Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllr S Baron, Cllr S Bull, Cllr P Hall and Cllr T O’Neill.

To receive information on any changes in the membership of the Committee.

Note – When a member of a Committee is unable to attend a meeting of a Committee or Sub-Committee, the relevant Political Group Leader (or their nominated representative) may, by notice to the Monitoring Officer (or their nominated representative) prior to the meeting, appoint a substitute member from within the same Political Group. The contact details on the front of this agenda should be used for notifications. 

Notification was received that for this meeting Cllr J Butt was substituting for Cllr S Baron and Cllr B Dion was substituting for Cllr T O’Neill.

Councillors are requested to declare any interests on items included in this agenda. Please refer to the workflow on the preceding page for guidance.

Declarations received will be reported at the meeting.

Cllr T Johnson reported that as ward councillor he had been involved in some of the discussions around the planning application for St Aldhelm’s Academy. He would not participate as a committee member or vote on the item but would address the committee in his role as ward councillor.

To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting held on 15 December 2022.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2022 be confirmed as a true and accurate record for the Chairman to sign.

To receive any requests to speak on planning applications which the Planning Committee is considering at this meeting.

The deadline for the submission of requests to speak is 10.00am of the working day before the meeting. Requests should be submitted to Democratic Services using the contact details on the front of this agenda.

Further information about how public speaking is managed at meetings is contained in the Planning Committee Protocol for Public Speaking and Statements, a copy of which is included with this agenda sheet and is also published on the website on the following page:

https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=290

Summary of speaking arrangements as follows:

Speaking at Planning Committee (in person or virtually):

·       There will be a maximum combined time of five minutes to speak in objection and up to two persons may speak within the five minutes.

·       There will be a further maximum combined time of five minutes to speak in support and up to two persons may speak within the five minutes.

·       No speaker may speak for more than half this time (two and a half minutes) UNLESS there are no other requests to speak received by the deadline OR it is with the agreement of the other speaker.

Submitting a statement to Planning Committee as an alternative to speaking:

·       Anyone who has registered to speak by the deadline may, as an alternative to attending/speaking in person or virtually, submit a written statement to be read out on their behalf.

·       Statements must be provided to Democratic Services by 10.00am of the working day before the meeting.

·       A statement must not exceed 450 words (and will be treated as amounting to two and a half minutes of speaking time).

NOTE: FOR AGENDA ITEM 6A the Chairman has agreed to exercise his discretion to amend the above arrangements for this application, to extend the speaking times from five to FIFTEEN minutes and the number of speakers from two to SIX speakers.

Please refer to the full Protocol document for further guidance.

Note: The public speaking procedure is separate from and is not intended to replicate or replace the procedure for submitting a written representation on a planning application to the Planning Offices during the consultation period.

There were a number of requests to speak on planning applications as detailed under individual items below.

To consider the planning applications as listed below.

See planning application reports circulated with the agenda, as updated by the agenda addendum sheet to be published one working day before the meeting.

Councillors are requested where possible to submit any technical questions on planning applications to the Case Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting to ensure this information can be provided at the meeting.

The running order in which planning applications will be considered will be as listed on this agenda sheet.

The Chairman retains discretion to propose an amendment to the running order at the meeting if it is considered expedient to do so.

Members will appreciate that the copy drawings attached to planning application reports are reduced from the applicants’ original and detail, in some cases, may be difficult to read. To search for planning applications, the following link will take you to the main webpage where you can click on a tile (area) to search for an application.  The link is:

https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/Planning-and-building-control/Search-and-comment-on-applications/Search-and-comment-on-applications.aspx

Councillors are advised that if they wish to refer to specific drawings or plans which are not included in these papers, they should contact the Case Officer at least 48 hours before the meeting to ensure that these can be made available.

To view Local Plans, again, the following link will take you to the main webpage where you can click on a tile to view the local plan for that area. The link is:

https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/Planning-and-building-control/Planning-policy/Current-Local-Plans/Current-Local-Plan.aspx

The Committee considered planning application reports, copies of which had been circulated and which appear as Appendices A to H to these minutes in the Minute Book. There was an addendum sheet published on 18 January 2023 which appears as Appendix I to these minutes. The Committee considered the planning applications in the order set out below, as amended by the Chairman at the meeting to facilitate Member and Officer attendance:

Commons Ward

8/22/0831/FUL

Installation of new terrace walk-on roof light and boiler flue to Flat 1.

Commons Ward

8/22/0831/FUL

Installation of new terrace walk-on roof light and boiler flue to Flat 1.

Public Representations:

No Objectors, Applicant/Supporters or Ward/other councillors registered

RESOLVED that planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the recommendation set out in the Officer’s report.

Voting: For – 8, Against – 0, Abstain – 1

Notes: Cllr T Trent abstained as he had only just arrived when the officer presentation on the 1 Hurn Court applications had commenced. Cllrs M Davies, R Lawton, S McCormack and Dr F Rice were not in attendance for this item.

Commons Ward

8/22/0832/LB

Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including modifying timber studwork to form cupboards and form new internal opening into Flat 3. Replace wooden floor boards with stone tiles and fit new boiler flue within southern elevation wall of Flat 1 and installation of a roof light.

Commons Ward

8/22/0832/LB

Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including modifying timber studwork to form cupboards and form new internal opening into Flat 3. Replace wooden floor boards with stone tiles and fit new boiler flue within southern elevation wall of Flat 1 and installation of a roof light

Public Representations:

No Objectors, Applicant/Supporters or Ward/other councillors registered

RESOLVED that planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the recommendation set out in the Officer’s report

Voting: For – 8, Against – 0, Abstain – 1

Notes: Cllr T Trent abstained as he had only just arrived when the officer presentation on the 1 Hurn Court applications had commenced. Cllrs M Davies, R Lawton, S McCormack and Dr F Rice were not in attendance for this item.

Canford Cliffs Ward

APP/22/01364/F

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a replacement dwelling with ancillary pavilion and formation of a natural pool.

Canford Cliffs Ward

APP/22/01364/F

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of a replacement dwelling with ancillary pavilion and formation of a natural pool.

Public Representations:

Objectors

v  None registered

Applicant/Supporters

v  Matt Annen, on behalf of the applicant

Ward/other councillors

v  None registered

RESOLVED that planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the recommendation set out in the Officer’s report and the revised / additional conditions set out in the addendum.

Voting: For – 8, Against – 0, Abstain – 3

Notes: Cllr G Farquhar asked for his vote to abstain to be recorded. Cllr Dr F Rice was not in attendance for the entirety of this item and therefore did not vote. Cllr S McCormack was not in attendance for this item.

Alderney and Bourne Valley Ward

APP/22/00970/F

Construction of a floodlight 3G synthetic pitch with sports fencing, spectator area, access paths, wildlife bund, temporary haul road and additional cycle shelter/hoops. 

Alderney and Bourne Valley Ward

APP/22/00970/F

Construction of a floodlight 3G synthetic pitch with sports fencing, spectator area, access paths, wildlife bund, temporary haul road and additional cycle shelter/hoops

Public Representations:

Objectors

v  None registered

Applicant/Supporters

v  None registered

Ward/other councillors

v  Cllr Toby Johnson, in support

RESOLVED that planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the recommendation set out in the Officer’s report.

Voting: Unanimous

Notes: Cllr T Johnson did not participate as a committee member and did not vote and Cllr S McCormack was not in attendance for this item.

Bournemouth Central Ward

7-2022-1958-DQ

Outline submission for the demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of a 14-24 storey building comprising of approximately 7,000 sqm commercial floorspace, including a cinema (sui generis), FlipOut (use class E(d)) and restaurants (use class E(b)), approximately 3,800 sqm Sui Generis floorspace including a nightclub and sky bar, 494 residential flats (use class C3), 104-bedroom hotel (use class C1) and 450 capacity multi-storey car park. REVISED PLANS

Bournemouth Central Ward

7-2022-1958-DQ

Outline submission for the demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of a 14-24 storey building comprising of approximately 7,000 sqm commercial floorspace, including a cinema (sui generis), FlipOut (use class E(d)) and restaurants (use class E(b)), approximately 3,800 sqm Sui Generis floorspace including a nightclub and sky bar, 494 residential flats (use class C3), 104-bedroom hotel (use class C1) and 450 capacity multi-storey car park. REVISED PLANS

Public Representations:

It was noted that for this application the Chairman exercised his discretion to extend the speaking time to up to fifteen minutes and the number of speakers to up to six speakers.

Objectors

v  None registered

Applicant/Supporters

v  Paul Kinvig, Bournemouth Town Centre BID

v  Richard Carr, Fortitudo – the applicant

Ward/other councillors

v  Cllr Mike Greene, in support

Resolved that planning permission be GRANTED, contrary to the Officer recommendation to refuse, with the agreement of conditions and obligations to be delegated to the Interim Director of Planning in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Legal Advisor.

Reasons for decision:

The proposal would result in less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets; however, in balancing this harm against the public benefits of the proposed development, as per Paragraph 202 of the National Planning Policy Framework, and also giving appropriate weight to all other material considerations of the application, the substantial benefits including the impact on town centre regeneration in a sustainable location with a suitable housing unit mix, loss of the visually poor existing buildings and high quality design outweigh the heritage harm and other material considerations which weigh against the scheme. As such, the proposal would comprise sustainable development which complies with Paragraphs 11 and 38 and the National Planning Policy Framework as a whole, which is considered to outweigh any policy conflicts within the Local Development Plan on the planning balance

Voting: For – 8, Against – 5, Abstain – 0

Note: Cllr G Farquhar asked for his vote against the move to grant to be recorded.

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

7-2022-3914-C

Erection of a 5 storey building consisting of 13 x 2-bed flats and 6 x 3-bed flats with associated access and parking, involving demolition of existing residential and garage buildings 

Re-submission of application no. 7-2022-3914-B

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

7-2022-3914-C

Erection of a 5 storey building consisting of 13 x 2-bed flats and 6 x 3-bed flats with associated access and parking, involving demolition of existing residential and garage buildings. Re-submission of application no. 7-2022-3914-B

Public Representations:

Objectors

v  Neil and Susan Lyon

v  Nicholas Glassock

Applicant/Supporters

v  Ken Parke, on behalf of the applicant

Ward/other councillors

v  Cllr Andy Jones, in objection

Resolved that planning permission be GRANTED in accordance with the recommendation set out in the Officer’s report.

Reasons for decision:

The previous reasons for refusal have been overcome sufficiently to warrant a different decision, as the parking provision is now fully policy compliant with the absence of allocated parking, and although the overall unit mix on site falls below full policy compliance, there is reasonable justification to address the shortfall and in applying the tilted balance the benefits of the development outweigh this shortfall.

Voting For – 10, Against – 2, Abstain – 1

Note: Cllr G Farquhar asked for his vote against the move to grant to be recorded.

Commons Ward

8/22/0697/COU

Change of use of grass verge to use as private garden and erection of boundary fence.

Commons Ward

8/22/0697/COU

Change of use of grass verge to use as private garden and erection of boundary fence

Public Representations:

Objectors

v  Val Edmunds

v  Patricia Storgard

Applicant/Supporters

v  None registered

Ward/other councillors

v  Cllr Margaret Phipps, in objection

Resolved that planning permission be REFUSED, contrary to the Officer recommendation to grant, for the following reasons:

The land proposed to be taken from the verge is excessive. The removal of this verge will completely change the character of the entrance to Crofton Close and constitute a loss of local amenity greenspace and would be inappropriate in character and scale to the immediate locality.  The proposals would be contrary to Policy ENV21 & H12 of the Christchurch Local Plan (2001), Policies HE2, HE3 & KS1 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 - Core Strategy (2014) and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework

Voting: For – 10, Against – 1, Abstain – 1

Note: Cllr J Butt was not in attendance for this item.

Commons Ward

8/22/0829/COU

Change of use of grass verge to use as private garden, erection of boundary fence and widening of existing access

Commons Ward

8/22/0829/COU

Change of use of grass verge to use as private garden, erection of boundary fence and widening of existing access

Public Representations:

Objectors

v  Val Edmunds

v  Patricia Storgard

Applicant/Supporters

v  Steve Crabb, applicant

Ward/other councillors

v  Cllr Margaret Phipps, in objection

Resolved that planning permission be REFUSED, contrary to the Officer recommendation to grant, for the following reasons:

The land proposed to be taken from the verge is excessive. The removal of this verge will completely change the character of the entrance to Crofton Close and constitute a loss of local amenity greenspace and would be inappropriate in character and scale to the immediate locality.  The proposals would be contrary to Policy ENV21 & H12 of the Christchurch Local Plan (2001), Policies HE2, HE3 & KS1 of the Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan Part 1 - Core Strategy (2014) and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework

Voting: For – 11, Against – 1, Abstain – 0

Note: Cllr J Butt was not in attendance for this item.