Agenda and minutes

Members are asked to declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests in respect of any item of business to be considered at the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made by Councillors in items on this Agenda.

The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on the 15 December 2016 (attached) and authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The Minutes of the previous meeting of the Planning Committee held on 15 December 2016 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of 2 detached houses with associated parking (Amended drawings received 31.01.2017)

Description

Demolition of existing dwelling and the erection of 2 detached houses with associated parking (Amended drawings received 31.01.2017).

Decision

Planning permission is REFUSED for the following reason:

(1)            By reason of its scale, massing, layout and design, the development would result in the over-development of the site, leading to the house on Plot A appearing overly dominant in the outlook from No 55 Longdown Lane North, and the overall scheme cramped within the plot. The application therefore fails to comply with the requirements of Policy CS5 of the Local Development Framework Core Strategy (2007) and Policies DM9 and DM10 of the Development Management Policies (2015).

The Committee noted a verbal representation from an objector.  Letters of representation had been published on the Council’s website and were available to the public and members of the Committee in advance of the meeting.

Change of use of former Rangers room in Pavilion building to Café (Class A3) use.

Description

Change of use of former Rangers room in Pavilion building to Café (Class A3) use.

Decision

Planning permission is PERMITTED subject to the following conditions:

Conditions:

(1)            The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 (1) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

(2)            The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: site plan dated 14/12/16 and annotated floorplan drawing no 2204/110

Reason: For the 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). 

Informative:

(1)            The Council confirms that in assessing this planning application it has worked with the applicant in a positive and proactive way, in line with the requirements of paragraph 186-187 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2012.

Members are asked to put forward any applications which it is considered warrant a site visit.

The Committee reviewed and considered site visits and decided that a visit should be held at the appropriate time in connection with the following applications:

·                 65 London Road, Ewell, KT17 2BL – 16/00933/FUL

·                 5 Cox Lane, West Ewell, KT19 9LR – 16/01146/FUL

·                 18a Worple Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5EF – 16/01421/FLH

The Committee is asked to consider whether it wishes to pass a resolution to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

The press and public were asked to leave the meeting.

Note:  Councillor Peter Webb left the Chamber at 20.52 and did not return to the meeting.

These Minutes from the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 15 December 2016 have not been published because the meeting was closed to the press and public on the grounds that the nature of the business to be transacted/nature of the proceedings dealt with information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.

The restricted Minutes of the Planning Committee held on 15 December were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

These Minutes were not published because the meeting was closed to the press and public on the grounds that information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.