Agenda and minutes

Officers:              Director of Development and Regeneration (Mr. J. Harrison)

                           Head of Development Management (Mrs. C. Thomas)

                           Principal Planning Officer (Mrs. A. Veevers)

                           Legal and Member Services Manager (Mr. M. Jones)

                           Member Services/Civic Support Officer (Mrs. J.A. Ryan)

In attendance:    Councillor J. Hodson (Portfolio Holder – Planning)

                           Councillor Owens (Derby Ward)

There were no apologies for absence received.

To be apprised of any changes to the membership of the Committee in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4.

There were no changes to the membership of the Committee.

Note: No other business is permitted unless, by reason of special circumstances, which shall be specified at the meeting, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no urgent items of business.

If a member requires advice on Declarations of Interest, he/she is advised to contact the Borough Solicitor in advance of the meeting. (For the assistance of members a checklist for use in considering their position on any particular item is included at the end of this agenda sheet.)

There were no Declarations of Interest.

Party Whips are not to be used by this Committee in respect of its functions concerning the determination of applications, approval of consents, the taking of enforcement action and the exercise of powers and duties with regard to highways, hedgerows, the preservation of trees and high hedge complaints. When considering any other matter which relates to a decision of the Cabinet or the performance of any member of the Cabinet, in accordance with Regulatory Committee Procedure 9, Members must declare the existence of any party whip, and the nature of it.

There were no declarations of Party Whip.

RESOLVED:        To receive as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on the 8 December 2016.

RESOLVED:         That the minutes of the meeting held on the 8 December 2016 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman subject to noting that Councillor Evans in respect of minute 50 (approval of the minutes of the meeting held on 10 November 2016) had asked that his abstention against the motion to approve the minutes be recorded.

To consider the report of the Director of Development and Regeneration.

The Director of Development and Regeneration submitted a report on planning application 2016/0756/FUL as contained on pages 1041 to 1053 in the Book of Reports and on pages 1057 to 1058  giving details of late information.

RESOLVED   That planning application 2016/0756/FUL relating to the Ropers Arms, 52 Wigan Road, Ormskirk be approved subject to the conditions in the report and with an additional condition as detailed on page 1058 of late information.  

(Note:  In accordance with Regulatory Procedure Rule 7(b) Councillor Owens spoke in connection with Planning Application 2016/0756/FUL).

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- CHAIRMAN  -