Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Councillor Brian Hitchcock, Councillor Peter Cooper and Councillor Jo Clements.

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. 

Councillor Patrick Canavan substituted for Councillor Peter Cooper.

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 interest.

To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2025.

The minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2025 were confirmed as an accurate record.

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 Wednesday 3 December 2025 [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=614

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 applications 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 planning application reports, copies of which had been circulated and which appear as Appendices A – C to these minutes in the Minute Book. A Committee Addendum Sheet was published on 3 December 2025 and appears as Appendix D to these minutes.

Poole Town ward

APP/23/00011/F

Demolition of the existing hotel building and redevelopment to provide a mixed use scheme of five buildings providing flexible commercial units at ground floor with 179 residential units above and a hotel with ancillary bar/restaurant, plus basement level car parking, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, revised access and associated works.

Poole Town ward

APP/23/00011/F

Demolition of the existing hotel building and redevelopment to provide a mixed use scheme of five buildings providing flexible commercial units at ground floor with 179 residential units above and a hotel with ancillary bar/restaurant, plus basement level car parking, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping, revised access and associated works.

Public Representations

Objectors

vSusan Stockwell

vMaureen Evans

Applicant/Supporters

vNone registered

Ward Councillors

vNone registered

The following are two of the most usual resolutions:

Resolved to REFUSE permission in accordance with the recommendation set out in the officer’s report.

Voting:  Unanimous

Creekmoor ward

P/25/01968/CONDR 

Variation of condition Nos. 1, 2 and. 3 of planning permission APP/24/00641/F as described in that description of development to amend the permission to extend the limited period to 3 years starting from the date of this Section 73 Decision Notice, amending the site, building and court layout (reducing to 6 courts in total), reducing the scale and footprint of the building and amending the parking layout and footway link to the central island pedestrian crossing point.

Creekmoor ward

P/25/01968/CONDR

Variation of condition Nos. 1, 2 and. 3 of planning permission APP/24/00641/F as described in that description of development to amend the permission to extend the limited period to 3 years starting from the date of this Section 73 Decision Notice, amending the site, building and court layout (reducing to 6 courts in total), reducing the scale and footprint of the building and amending the parking layout and footway link to the central island pedestrian crossing point.

Public Representations

Objectors

vNone registered

Applicant/Supporters

vNone registered

Ward Councillors

vNone registered

The following are two of the most usual resolutions:

Resolved to DEFER the application to allow the Head of Planning Operations the opportunity to undertake further negotiations, as requested by the applicant, following the discussions relating to the re-introduction of the green wall and additional conditions of the original scheme that are required to be amended in accordance with the recommendation updated by the Committee Addendum published on 3.12.25.

Voting:  Unanimous

This report updates members of the planning committee on the Local Planning authority's'  Appeal performance over the stated period

The Development Management Team Leader presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'C' to these Minutes in the Minute Book. The report provided an update to the Western Planning Committee on the Local Planning Authorities Appeal performance over the stated period.

Whilst the LPA is performing within target for the national measure for the ‘quality of decision making’, it is still necessary to review and reflect on appeal decisions in order to provide high quality decisions, and to avoid the potential for successful cost claims. The report provided a summary of the reasons why 2 appeals (1 Rowington Hall, 4 Dover Close, Poole and 79 Salterns Road, Poole) were allowed in June.

RESOLVED that

The planning committee notes the contents of this report.

Voting: Unanimous