Agenda and minutes

This meeting is to be webcast and the Chairman will read the following announcement:

“I would like to remind everyone that this meeting will be filmed live or recorded, and uploaded to the internet and will be capable of repeated viewing.

Therefore, by participating in this meeting, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

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Members and public speakersare reminded to turn on their microphones before speaking and turn them off when they have finished.”

To declare interests in any item on this agenda.

a)            Pursuant to the Council’s Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor Wiskin Owen declared a non-pecuniary interest in the following item of the agenda by virtue of being known to the applicant’s agent.

·                    EPF/0754/24 43 Alderton Hill Loughton IG10 3JD

b)            Pursuant to the Council’s Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillors Allgood, Brookes and Owen declared a non-pecuniary interest in the following item of the agenda by virtue of visiting the premises earlier in the day.

·                    EPF/0867/24 - 126 High Road Loughton IG10 4BE.

To confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 12 June 2024.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the Sub-Committee held on 12 June 2024 be taken as read and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

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.

It was noted that there was no other urgent business for consideration by the Sub-Committee.

To identify and agree requirements for formal site visits to be held with regard to any planning application listed in this agenda, prior to consideration of the application.

There were no formal site visits requested by the Sub-Committee.

Members of the Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer and representation from the applicant’s agent. The Committee discussed the planning merits of the application. The committee voted for the officer recommendation.

Resolved:

The Committee voted to approve the application.

Members of the Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer and representation from the applicant’s agent. The Committee discussed the planning merits of the application.

Modified conditions relating to the restriction of amplified sound, the terrace to be used for dining purpose only and restricted to 10 tables and 26 chairs, were proposed, seconded, and voted for by the Committee.

Resolved:

·         The Committee voted  to approve the application, with additional conditions.

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.