Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies were received from Cllr J Challinor, Cllr M Dower, Cllr B Hitchcock and Cllr 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. 

Notification was received that Cllr P Canavan was substituting for Cllr M Dower and Cllr T Slade was substituting for Cllr J Challinor for this meeting.

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 J Clements declared that the applicant for the 48 Pearce Avenue planning application was known to her. She did not speak or vote on the item and left the room when the application was considered.

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

The minutes of the meeting held on 6 February 2025 were confirmed as an accurate record for the Chair to sign.

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 March 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, 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 reports, copies of which had been circulated and which appear as Appendices A – B to these minutes in the Minute Book. A Committee Addendum Sheet was published on 5 March 2025 and appears as Appendix C to these minutes.

Parkstone ward

APP/24/00779/P 

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3 no. detached dwellings and associated parking and landscaping. 

Parkstone ward

APP/24/00779/P

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3 no. detached dwellings and associated parking and landscaping

Public Representations

Objectors

v  Simon Moore

Applicant/Supporters

v  Richard Carr

Ward Councillors

v  Cllr Emily Harman, objecting

Resolved to GRANT permission in accordance with the recommendation set out in the officer’s report as updated in the Committee Addendum dated 5.3.25 and subject to delegating authority to the Head of Planning Operations to agree the wording of an additional condition to ensure no subdivision of floors and to amend the wording of Conditions 6 and 15 to be appropriate to the application.

Voting: For – 7, Against – 1, Abstain – 0

Notes:

Cllr J Clements did not participate in this item, in accordance with her declaration. Cllr S McCormack left the meeting at the conclusion of this item.

Westbourne and West Cliff ward

7-2024-3073-R 

Outline submission for demolition of existing buildings and erect 44 apartments with bin and cycle storage.

Westbourne and West Cliff ward

7-2024-3073-R

Outline submission for demolition of existing buildings and erect 44 apartments with bin and cycle storage

Public Representations

Objectors

v  Andrew Ahmed

Applicant/Supporters

v  Chris Miell, on behalf of the applicant

Ward Councillors

v  Cllr David d’Orton-Gibson, in support

Resolved to delegate authority to the Head of Planning Operations to GRANT planning permission contrary to the Officer recommendation to refuse the application, subject to the inclusion of a Section 106 agreement, conditions and informative notes to be agreed by the Head of Planning Operations in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee.

Reason for overturn: Having considered the planning balance, the Committee felt that the benefits provided from the scheme in this location outweighed the harm.

Voting: For – 6, Against – 1, Abstain – 1