Agenda and minutes

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

                   Head of Development Management (Mrs C Thomas)

                   Legal and Member Services Manager  (Mr M  Jones)

                   Principal Planning Officer (Ms. T. Maguire)

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

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

Councillor Furey (Skelmersdale North 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.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 4, the Committee noted the termination of Councillors Mrs. Baybutt and Nixon and the appointments off Councillor C. Evans and Mills for this meeting only, giving effect to wishes of the Political Groups.

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.)

1.               Councillor Pope declared a pecuniary interest in respect of planning application 1160/HYB relating to Edge Hill University, St. Helens Road, Ormskirk by virtue of his employment at the University of Central Lancashire and therefore left the Chamber during consideration of this item.

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                                              .

RESOLVED:          That the minutes of the meeting held on the 12 January 2017 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman with Councillor Cooper’s name being amended to Councillor C. Cooper.

The Director of Development and Regeneration submitted a report on planning applications (all prefixed 2016 unless otherwise stated) as contained on pages 1068 to 1157 in the Book of Reports and on pages 1169 to 1174 giving details of late information.

RESOLVED   A    That the under-mentioned planning applications be approved subject to the conditions in the report:-

                               1220/FUL;               1050/FUL;             1291/WL3;

                               0932/FUL;               1008/FUL

B  That planning application 1160/HYB relating to Edge Hill University, Ormskirk be approved subject to the conditions in the report and with the amendment of Conditions 5 and 6 as detailed on pages 1171 and 1172 of late information and with a further two conditions as detailed below:-

       Condition 10

       The measures contained in the Arboriculture Method Statement received by the LPA 03.02.17 shall be fully implemented during construction.

       Reason

       To safeguard the health of the trees and so ensure that the proposed development complies with the provisions of Policies GN3 and EN2 in the adopted West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 Development Plan Document.

       Condition 11

       The development shall be carried out in accordance with the Construction Environmental Management Plan and Construction Plan received by the Local Planning Authority 03.02.17.

       Reason

       To safeguard the amenity of adjacent properties and the area generally and so comply with the provisions of GN3 in the adopted West Lancashire Local Plan 2012-2027 Development Plan Document.

                       C     That in respect of planning application 0665/FUL relating to Land to the South of Ashurst Road, Skelmersdale:-

1.    That the decision to grant planning permission be delegated to the Director of Development and Regeneration in consultation with the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee subject to the applicant entering into a planning obligation under S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure:-

the payment of £45,000 towards the improvement of existing area(s) of open space within the locality;

the capping of the sales values on each of the units

2.    That any planning permission granted by the Director of Development and Regeneration pursuant to recommendation 1 above be subject to the conditions as set down on pages 1132 to 1135 of the Book of Reports and with the amendment of condition 2 as detailed on page 1172 of the late information and an additional condition as detailed on page 1173 of late information.

D.         That planning application 1183/FUL relating to Charlton, Quarry Drive, Aughton be deferred to the next meeting of the Planning Committee to provide Officers with an opportunity to consider the wording of planning conditions that would be required if Members were minded to grant permission.

(Notes:

1.      In accordance with the procedure for public speaking on planning applications on this Committee, members of the public spoke in connection with application nos 1220/FUL and 1050/FUL.

2.      In accordance with Regulatory Procedure Rule 7(b) Councillor Furey spoke in connection with application no. 1220/FUL relating to 3 Mere Close, Skelmersdale.

3.      Councillor Pope had declared a pecuniary interest in respect of planning application 1160/HYB relating to Edge Hill University, St. Helens  ...  view the full minutes text for item 67.