Agenda and minutes

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 October 2016 are correctly recorded and that they be signed by the Chairman.

(1)       The Head of Planning Applications Group notified the Committee that she was considering whether there was a need for a Members’ site visit to Paradise Farm, Hartlip in respect of the application for brickearth extraction.  Mr Baldock requested that consideration be given to the possibility of holding a public meeting.

(2)       The Committee noted that there was still no definitive date for the site tour in respect of the proposed school developments in Wilmington as she had not yet received the detailed mitigation measures in respect of the access arrangements. 

(1)          The Chairman informed the Committee that he had met Mr S Gallagher from the Gallagher Group on a number of occasions.  This did not constitute a close personal relationship. He had not discussed this or any other planning application with Mr Gallagher.

(2)          Mr B J Sweetland and Mr N S Thandi were present for this item pursuant to Committee Procedure Rule 2.27 and spoke.

(3)          Mr Robin Theobald (Shorne PC) and Mr John Grey (Higham PC) addressed the Committee in opposition to the application.  Ms Angela Watts (SLR Consulting) spoke in reply on behalf of the applicants.

(4)          Mr T A Maddison moved, seconded by Mrs E D Rowbotham that the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group be agreed subject to the cladding on the building being a shade of green to be agreed by the Head of Planning Applications Group.

(5)          The mover and seconder of the above motion agreed to accept amendments to the proposed Informative which set out that the forum’s terms of reference should enable the local community to raise operational concerns with R S Skips. The forum should meet every six months with invitations being sent to the landowner and other operators from the industrial estate as well as the Parish Councils, local community groups and the two Local Members.

(6)          On being put to the vote, the motion set out above was carried by 14 votes to 2 with 2 abstentions.

(7)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)         permission be granted to the application subject to conditions, including conditions covering  the operation being carried out in accordance with the approved drawings and submitted documents; a restriction on HGV movements to a daily maximum of 74; hours  of  operation being0700 to 1800 onMondays  to  Fridays,  0700 to 1330  on Saturdays with no workingon Sundaysand BankHolidays; therestriction of noiselevelsat thenearestresidentialbuildingsat the Queens Farmcomplexand neighbouringindustrialpropertiesto42dB LAR,1hr(asoutlinedin paragraph81 of the originalreport); the restriction of vibrationlevelsat neighbouringindustri  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52.

(1)        Correspondence from Mr David Pettenden, a local resident had previously been circulated to all Members of the Committee.

(2)       On being put to the vote, the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group were agreed by 12 votes to 5.  

(3)          RESOLVED that permission be granted to the application subject to conditions, including conditions covering thedevelopmentbeingcarriedoutinaccordancewith theapproveddetails; operatinghourson site being 0600 to1800 hours on MondaystoFridays,includingBank Holidaysand theSaturdayfollowingChristmasand 0600to1300 hourson Saturdaysand Sundays withno operationson ChristmasDayor BoxingDay; nowastecollectionvehiclesleavingthesitebefore0500 hourson Mondaysto Fridays, includingBankHolidaysand onSaturdaymorningsand nowastevehiclesleaving thesiteon ChristmasDayor BoxingDay; no morethana combined total of 108 HGVsentering andleaving thesiteeachday; all vehiclesentering andleaving thesiteina forward motion; a maximumwastethroughputofup to25,000tonnesper annum;  wastetypesonlyincludingmixedrecyclat  ...  view the full minutes text for item 53.

(1)       The Head of Planning Applications Group informed the Committee that the figure for additional onsite car parking spaces set out in the report should read “18” rather than “19”.

(2)       Mr C P Smith reported the views of Mrs P T Cole in support of the Proposal.

(3)       Mr T A Maddison had previously informed the Committee that he would not participate in the decision-making on this item as he had already made his views known. He had already left the meeting, but had given his written views objecting to the proposal to the Head of Planning Applications Group, who reported them to the Committee.

(4)       In agreeing the recommendations of the Head of Planning Applications Group, the Committee decided to strengthen the updated Travel Plan condition in order to ensure that its content were made available on the School’s website.

(5)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)        permission be granted to the proposal subject to conditions,including conditionscovering             thestandard timelimit; the developmentbeing carriedout inaccordance withthe permitteddetails; the submissionof detailsof allmaterials tobe usedexternally; a schemeof landscaping,includingnative treeplanting, ecologicalenhancement measures,and hardsurfacing,itsimplementation andmaintenance; no treeremoval taking place duringthe birdbreedingseason; the submissionof anupdated TravelPlan priorto  occupation,and itsongoing monitoring and review thereafter. Thisupdated TravelPlan is to be available on the school’s website and will include measuresto manageand monitor theonsite dropoff area,to encourageand promotesustainabletransport options, including the possibility of introducing staggered school start and end times,and toset outSMART targets(specific, measurable,achievable, realistic andtimely) amongst other matters; the provision(priorto occupation)and retentionof        car parking,drop offarea and circulatoryroutes; theimplementationof archaeologicalfield evaluationworks andany subsequent archaeologicalinvestigations; hoursof workingduring constructionand demolitionbeing restrictedto between 0800and 1800 on Mondaysto Fridaysand betweenthe hoursof 0900and 1300on Saturdays,with nooperations onSundaysand BankHolidays;   the submission for approval of a         constructionmanagementstrategy, includingaccess,lorry routing,parking and circulationwithin thesite forcontractor’sand othervehicles relatedto construction anddemolition operations, detailsof howthe siteaccess wouldbe managedto avoid peakschool times,and measures topreventmud anddebris beingtaken onto thepublichighway; and

(b)       the applicants be advised by Informative that:-

(i)           with regardto therequirementto  ...  view the full minutes text for item 54.

(1)       Mr C Simkins informed the Committee that he was the Local Member for this proposal. He had not given his views on the proposal and was able to approach its determination with a fresh mind.  

(2)       Mr Tylden Reed from Charing PC addressed the Committee in support of the proposal.  

(3)       The Committee agreed that the text of Mr Tylden’s contribution should be sent to the Secretary of State as part of the County Planning Authority’s submission on this proposal. It also agreed to ask the Chairman to write separately on its behalf to the Secretary of State in respect of the delay in implementation caused by Sport England’s objections to this and similar applications. 

(4)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)          theproposal be referred to theSecretaryofState for Communitiesand Local Governmentand that subjecttohisdecision,permission be granted to the proposal subject to conditions, including conditions covering thestandard5 year timelimit; thedevelopment being carriedoutinaccordancewith thepermitteddetails; hoursofworkingduringconstructionbeingrestrictedto between0800 and1800 on MondaystoFridaysand betweenthehoursof0900and 1300on Saturdays,with no operationson Sundaysand bankholidays;  constructiontraffic/deliveries minimisingconflictwithtrafficand pedestriansat thebeginningand endof the school day; and the submission for approval of aschemeoflandscaping,includingtheprovisionofreplacementtreesofnative speciesinan appropriatelocati  ...  view the full minutes text for item 55.

RESOLVED that subject to the deletion of Permission CA/16/1822 (Swalecliffe Junior School) from the list of County Council developments, the following matters dealt with under delegated powers since the last meeting be noted:-

(a)          County matter applications;

(b)        County Council developments;

(c)                      Screening Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; and

(d)          Scoping Opinions under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (None).