Agenda and minutes

Area Planning Sub-Committee West - Wednesday 18th May 2016 7.30 pm

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Media

Items
No.	Item
57.	Webcasting Introduction 1. This meeting is to be webcast. Members are reminded of the need to activate their microphones before speaking. 2. The Chairman will read the following announcement: “I would like to remind everyone present that this meeting will be broadcast live to the internet (or filmed) and will be capable of repeated viewing (or another use by such third parties). If you are seated in the lower public seating area it is likely that the recording cameras will capture your image and this will result in the possibility that your image will become part of the broadcast. This may infringe your human and data protection rights and if you wish to avoid this you should move to the upper public gallery.” Additional documents: Webcast for 57. Minutes: The Chairman made a short address to remind all present that the meeting would be broadcast on the Internet, and that the Council had adopted a protocol for the webcasting of its meetings. The Sub-Committee noted the Council’s Protocol for Webcasting of Council and Other Meetings.
58.	WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Additional documents: Webcast for 58. Minutes: The Chairman welcomed members of the public to the meeting and outlined the procedures and arrangements agreed by the Council, to enable persons to address the Sub-Committee in relation to the determination of applications for planning permission.
59.	Minutes PDF 161 KB To confirm the minutes of the last meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 13 April 2016. Additional documents: Webcast for 59. Minutes: RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 13 April 2016 be taken as read and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
60.	Declarations of Interest View the declarations of interest for item 60. (Director of Governance) To declare interests in any item on this agenda. Additional documents: Webcast for 60. Minutes: Pursuant to the Council's Code of Member Conduct, Councillors Sartin and Stavrou declared non-pecuniary interests in agenda items 7 (1) (EPF/0099/16 Rylston, Sewardstone Road, Waltham Abbey) by virtue of being a members of the Lea Valley Regional Park Association. The Councillors declared that their interests were not prejudicial and indicated that they would remain in the meeting during the consideration and voting on the items.
61.	Any Other Business 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. Additional documents: Webcast for 61. Minutes: It was reported that there was no urgent business for consideration at the meeting.
62.	Development Control PDF 573 KB (Director of Governance) To consider the planning applications 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. Additional documents: Minutes West 18 May 2016 , item 62. PDF 120 KB Webcast for 62. Minutes: The Sub-committee considered a schedule of applications for planning permission. RESOLVED: That, Planning applications numbered 1 – 6 be determined as set out in the annex to these minutes.
63.	Probity in Planning PDF 117 KB (Director of Governance) To consider the attached report and appendices. Additional documents: sons nursery roydon , item 63. PDF 6 MB park farm nursey sewardstone rd, waltham abbey , item 63. PDF 3 MB chimes garden centre nazeing , item 63. PDF 6 MB Webcast for 63. Minutes: The meeting considered the report advising the decision making committees of the results of all successful allowed appeals (particularly those refused by committee contrary to officer’s recommendations). Since 2011/12, there have been two local indicators, one of which measures all planning application type appeals as a result of committee reversals of officer recommendations (GOV08) and the other which measures the performance of officer recommendations and delegated decisions (GOV07). Over the six-month period between 1 October 2015 and 31 March 2016, the Council received 57 decisions on appeals (49 of which were planning related appeals, the other 8 were enforcement related). GOV07 and 08 measure planning application decisions and out of a total of 49, 18 were allowed (36.7%). Broken down further, GOV07 performance was 8 out of 27 allowed (29.6%) and GOV08 performance was 10 out of 22 (45.5%). Out of the planning appeals that arose from decisions of the committees to refuse contrary to the recommendation put to them by officers during the 6-month period, the Council was not successful in sustaining two of this committee’s objection. During this period, there were no award of costs against the Council in respect of a refusal of planning permission and the Council officers successfully defended against 5 claims for costs. RESOLVED: That the Planning Appeal Decisions be noted.