Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllr J Clements, Cllr D Flagg, Cllr G Martin and Cllr M Tarling. Cllr C Adams had been due to attend as a substitute member but also sent apologies.

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 Cllr B Nanovo was substitute member for Cllr Cllr M Tarling.

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 B Nanovo reported for transparency that she had been notified by the Council’s Communities Officer that volunteers from JP Morgan were due to help paint shelters on Southbourne Overcliff  Drive, a project she had led on in her ward but with no personal gain to herself. She spoke and voted on the application.

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 on Friday 3 July 2026 [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=613

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.

Anyone who has registered to speak by the deadline may, as an alternative to speaking/for use in default, submit a written statement to be read out on their behalf. This must be provided to Democratic Services by 10.00am of the working day before the meeting, 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.

The Chair advised that there were a number of requests to speak on the planning application as detailed 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 Chair 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, please use the following link:

https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/search-and-comment-on-planning-applications

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 a planning application report, a copy of which had been circulated and which appear as Appendix A to these minutes in the Minute Book. A Committee Addendum Sheet was published on 3 July 2026 and appears as Appendix B to these minutes.

Littledown and Iford ward

P/25/04768/FUL

Development of a 5-storey office building (Use Class E(g) and a two-storey decked parking structure on part of existing surface car park, with associated infrastructure and hard and soft landscaping. Construction of pedestrian link bridge between proposed office building and existing adjacent office building

Littledown and Iford ward

P/25/04768/FUL

Development of a 5-storey office building (Use Class E(g) and a two-storey decked parking structure on part of existing surface car park, with associated infrastructure and hard and soft landscaping. Construction of pedestrian link bridge between proposed office building and existing adjacent office building

Objectors

v  None received

Applicant/Supporters

v  Laura Batstone, JP Morgan Chase Bank

Ward Councillor

v  Cllr Lawrence Williams, in support

Neighbouring Ward Councillors

v  Cllr Alasdair Keddie, objecting in accordance with call in

v  Cllr Sharon Carr-Brown, objecting in accordance with call in

Resolved to GRANT permission in accordance with the recommendation set out in the officer’s report, as updated by the Committee Addendum published on 3.7.26

Voting:  For – 5, Against – 1, Abstain – 1

Notes:

In granting the application Committee Members were generally supportive of the survey for the Traffic Regulation Order being carried out 6 months after the office block is first occupied.

The meeting was preceded by a site visit which was attended by all Committee Members present.