Issue - meetings

Installation of a roadside CCTV system.

Description:

Installation of a roadside CCTV system.

Officer Recommendation:

Approval, subject to conditions and informatives.

Officer Presentation:

The Committee received a presentation on the application from the Planning Development and Enforcement Manager.

Decision:

Following consideration, the Chair, Councillor McCormick, proposed a motion that the Officer recommendation be agreed.

The proposal was seconded by the Vice Chair, Councillor Woodbridge.

The Committee unanimously resolved to:

GRANT planning permission subject to the following conditions and informatives:

Conditions

1) Timescale

The development hereby permitted shall be commenced within three years from the date of this decision.

Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2) Approved Plans

Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority, the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the Location Plan (received 26 November 2024), Block Plan (received 18 November 2024), associated outline explanatory document and elevation on page 6 (received 25 January 2025).

Reason: For avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved plans to comply with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007.

3) Materials

The materials to be used shall accord with those indicated with the approved documents, including the use of metal poles (black in colour at the northern and southern entrances and dark green on the roundabout and The Green) and dark green electricity cabinets, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory external appearance in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007 and Policies DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

4) Removal of CCTV and associated infrastructure

When the CCTV and/or associated poles and cabinets are no longer used for their approved purpose or a deactivated, they must be removed as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 3 months after ceasing use.

Reason: To ensure a satisfactory appearance in accordance with Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007 and Policies DM8, DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015.

Informatives

1) Positive and Proactive Discussion

In dealing with the application the Council has implemented the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework to work with the applicant in a positive and proactive way. We have made available detailed advice in the form or our statutory policies in the Core Strategy, Supplementary Planning Documents, Planning Briefs and other informal written guidance, as well as offering a full pre-application advice service, in order to ensure that the applicant has been given every opportunity to submit an application which is likely to be considered favourably.

2) Changes to the Approved Plans

Should there be any change from the approved drawings during the build of the development, this may require a fresh planning application if the changes differ materially from the approved details. Non-material changes may be formalised by way of an application under s.96A Town and Country Planning Act 1990.