject to approval via a condition, but were adamant they could not do both.

Members raised frustrations on the issue of the play area as well as the distance between the site and play areas within the surrounding area, which was noted as being longer than the recommended distance. Members asked whether any monies left after providing the on-site play area could be given to the off-site area.

Following discussion, it was proposed by Councillor Orme and seconded by the  ...  view the full minutes text for item PA.55

Full planning application for an extension to the existing Brockholes Industrial Estate comprising a development of new floor space for Class B1b, B1c, B2, B8 uses including ancillary Class B1a floor space and also the extension of Brockholes Way to provide access to the extended industrial estate, a new on-site pond, on-site landscaping and associated works

This application was brought to the Committee for determination as it was of strategic significance and fell within a designated 'Development Opportunity' site in the Wyre Local Plan.

A site visit took place to enable Members to understand the proposal beyond the plans submitted and the photos taken by the Case Officer.

An update sheet with additional information was published on the Council’s website, this information only having become available after the original agenda had been published. The committee considered the update sheet which contained additional consultation responses from the Council’s Drainage Engineer and United Utilities and amended conditions.

Karl Glover, Senior Planning Officer, gave a verbal update advising Members of a further consultation response that had been received from the lead local flood authority (LLFA), this information only having become available after the update sheet had been published. The committee considered the response together with the officer’s suggestion of an additional drainage condition.

Stephen Morgan-Hyland spoke in favour of the application, on behalf of the applicant.

Members asked questions on the following issues:

·         Boundary treatments

·         The drainage system and ongoing negotiations with the leading flood authority

Following discussion, it was proposed by Councillor Ballard and seconded by Councillor Orme, that the application be approved, as per the officer recommendation, under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Subject to amendments to conditions 2,5,9,21 and 27 (as reported on the update sheet) and with the additional condition 28 requested by the LLFA in relation to construction pollution control, and a section 106 agreement to secure a financial contribution towards Travel Planning. That the Head of Planning Services be authorised to issue the decision following the satisfactory completion of the S106 agreement.