Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllrs J Clements (Vice-Chair), C Adams, J Challinor, B Hitchcock and P Sidaway.

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 T Slade for Cllr C Adams.

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 none on this occasion.

To confirm and sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 16 January 2025.

The minutes of the meeting held on 16 January 2025 were approved as a correct 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 5 February 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 the requests to speak on the applications before the Committee would be addressed in accordance with the when the meeting considered each application.

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, 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 reported copies of which had been circulated and which appear as Appendices A-B to these minutes in the Minute Book.

Canford Cliffs ward

APP/24/00799/F

Demolish existing garage and side extension and erect 1 no. house with parking 

Canford Cliffs Ward

APP/24/00799/F

Proposal to demolish existing garage and side extension and erect 1 no. house with parking.

Public Representations

Objectors - Paul Shutte

Applicant/Supporters – Matt Annen

Ward Councillors – None registered

1. Resolved to GRANT in accordance with the recommendation set out in the officer’s report and subject to the conditions set out in the report and addendum sheet and subject to a signed S106 agreement and payment for Strategic Access Management and Mitigation Strategy.

And subject to an amendment to the first informative in the report to refer to paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework in place on paragraph 38.

2. In the event of the section 106 agreement not being signed within 3 months of this decision it was resolved to REFUSE the application in accordance with PP 32 and PP39 of the Local Plan.

Voting: 6 in Favour, 1 Abstention

Canford Heath ward

APP/24/00820/F

Demolish conservatory and erect an attached 3 bedroom dwelling with private garden with pedestrian access off Tait Close

APP/24/00820/F

Demolish conservatory and erect an attached 3-bedroom dwelling with private garden with pedestrian access off Tait Close.

Public Representations

Objectors – None registered

Applicant/Supporters – Darryl Howells, Agent

Ward Councillor – Cllr Sandra Moore

Resolved to GRANT in accordance with the recommendation set out in the officer’s report, subject to conditions set out in the report and with delegation to the Head of Planning Operations to agree an additional condition to address boundary management issues which is to be submitted and approved in writing.

Voting: Unanimous