Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed members of the public to the meeting and outlined the procedures and arrangements adopted by the Council to enable persons to address the Sub-Committee, in relation to the determination of applications for planning permission. The Sub-Committee noted the advice provided for the public and speakers in attendance at Council Planning Sub-Committee meetings.

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 23 November 2016.

Resolved:

(1)        That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 December 2016 be taken as read and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

(Director of Governance) To declare interests in any item on this agenda.

(a)        Pursuant to the Council’s Member Code of Conduct, Councillor Patel declared a personal interest in the following items of the agenda by virtue of being a former pupil of Chigwell School. The Councillor had determined that his interest was non-pecuniary and that he would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the applications and voting thereon:

·                 EPF/2663/16   Chigwell School, High Road, Chigwell; and

·                 EPF/2666/16   Chigwell School, High Road, Chigwell.

(b)        Pursuant to the Council’s Member Code of Conduct, Councillors A Lion and G Mohindra declared a personal interest in the following item of the agenda by virtue of being members of the Cabinet and the property was owned by the Council. The Councillors had determined that their interest was non-pecuniary and that they would remain in the meeting for the consideration of the application and voting thereon:

·                 EPF/3015/16   21 The Broadway, Loughton.

Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, requires that the permission of the Chairman be obtained, after prior notice to the Chief Executive, before urgent business not specified in the agenda (including a supplementary agenda of which the statutory period of notice has been given) may be transacted.

The Sub-Committee noted that there was no other urgent business for consideration.

Cllr C C Pond requested that the planning application for 95 Hainault Road in Chigwell be brought forward for consideration to receive advice from the Council’s Arboricultural Officer, and this was agreed by the Sub-Committee.

(Director of Governance)  To consider planning applications as set out in the attached schedule

Background Papers:  (i)  Applications for determination – applications listed on the schedule, letters of representation received regarding the applications which are summarised on the schedule.  (ii)  Enforcement of Planning Control – the reports of officers inspecting the properties listed on the schedule in respect of which consideration is to be given to the enforcement of planning control.

The Sub-Committee considered a schedule of applications for planning permission.

Resolved:

(1)      That the planning applications numbered 1 – 10 be determined as set out in the attached schedule to these minutes.

Exclusion: To consider whether, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press should be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below on grounds that they will involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the following paragraph(s) of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended) or are confidential under Section 100(A)(2):

The Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006, which came into effect on 1 March 2006, requires the Council to consider whether maintaining the exemption listed above outweighs the potential public interest in disclosing the information. Any member who considers that this test should be applied to any currently exempted matter on this agenda should contact the proper officer at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.

Background Papers:  Article 17 - Access to Information, Procedure Rules of the Constitution define background papers as being documents relating to the subject matter of the report which in the Proper Officer's opinion:

(a)        disclose any facts or matters on which the report or an important part of the report is based;  and

(b)        have been relied on to a material extent in preparing the report and does not include published works or those which disclose exempt or confidential information and in respect of executive reports, the advice of any political advisor.

The Council will make available for public inspection for four years after the date of the meeting one copy of each of the documents on the list of background papers.

The Sub-Committee noted that there was no business which necessitated the exclusion of the public and press.