Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllr C Adams, Cllr B Hitchcock and Cllr K Salmon.

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 J Salmon was substituting for Cllr K Salmon for this meeting.

To elect a Chair of the Western BCP Planning Committee for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

The current Vice Chair of the Committee presided over this item and sought nominations for the election of Chair. A nomination was received and seconded for Cllr M Le Poidevin. No further nominations were received.

RESOLVED that Cllr M Le Poidevin be elected as Chair of the Western BCP Planning Committee for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

To elect a Vice Chair of the Western BCP Planning Committee for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

The Chair sought nominations for the election of Vice Chair. A nomination was received and seconded for Cllr J Clements. No further nominations were received.

RESOLVED that Cllr J Clements be elected as Chair of the Western BCP Planning Committee for the Municipal Year 2025/26.

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 3 April 2025.

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 April 2025 were confirmed as an accurate record to be signed by the Chair.

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 21 May [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.

There were a number of requests to speak on planning applications on the agenda 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 appears as Appendix A of these minutes in the Minute Book. A Committee Addendum Sheet was published on 21 May 2025 and appears as Appendix B to these minutes.

Canford Cliffs ward

APP/24/00640/F

Demolition of existing property and erection of a replacement property. Improvement works to the sea wall. 

Canford Cliffs ward

APP/24/00640/F

Demolition of existing property and erection of a replacement property. Improvement works to the sea wall. 

Public Representations

Objectors

v  None registered

Applicant/Supporters

v  Natalie Aldrich, heritage consultant

v  Tom Glanfield, applicant

Ward Councillors

v  None registered

RESOLVED to DEFER consideration of the application for the following reasons:

• To request advice on the application from the Council’s Legal Services and attendance of a legal representative at the committee meeting when the application is further considered
• To provide further advice/clarification on the assessment of 'significance' and public benefits, in light of the development plan and other material planning considerations (including the NPPF)

Voting: For – 4, Against – 0, Abstain – 4

Note: Prior to the deferral, a move to grant the application contrary to the officer’s recommendation was not carried: Voting: For – 4, Against – 4, Abstain – 0, with the Chair using her casting vote to vote against the move to grant.