Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed all present to the meeting.

Up to 15 minutes are allowed for public participation.  Participants are restricted to 3 minutes each.

There was no public participation at this point of the meeting.

i)       Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 26 July 2017, previously circulated.

Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 26 July 2017.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 26 July be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

Members may make any declarations of interest at this point but may also make them at any time during the course of the meeting.

Councillor Bierley declared that the applicant for 6 Market Place, Caistor (application number136221) is a Member of West Lindsey District Councillor and is therefore known to all Councillors on the Planning Committee.

Note – the status of Neighbourhood Plans in the District may be found via this link

https://www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/my-services/planning-and-building/neighbourhood-planning/

There was no update from Planning Officers this month.

Reserved matters application for erection of 49no. dwellings, sportsfacility and additional car parking - following outline planning permission 131087 allowed on appeal 26 February 2016.

Planning application for erection of 49 dwellings, a sports facility and additional car parking, following outline planning permission 131087 allowed on appeal on 26 February 2016, at “Land North of Honeyholes Lane Dunholme, Lincoln LN2 3SQ”.

In presenting the report, the Planning Development Management Officer advised that additional conditions had been requested from the Highways Department, and these were shared with Members.

Simon Ibbotson, an architect representing Cyden Homes addressed the Committee and spoke in support of the application: 

·         It was noted that the reserved matters would include soft landscaping to the northern boundary of the site where the curtilage abuts this boundary; 

·         The layout had been coordinated with Planning and Housing Officers from the Local Authority and it accorded with the adopted policies of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan and the Dunholme Neighbourhood Plan; 

·         Within the proposed development, the twelve affordable houses now integrate more seamlessly into the layout, and the housing mix has been addressed.  Four of the houses were fully wheelchair compliant;

·         A five metre wide landscape buffer zone of native hedgerows and trees had been created on the northern boundary, and no buildings would be created in this area.  A three metre wide adoptable footpath and cycle path would be created on the south of the site at Honeyholes Lane.

Councillor Simon Barrett from Dunholme Parish Council addressed the Committee and provided the following observations and concerns of the Parish Council:

·         The development in Dunholme was welcomed, however there were some concerns over the development;

·         The Parish Council did not feel that there had been adequate consultation with themselves or the community;

·         The site failed to meet LP24 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan in respect of the sports and recreation facilities proposed;

·         The plan did not meet LP22 of the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan, nor Policy 11 of the Dunholme Neighbourhood Plan with regard to the adjacent green wedge;

·         The development did not meet the Affordable Housing Policy, and there was also concern that the proposed affordable housing was in blocks, rather than spread around the development;

·         In the original plan put forward, an agreement was made with the landowner for an amount of money that would be made available to the Parish Council; certain stipulations have been put on this with regard to the amount of houses that have to be occupied before the money is released.  It was felt that this was contrary to the initial agreement;

·         The Section 106 agreement did not help Dunholme St.Chad’s primary School in any way; the school is already at capacity and is desperately in need of funds.

George Backovic, Principal Development Management Officer responded to comments from speakers as follows:

·         A section 106 had been signed at the outline stage, and the report provided further detail in terms of the amount of monies that were agreed and this was a matter that could not be revisited by a reserved matters application.

Councillors McNeill, Patterson and Bierley spoke in favour of the application and were happy  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31a

Planning application to convert existing offices into two privatedwellings.

Planning application to convert existing offices into two private dwellings at 6 Market Place, Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6TN.  There was no update for this application and no speakers.

Officers confirmed that this application had been brought in front of the Committee as it related to a Councillor. Had this application not involved a Councillor, it would have been decided under the scheme of delegations.

The application was proposed, seconded and voted upon and approved unanimously.

It was therefore AGREED that the application be GRANTED.

RESOLVED that the determination of appeals be noted.