Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Vice Chair Councillor Geoff Russell explained that he would be the Chair in the absence of Councillor Harold Heaton and that Councillor Keith Iddon would be the Vice Chair for this meeting of the Development Control Committee.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ken Ball, Julia Berry and Harold Heaton

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any personal interest in respect of matters contained in this agenda. If the interest arises only as result of your membership of another public body or one to which you have been appointed by the Council then you only need to declare it if you intend to speak.

If the personal interest is a prejudicial interest, you must withdraw from the meeting. Normally you should leave the room before the business starts to be discussed. You do, however, have the same right to speak as a member of the public and may remain in the room to enable you to exercise that right and then leave immediately. In either case you must not seek to improperly influence a decision on the matter.

No declarations of interest were declared.

To confirm the minutes of the Development Control Committee meeting held on 15 September 2009 (enclosed)

RESOLVED - That the minutes of the meeting of the Development Control Committee held on 15 September 2009 be held as a correct record for signing by the Chair.

A table of planning applications to be determined is enclosed.

Please note that copies of the location and layout plans are included (where applicable) on the agenda. Plans to be considered will be displayed at the meeting or may be viewed in advance by following the links to current planning applications on our website http://planning.chorley.gov.uk/PublicAccess/TDC/tdc_home.aspx

The Corporate Director (Business) submitted reports on three applications for planning permission to be determined by the Committee.

RESOLVED – That the planning applications as now submitted, be determined in accordance with the Committee’s decisions recorded below:

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

That the application be deferred to allow for adequate consultation and be brought back to the Development Control Committee to be determined.

(The Committee received representations from an objector to the proposals, the applicant’s agent and Councillor Adrian Lowe who was the Ward representative)

Application no:                      09/00640/FUL

Proposal:                   Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of 7 two storey detached dwellings with associated garages and infrastructure

Location:                    4 Ewell Close, Chorley

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Dennis Edgerley, seconded by Councillor Chris France and was subsequently RESOLVED (12:0) to defer the planning application to allow for the full consultation period and be brought back to this Committee for a decision.

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Planning permission granted

(The Committee received representations from an objector to the proposals and the applicant’s agent)

Application no:                      08/00910/OUTMAJ

Proposal:                   Outline planning application for the redevelopment of land at Group One (Site Area 54.34 Hectares), Royal Ordnance Site, Chorley for mixed use development comprising housing and commercial uses (including uses A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, C1, C2 and C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006) and associated landscape treatment and highway works.

Location:                    Group One, Euxton Lane, Euxton, Lancashire

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Mike Devaney, seconded by Councillor David Dickinson and was subsequently RESOLVED to grant planning permission subject to a Legal Agreement and the following conditions:

1. Any application for approval of reserved matters (as defined in Condition 2 below) for all Phases identified on the approved Masterplan reference 895/97A must be made to the Council not later than the expiration of ten years beginning with the date of this decision notice.  Each Phase or Sub-Phase (as defined in Condition 3 below) of the development shall be begun within two years of the date of the Reserved Matters Approval relating to that Phase or Sub-Phase or in the case of approval of reserved matters on different dates the date of the final approval of the last of such matters to be approved.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2. Subject to Condition 3 (below)before any Phase of the development (as identified on the approved Master plan reference 895/97A) or a Sub-Phase of a Phase (as defined by Condition 3 (below)) hereby permitted is first commenced, full details of all reserved matters relating to that Phase or Sub-Phase (namely the appearance, layout, scale and landscaping of the site) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Approval of the reserved matters shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing for each phase or Sub Phase of the development (excluding works of demolition, site remediation and archaeological investigation) is commenced, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

3. Any application for approval of reserved matters of a Sub-Phase of a Phase shall not be submitted for approval pursuant to Condition 2 (above) unless there has first been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a plan showing the extent of the proposed Sub-Phase for which reserved matters are to be submitted.  For the purposes of this planning permission, all references to a Sub-Phase or Sub-Phases shall be to a Sub-Phase or Sub-Phases as shown on a plan approved by the Local Planning Authority pursuant to this Condition 3.

4. The development hereby permitted shall be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 86b

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

Planning permission granted

(The Committee received representations from an objector to the proposals)

Application no:                      08/00910/OUTMAJ

Proposal:                   Outline planning application for the redevelopment of land at Group 1 (Site Area 54.34 Hectares), Royal Ordnance Site, Chorley for mixed use development comprising housing and commercial uses (including A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, C1, C2 and C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2006) and associated landscape treatment and highway works.

Location:                    Group 1 Euxton Lane, Euxton, Lancashire

Decision:

It was proposed by Councillor Mike Devaney, seconded by Councillor David Dickinson, and was subsequently RESOLVED to grant planning permission subject to a Legal Agreement and the following conditions:

1. The proposed development must be begun not later than three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

2. This planning permission gives consent solely for the remediation and reclamation of the site as detailed in the planning application and does not give permission for the final use of the application site. The remediation and reclamation hereby approved shall be carried out in accordance with the submitted approved details, the approved phasing, approved pursuant to Condition 3 below, and in accordance with the submitted remediation strategy (Report Ref: B0031-02-R9-B), unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of the proper development of the site. To protect the environment and prevent harm to human health by ensuring that the land is re-mediated to an appropriate standard for the proposed end use and in accordance with Government advice contained in PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control

3. No development shall be commenced until details of the proposed phasing of the remediation and reclamation works hereby approved has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. In particular the plan shall detail the phasing of the tree removal along the southern railway boundary, details of the phasing of the replacement tree planting along the southern boundary and the type and size of trees to be planted along the southern boundary. The development thereafter shall be carried out in accordance with the approved phasing plan unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To protect the environment and prevent harm to human health by ensuring that the land is re-mediated to an appropriate standard for the proposed end use and in accordance with Government advice contained in PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control

4. If, during development, contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then development shall immediately cease and no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted, and obtained written approval from the Local Planning Authority for, an amendment to the Method Statement which forms part of Report Ref: B0031-02-R9-B detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with. The development thereafter shall be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 86c

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

The Corporate Director (Business) submitted a report giving notification of two appeals that had been lodged against the refusal of planning permission, one appeal that had been granted by the planning inspectorate and one appeal against enforcement action.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

Report of Corporate Director (Business) (enclosed)

The Committee received a report informing Members of the draft Planning Policy Statement 15 (PPS15) and sought approval of Chorley’s consultation response.

Members were informed that Communities and Local Government (CLG) were continuing its programme of updating and revising all the Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) and replacing them with Planning Policy Statements (PPS). PPG 15, Planning and Historic Environment and PPG16, Planning and Archaeology are to be replaced by a single PPS15.

The PPS had been drafted to support the principles outlined in the Governments white paper, Heritage Protection for the 21^st Century (March 2007) which set out three central principals to reform:

a)     The need to develop a unified approach to the historic environment

b)     Maximising opportunities for inclusion and involvement

c)      Supporting sustainable communities by putting the historic environment at the heart of an effective planning system.

The PPS aims to reflect these principles with a more modern, integrated approach, making no distinction between buildings and archaeology, however it was felt that care must be taken to ensure that not too much detail is lost in the drive for simplification. In an attempt to be more flexible and user friendly the resultant PPS is too vague and ambiguous.

Chorley’s consultation response to CLG is that whilst the draft PPS15 is well intended, it is short on sufficient detail to be, at best adequate, as a tool for Local Planning Authority (LPA) staff, conservation professionals, developers and owners ad, at worst, opens up a raft of loopholes for the unscrupulous or unwary to slip through. The result could be severely detrimental to our historic environment as many of the assumptions given in the impact assessment are either inaccurate or misleading.

RESOLVED – That the consultation response be endorsed and submitted to the Communities and Local Government (CLG).

The Committee received for information, tables listing six applications for Category ‘B’ development proposals which had been determined by the Corporate Director (Business) in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee at meetings held on 15 and 30 September 2009.

RESOLVED – That the tables be noted.

Schedule of applications determined between 1 and 30 September 2009 (enclosed)

The Committee received for information, a schedule listing the remainder of the planning applications determined by the Corporate Director (Business) under delegated powers between 1 and 30 September 2009.

RESOLVED – That the schedule be noted.