Agenda and minutes

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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.

To report the appointment of any substitute members for the meeting.

The following substitutions were noted:

·       Councillor Mead had been appointed for Councillor Kauffman.

To declare interests in any item on this agenda.

a)    Pursuant to the Council’s Members’ Code of Conduct, Councillor Mead declared a non-pecuniary interest in the following item of the agenda as daughter was a student at the school that used to exist at the application site.

·       EPF/0898/24 Land between 25 and 32 Westbury Lane, Westbury Lane, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5NF

b)    Planning Officer M Tovey declared a non-pecuniary interest in the following item of the agenda by virtue of the objector being a family friend.

·       EPF/1427/24 Land to the South of Station Way, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6LN

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of Plans A  held on the 13 November 2024 be taken as read and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

The Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer, and statements from an objector, the Town Council, the Applicant and a ward Councillor.

The Committee discussed the planning merits of the application.

RESOLVED:

The application was approved as per the Officer recommendation subject to a condition seeking landscaping and screening between the site and No. 17 Hartland Road (The Oaks) and a condition ensuring that the first-floor bathroom window facing The Oaks is obscure glazed and fixed shut in perpetuity. Furthermore, it was resolved that the first-floor bedroom window facing The Oaks be removed from the plans.

This planning application was previously deferred at the Area Planning Sub-Committee South on 7 August 2024 as Members had requested additional information to be submitted to support the case.

Additional information included a daylight / sunlight assessment, plans to show rear massing of proposed development, and drawings to show the development and its relationship with existing properties in the street scene.

The Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer, and statements from an objector, the Town Council, the Applicant and a ward Councillor.

The Committee discussed the planning merits of the application.

RESOLVED:

The application was approved as per the Officer recommendation subject to planning conditions and the completion of a s106 legal agreement.

To consider the attached report for the Installation of EV Charging Station.

The Committee received a presentation from the Planning Officer, and statements from an objector, the Town Council and a ward Councillor.

The Committee discussed the planning merits of the application.

RESOLVED:

The Committee voted to defer the planning application until further details including detailed plans showing the position of the charging point, arrangement of the parking bays, and barriers to protect the electric vehicle charging point could be included.

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.