Agenda and minutes

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There was no public participation.

I.        Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 15 November 2017, previously circulated.

The minutes of the meeting dated 15 November were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

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 Thomas Smith declared an interest in item 52b (136785) as a Member of Dunholme Parish Council called him to talk about the application.  He informed the caller that he was a Member of the Planning Committee and expressed no view on the application during the phone call.

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/

Both Lea and Scotter have had a majority vote in favour of adopting their Neighbourhood Plans (73% at Lea; 90% at Scotter) at recent public referendums held on 7^th December. Both Plans would now be referred to the next meeting of the Full Council (22^nd Jan) to be formally “made”.

Osgodby Parish have now formally submitted their final draft Neighbourhood Plan to West Lindsey District Council (WLDC) and the six week consultation period was now underway, expiring on 24th January (extended for Christmas). The Plan would then proceed to an independent examination.

Officers were working on developing the Members’ intranet site as requested by Cllr Cotton at the last meeting, although this was not directly in the control of Planning officers. 

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) remains on track to be implemented in the New Year as previously advised. 

Finally, at the last committee the Planning and Development Manager advised that the revision to the 5 year supply position was being worked on by the Central Lincolnshire team – this work was still ongoing and was currently expected to be reported to the joint committee in January; this would be circulated to all members at WLDC once approved.

The Committee considered a planning application for a single storey side extension, including the removal of a single storey sun room and chimney, associated boundary treatments and external window alterations.  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 member of staff. Had this application not involved a member of staff, 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, subject to conditions.

The Principal Development Management Officer introduced planning application number 136785 to erect 64no. dwellings with roads, garages and residential parking, including community parking, with public open spaces.  This was a resubmission of 135790.  There were no further updates to the report from the Principal Development Management Officer. The Officer noted that planning permission would be unlikely to be issued ahead of the implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) in January. Therefore, secondary school provision would be captured by CIL, not the S106 planning obligation. 25% of any CIL payment would go to the Parish Council as they have a Neighbourhood Plan in place.

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

·         The previous application (135790) was refused on five points, which are addressed below:

1.    Overdevelopment – LP52 states that developers are encouraged to produce the most appropriate design led solution in arriving at a total dwelling figure at their site, and may not be constrained by the indicative figure in the column headed ‘indicative dwelling figure’.  Mr Ibbotson stated that the site could support up to 74 dwellings using the Local Plan formula, and could increase the affordable homes offer by 33%, from the approved scheme.  Policy LP26 stated that proposals should make ‘effective and efficient use of land’;

2.    Open Space – 23% of the site was provided as open space, this included a dedicated 3 metre wide cycle and foot path, a green wedge, an ecology pond and a public car park. The proposed increase in the number of dwellings had not reduced the open space provision; 

3.    Landscape and Green Wedge – a 5 metre wide buffer zone had been created enforced by native English species;

4.    Affordable housing – this was provided at 25%, and was well integrated within the layout of the site, with three different street scene frontages;

5.    Housing mix – this had been revised and amended following the refused application.  There was no prescribed requirement for housing mix within the Local Plan or Neighbourhood Plan.  The application provided 30% of housing to Part M4(2), for those who were less mobile.  Also added was 5% (3 dwellings) to Part M4(3) that were large enough to be fully converted into wheelchair compliant properties.

The next speaker was Councillor Tony Pache, representing Dunholme Parish Council.  The following points were highlighted:

·         Application 135790 for 64 houses was refused in May 2017 for a number of planning issues;

·         Dunholme Parish Council were delighted with the Dunholme Neighbourhood Plan, and thought that 49 dwellings was just right for the site;

·         The applicant had met with the Parish Council;

·         Allocating more affordable housing was good and agreed with proposed locations, but most of the allocation was for social housing, rather than an opportunity for first time buyers;

·         There were concerns over the level of car parking, for the affordable homes in particular (16 spaces allocated for 12 affordable dwellings).  The row of 11 spaces  ...  view the full minutes text for item 54.

·         133692 – Land Adjacent to Wesley Road, Cherry Willingham

·         135575 – The Old Angel Inn, Wragby Road, Bardney

·         135910 – Highgate Lane, Normanby by Spital

·         135546 – 34 Ryland Road, Dunholme

·         136090 – Land to the east of Kettleby East House, Kettleby

·         135998 – Land at Owmby Road, Spridlington

·         135794 – The Vicarage, North Street, Middle Rasen

·         136096 – 6 Cross Street, Nettleham, Lincoln

·         134096 – Land to the rear of Hutchinsons, Hawthorne Road, Cherry Willingham

RESOLVED that the determination of appeals be noted.