Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs G Farquhar, P R A Hall, T Johnson and S McCormack

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. 

Cllr R Lawton substituted for Cllr P R A Hall

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.

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests

For reasons of transparency, Cllr R Lawton declared that he was the portfolio Holder with responsibility for Housing at the time that the proposal for Item 5b was registered, but no longer held this position.

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 12 noon one 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 Protocol for Public Speaking at Planning Committee, a copy of which is included with this agenda sheet and is also published on the website at the following link:

https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/documents/s31735/Protocol%20for%20Public%20Speaking%20and%20Statements.pdf

Part A of the Protocol (paragraphs 14 to 32) will apply to this meeting of the Planning Committee, summarised 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.

*The Chairman has agreed to exercise his discretion to enable speakers to join the meeting remotely on MS Teams if preferred. For further information please contact Democratic Services.

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 12noon one 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).

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 and written statements to be read out on planning applications considered by the Planning Committee.

The Chairman exercised his discretion as permitted by the Protocol for Speaking/Statements to allow those who wished to address the committee directly, to do so virtually via Microsoft Teams if they preferred.

To consider the planning applications as listed below.

See planning application reports circulated at 5a – 5e, as updated by the agenda addendum sheet to be published on Wednesday 2 February 2022.

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 D to these minutes in the Minute Book. There was an addendum sheet published on 2 February 2022 which appears as appendix E to these minutes. The Committee considered the planning applications as set out below:

Talbot and Branksome Woods Ward

7-2021-4211-G

Partial demolition of existing building, alterations and conversion to 5 flats, erection of 2 dwellinghouses and a block of 5 flats (10 flats and 2 houses in total) with associated access, car parking, bin and cycle stores

Talbot and Branksome Woods Ward

7-2021-4211-G

Partial demolition of existing building, alterations and conversion to 5 flats, erection of 2 dwellinghouses and a block of 5 flats (10 flats and 2 houses in total) with associated access, car parking, bin and cycle stores

Public Representations:

Ø   IN OBJECTION

v   Ruth Dovey on behalf of Hugh Craig and Deborah Leask (via MS Teams)

Ø   IN SUPPORT

v  Gary Worsfold, Scott Worsfold Architects (via MS Teams)

Ø   WARD COUNCILLORS

Cllr Karen Rampton (in person)

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be granted in accordance with the recommendation and conditions set out in the Officer report, as updated by the addendum sheet.

Voting:

For – 11

Against – 1

Abstentions – 0

Creekmoor Ward

APP/21/00748/F

Proposed development of two sites on land at former Hillbourne Primary School and Nursery to provide 81no. two-storey houses and 29no. Independent Living apartments within a 3 storey building. Works to include new vehicle and pedestrian access with associated hard and soft landscaping, car parking and a new pedestrian link path between Kitchener Crescent and Hillbourne Road. 

Creekmoor Ward

APP/21/00748/F

Proposed development of two sites on land at former Hillbourne Primary School and Nursery to provide 81no. two-storey houses and 29no.Independent Living apartments within a 3 storey building. Works to include new vehicle and pedestrian access with associated hard and soft landscaping, car parking and a new pedestrian link path between Kitchener Crescent and Hillbourne Road.

Public Representations:

Ø   IN OBJECTION

vRichard Kaye (written statement)

vJane Yates (written statement)

Ø   IN SUPPORT

v Huw Rettie, Kendall KIngscott (via MS Teams)

Ø   WARD COUNCILLORS

v Cllr Judy Butt (written statement)

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be delegated to the Head of Planning to approve subject to completion of the Legal Agreement relating to affordable housing and the investigation of partial obscured glazing to bedroom windows within the assisted living block.

Voting:

For – Unanimous

Queens Park Ward

7-2021-27551-A

Change of use of part of dwelling house and garage into micro brewery business - Existing unauthorised use

Queens Park Ward

7-2021-27551-A

Change of use of part of dwelling house and garage into micro brewery business - Existing unauthorised use

Public Representations:

Ø   IN OBJECTION

vGary Molloy (written statement)

vNatalie Jones (written statement)

Ø   IN SUPPORT

vMr & Mrs Knight (written statement)

Ø   WARD COUNCILLORS

v Cllr Mark Anderson (via MS Teams)

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be granted in line with the recommendation as set out in the report, subject to the amendment of Condition 5 as proposed by the officer during his presentation, to read as follows:

“Apart from the 3 existing waste bins there shall be no raw materials, waste or other articles relating to the brewery operation stored or displayed on the driveway outside the garage or on any other outside areas within the curtilage of the premises.”

Voting:

For – Unanimous

Christchurch Town Ward

8/21/0111/HOU

Raise roof to create two storey dwelling, ground floor extension to the rear and side along with an enlarged driveway. 

Christchurch Town Ward

8/21/0111/HOU

Raise roof to create two storey dwelling, ground floor extension to the rear and side along with an enlarged driveway.

Public Representations:

Ø   IN OBJECTION

v  Peter Jones (in person)

v  James Cain (written statement)

Ø   IN SUPPORT

v  Matt Stevens, Aspire Architects (in person)

Ø   WARD COUNCILLORS

v  None registered

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be granted in line with the recommendation as set out in the report.

Voting:

For – Unanimous

This item has been withdrawn from the agenda by officers and is not for consideration by the Committee. 

The Item was withdrawn by Officers prior to the meeting taking place and the applications was therefore not considered