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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE HELD ON TUESDAY 27TH MAY 2008
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE HELD ON TUESDAY 27TH MAY 2008 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, TOWN HALL, 9 DEVON SQUARE, NEWTON ABBOT
PRESENT Councillor D. Howe (Chairman) Presiding
Councillors H.L.J Cole
D. Corney-Walker
R Leeper
K. Purchase
K.A. Smith
A D Vizor
Mrs D Watts
In attendance: Rebecca Miller - Planning Officer, Teignbridge District Council
Eric Collar – Tree Warden
Representatives of the Press: John Balment – Mid Devon Advertiser
PART A – GENERAL COMMITTEE BUSINESS
25. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE 2008/09
Nominations were received for the election of the Chairman of the Planning Committee for the year 2008/2009.
Accordingly it was
RESOLVED that Councillor David Howe be elected as Chairman of the Planning Committee for the year 2008/09
26. APOLOGIES
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillor Mrs S Maddicott.
27. APPOINTMENT OF VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE 2008/09
Nominations were received for the appointment of the Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee for the year 2008/2009.
Accordingly it was
RESOLVED that Councillor Keith Smith be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee for the year 2008/2009.
28. MINUTES
The Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 6th May 2008 were received and signed as a correct record.
29. INTERESTS
Councillor Robert Leeper declared a prejudicial interest in item 7 (19) on the agenda.
30. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
(a) Local resident Mr De Val attended to hear discussions surrounding an application that he had submitted that was to be considered by the Committee.
The Chairman advised Mr De Val that he felt it appropriate for the consideration of the application to be deferred to the next meeting of the Committee (17th June 2008) as the Town Council had only received the plans 4 days prior to this meeting and it was felt that the members had not had sufficient time to consider the application in depth in order for a fair decision to be reached.
Arising from this it was
RESOLVED that application number 08/01959/FUL be deferred to the next meeting of the Planning Committee to be held on Tuesday 17th June 2008.
The Chairman thanked Mr De Val for his attendance, whereupon he left the meeting.
(b) Arising from Minute 533 (1) 05/08 – Mr Joe Marchant, Independent Consultant was in attendance to provide further information to members regarding the Paddock Site development, Highweek, Newton Abbot. (08/01381/FUL) prior to the application being considered by the Teignbridge District Council Development Control Committee.
Mr Marchant presented the Committee with the following information:
His role as a Consultant was purely conservation based.
Reasons for previous refusals were justified, however, the number of dwellings had been considerably reduced from 10-12 dwellings to 4 dwellings since the original application had been submitted 2 years ago
There had been considerable research undertaken on environmental issues, such as an in-depth abhoricultural study, landscape symmetry considerations, condition of Church Path
The value of the development had been reduced ¼ £million in order to increase the quality of the 4 dwellings proposed and the appropriateness from environmental viewpoint.
There had been £200,000.00 out aside for new stone and restoration of the wall that runs alongside of the proposed development
The design of the dwellings was in keeping with that of the local area.
Additional native planting was planned for the area to enhance its natural beauty
The Officers from Teignbridge District Council had not considered an environmental impact study to be necessary for this development
Mr Marchant concluded the presentation by confirming that the developer was an independent developer and was attempting to accommodate all the requests that he had received from Officers.
The Consultant informed members of the Committee that it was felt that this scheme warranted approval as it had addressed all the issues required from the previous applications submitted over the past two years.
At the conclusion of this item, the Chairman thanked Mr Marchant for his informative presentation, whereupon he left the meeting.
The Committee then re-considered its views on the application.
Arising from this it was
RESOLVED that the original objection to the application be withdrawn and, however the Committee maintains that if the officers are minded to approve the application, an environmental study should be carried out.
PART B – ITEMS FOR DECISION
31. PLANNING APPLICATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED
BRADLEY
1. 08/01669/FUL Tom Wilson
BRADLEY - Darracombe, Mile End Road, Newton Abbot
Partial demolition of main building and conversion of remainder to provide two dwellings and demolition of dormitory block and erection of four dwellings (revised scheme) for Eagle Ones Homes ltd
NO OBJECTION – THE COMMITTEE WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OBSERVED A MORE ADVENTUROUS DESIGN.
Appeal received
2. 08/00046/REF Rebecca Miller
Written representations/Public Inquiry/Informal Hearing
BRADLEY - 1 Whitehill Road, Newton Abbot
Appeal against refusal of planning permission no. 07/03639/CLD – Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations to ancillary outbuildings for Mr J. Richards
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE APPEAL.
TREE
3. 08/01703/TPO Doug Pratt
BRADLEY - 1 Lowicke House, Ringslade Road, Newton Abbot
Removal of cypress tree for Mr R. Anderson
THE TREE WARDEN RELAYED COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE ABHORICULRUTAL OFFICER AT TEIGNBRIDGE REGARDING REMOVAL OF THE TREE. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REMOVAL FROM THIS OFFICER SUBJECT TO THE TREE BEING REPLACED.
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE COMMENTS FROM THE ABHORICULTURAL OFFICER AND HAD NO OBJECTION, SUBJECT TO A RE-PLANT.
BUCKLAND
4. 08/01822/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUCKLAND - 8 Sandringham Road, Newton Abbot
Erection of a conservatory to rear for Mr & Mrs R. Read
NO OBJECTION
5. 08/01821/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUCKLAND - 52 Howard’s Way, Newton Abbot
Conservatory to rear for Mr G. Lee
NO OBJECTION
BUSHELL
6. 08/01773/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUSHELL - 57 Seymour Road, Newton Abbot
Creation of lower ground floor extension for Mrs C. Wreford-Holden
NO OBJECTION
7. 08/01633/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUSHELL - Makers Yard, Jetty Marsh Road, Newton Abbot
Conversion and extension of two business units to form three business units for DGL Holdings
NO OBJECTION
8. 08/01803/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUSHELL - 6 Trafalgar Close, Newton Abbot
Two storey side extension for Mr I Povey
THE TOWN COUNCIL RECOMMEDED REFUSAL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE ADVERSE IMPACT (TERRACED EFFECT) ON THE STREET SCENE
9. 08/01828/FUL Rebecca Miller
BUSHELL - 42 Devon Square, Newton Abbot
Small rear extension to existing shop with flat roof for Mr A. Sproson
NO OBJECTION
10. 08/01913/FUL Rebecca Miller
BUSHELL - 23 Abbotsbury Road, Newton Abbot
New attached dwelling house for Mr A. Blackmore
NO OBJECTION
11. 08/01935/FUL Naomi Harnett
BUSHELL - 80 Barton Drive, Newton Abbot
Erection of a conservatory for Mr R. Hardy
NO OBJECTION
Application withdrawn
12. 08/01017/FUL Rebecca Miller
BUSHELL - 100 Queen Street, Newton Abbot
Dwelling to rear for Concept Homes (Southern)
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN
COLLEGE
13. 08/01522/FUL Tom Wilson
COLLEGE - Former car rental yard off East Street, Newton Abbot
Erection of five dwellings for Mr S. Thompson
NO OBJECTION IN PRINCIPLE, HOWEVER REQUEST THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO A PROPORTION OF THE DWELLINGS TO BE CONSIDERED AS ‘SHARED OWNERSHIP’ PROPERTIES
14. 08/01838/FUL Rebecca Miller
COLLEGE - 7 Old Totnes Road, Newton Abbot
Extension to front of garage and a new conservatory for Mr S. Ackrill
NO OBJECTION
15. 08/01905/FUL Tom Wilson
COLLEGE - Inglewood, 15 Totnes Road, Newton Abbot
Retention of block retaining wall for Mr P. Mair.
NO OBJECTION
Appeal Received this week.
16. 08/00039/REF Tom Wilson
COLLEGE - Written representations – Land off Penshurst Road, Newton
Abbot
Appeal against refusal of planning permission no 07/03486/FUL – New dwelling house for Craiglea Management
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE APPEAL
MILBER
17. 08/01787/FUL Rebecca Miller
MILBER - 41 Aller Park Road, Newton Abbot
Remove existing rear timber extension and erect new kitchen/dining room extension for Mrs L. Pearson
NO OBJECTION
18. 08/01900/FUL Naomi Harnett
MILBER - 14 Heath Park, Newton Abbot
First floor extension to create new roof space for Mr P. Screech
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE ADVICE OF THE WARD MEMBER (IF THE OFFICERS ARE MINDED TO APPROVE THE COUNCIL REQUESTS THE LOCAL MEMBER TO REQUEST CATEGORY B)
19. 08/01959/FUL Rebecca Miller
MILBER - Milber Court, 18 Twickenham Road, Newton Abbot
New dwelling house for Mr A & Mrs S. De Val
DEFERRED see minute 30 a
32. STREET NAMING AND NUMBERING
The Committee received a request from a developer to name its new housing development at Rowantree Road, Newton Abbot, ‘Monterey Park’. Members felt the proposed name was not in keeping with the type of flowering tree road names already present in the area. The Committee therefore requested that the developer consider the name ‘Medlar’ as this type of tree is more in keeping with the current tree names utilised in the area and to also incorporate ‘Close’ rather than ‘Park’.
PART C – FOR INFORMATION ONLY
33. DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL APPLICATIONS
NIL
34. TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE
Councillor Corney-Walker (Mayor) drew to the attention of the Committee the approval of the lease extension for a further two years at the Long Lane recreation site. Previously considered - Minute number 463 03/08 refers.
Members noted this information.
35. PLANNING APPLICATIONS AT VARIANCE WITH TOWN COUNCIL’S OBSERVATIONS
NIL
36. APPLICATIONS IN NEIGHBOURING PARISHES
NIL
37. LATE CORRESPONDENCE
NIL
38. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
2:00pm Tuesday 17th June 2008