Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllrs S Bull, G Farquhar, R Lawton, S McCormack and T Trent.

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 D Brown substituted for Cllr T Trent.

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.

For item 6a, Cllr S Baron declared for transparency that he had used the hotels involved in the application for personal use and was a local resident of the area. Cllr S Baron explained that despite this he was not pre-determined and had not spoken to any one in support nor objection to the application.

For item 6b, Cllr S Baron declared that given his position as BCP Council’s Lead Member of Poole Regeneration and the nature of comments he had made on the site and scheme, he would withdraw from the Committee for this item.

To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Meeting held on 16 June 2022.

The minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2022 were agreed as a correct record for signing.

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 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

Part A of the Protocol 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).

NOTE - For Agenda Items 6a and 6b:

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 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.

The Chairman also exercised his discretion as permitted by the Protocol for Speaking/Statements to amend the arrangements for speaking, to extend the speaking times from five to fifteen minutes and the number of speakers from two to six speakers.

To consider the planning applications as listed below.

See planning application reports circulated at 6a-6b, as updated by the agenda addendum sheet to be published on 12 July 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

Canford Cliffs

APP/17/00379/P

Major Outline application with details of access appearance, layout and scale to be determined and landscaping for consideration as a reserved matter.  The application proposes the demolition of all existing buildings (over all 3 sites) and the erection of a 171 bedroom hotel with associated hotel facilities, access and underground parking on the Sandbanks Hotel site; the erection of three blocks of residential apartments (119 units in total) and a restaurant with associated access and underground parking on the site of the Haven Hotel; and the erection of a 38 suite aparthotel with associated hotel facilities, access and underground parking on the site of the Harbour Heights Hotel.

Canford Cliffs

APP/17/00379/P

Major Outline application with details of access appearance, layout and scale to be determined and landscaping for consideration as a reserved matter.  The application proposes the demolition of all existing buildings (over all 3 sites) and the erection of a 171 bedroom hotel with associated hotel facilities, access and underground parking on the Sandbanks Hotel site; the erection of three blocks of residential apartments (119 units in total) and a restaurant with associated access and underground parking on the site of the Haven Hotel; and the erection of a 38 suite aparthotel with associated hotel facilities, access and underground parking on the site of the Harbour Heights Hotel.

Objectors:

•         David Morley, Chair of Sandbanks Comm Group.

•         Robert Webb, Sandbanks Neighbourhood Forum.

•         Julia Kuttner

•         Valery Collins

Applicant/Supporters:

•         Richard Carr

•         Matt Annen, Pure Town Planning

Ward Councillors:

•         Cllr M Iyengar

•         Cllr M Haines

RESOLVED that Planning Permission be refused, in line with the recommendation set out in the officer report.

Voting: For – Unanimous

NOTE - Not to be heard before 14:00.

Poole Town

APP/18/00750/F

Major application for the demolition of existing buildings and Grade II listed brick pier gate and the erection of a mixed-use development comprising 454 residential apartments (Class C3) together with food and beverage units (Class E(b)), office workspace (Class E(g)), art gallery (Class F1(b)), museum (Class F1(c)), a replacement facility for Poole Amateur Rowing Club (sui generis), quayside walkway, replacement quay wall, landscaping and associated ancillary works including highway works, car and cycle parking. This application includes an Environmental Impact Assessment (Revised Description).

Poole Town

APP/18/00750/F

Major application for the demolition of existing buildings and Grade II listed brick pier gate and the erection of a mixed-use development comprising 454 residential apartments (Class C3) together with food and beverage units (Class E(b)), office workspace (Class E(g)), art gallery (Class F1(b)), museum (Class F1(c)), a replacement facility for Poole Amateur Rowing Club (sui generis), quayside walkway, replacement quay wall, landscaping and associated ancillary works including highway works, car and cycle parking. This application includes an Environmental Impact Assessment (Revised Description).

RESOLVED that the planning application be withdrawn as per the reasons given by the Interim Director of Planning at the meeting.

Voting: For – Unanimous

Reasons:

The interim Director of Planning requested that the Planning Committee withdraw item 6B, (application APP/18/00750F), for Land Between the Bridges, West Quay Road, Poole from the agenda and for the item to be brought back to the Planning Committee for consideration at a future meeting.

The scheme has been in for 4 years, has attracted substantial public interest (over 1200 representations) and there are outstanding issues relating to two statutory consultees (Environment Agency and Historic England) that it is important to review prior to the Committee considering the application.

The interim Director of Planning advised the Planning Committee that the applicant had requested the application not be withdrawn from the agenda.

The interim Director of Planning confirmed that whilst it is regrettable that he was recommending withdrawing the item at this late stage, it was not a recommendation he made lightly, and it was important to clarify these issues regarding flood risk, scale, massing and visual impact given the prominent nature of the site in the Poole Regeneration area, and the volume of public interest in the application.