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Apologies for absence were received from Councillor M Jones and Councillor E C Galsworthy.
No Declarations of Interest were made.
Proposed development to create 30 No (1 and 2 Bedroom Self Contained Apartments) The Committee met on site together with Officers, Robert Chichester of C2J Architects and Town Planners and a local resident to undertake a Fact Finding Meeting in relation to the above application. The Planning Officer then referred the Committee to the application and gave details of the proposal. The site visit had been requested in relation to concerns around a shortfall in parking provision. The recommendation of the Head of Town Planning and Countryside was that the application be approved subject to the Conditions as outlined in the report. The following questions were then raised by the Committee: · Details of the location of the residents who had raised an objection · Why had there been no Consultation exercise undertaken with the residents · Had any of the residents been spoken to · How many residents had been contacted during the pre application process · How was the figure of 30 apartments arrived at – Reference made to the Planning Obligations detailed in the report · Explanation requested in relation to the keeping of the Façade of the building and the overhang of the top part of the building · How deep would the façade be kept · Cycle provision – What evidence is there of research that there is a requirement for 44 cycles · What is the correct number of parking spaces – Five or six (The Planning Officer confirmed that the number was six) · Allocation of spaces for the disabled within the six – Possibility of increasing the number of non disabled spaces · Explanation of the conservation area and the Trees on the site · How long would it take to demolish the buildings behind the façade · When works were able to be started how long would it take to complete · (The agent advised that it would be six months to demolish and 18 months to develop and gave details on this) · Update on position with Housing Associations · How will it be managed The Planning Officers and the agent responded in detail to the questions raised. · A question was then raised in relation to access and egress at the junction. The Engineering and Highways Officers then responded and advised that the objection from the Department was in relation to the parking as if the majority of people had cars and there were only two ordinary parking spaces this could mean that thirteen cars could be parked on the road which would require 70 m of road space. A question was then raised in relation to Electric charging points and was responded to by the Officers. The Chair then thanked all parties for attending and called the Meeting to a close.
The Chair advised that there was no other business deemed urgent.
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