Agenda and minutes

Planning Regulatory Committee - Monday, 14th November 2016 10.30 a.m.

Venue: Lancaster Town Hall

Contact: Tessa Mott, Democratic Services: telephone (01524) 582074 or email  tmott@lancaster.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

85.

Minutes

Minutes of meeting held on 17th October, 2016 (previously circulated). 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on the 17th October 2016 were signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

86.

Items of Urgent Business authorised by the Chairman

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business.

87.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations by Members of interests in respect of items on this Agenda. 

Members are reminded that, in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, they are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which have not already been declared in the Council’s Register of Interests. (It is a criminal offence not to declare a disclosable pecuniary interest either in the Register or at the meeting). 

Whilst not a legal requirement, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 9 and in the interests of clarity and transparency, Members should declare any disclosable pecuniary interests which they have already declared in the Register, at this point in the meeting. 

In accordance with Part B Section 2 of the Code Of Conduct, Members are required to declare the existence and nature of any other interests as defined in paragraphs 8(1) or 9(2) of the Code of Conduct. 

 

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

88.

Site Visit

Minutes:

A site visit was held in respect of the following applications:

 

A6

16/00961/CU

Red Moss Farm, Quernmore, Lancaster

Lower Lune Valley Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16/00764/FUL

 

 

16/01084/FUL

 

 

16/01155/FUL

Land at Canal Bank Stables, Ashton Road, Lancaster

 

Land Adjacent to Bulk Road, Lancaster

 

St Leonards House, St Leonards Gate, Lancaster

 

Scotforth West Ward

 

Bulk Ward

 

 

Bulk Ward

 

The following members were present at the site visit, which took place on Monday 7th November 2016:

 

Councillors Eileen Blamire, Carla Brayshaw, Dave Brookes, Abbott Bryning, Claire Cozler, Helen Helme, Margaret Pattison, Sylvia Rogerson, Malcolm Thomas and Peter Yates.

 

Officers in Attendance:

 

Andrew Drummond – Development Manager (Planning Applications)

Petra Williams – Planning Officer

Kim Ireland – Assistant Planner

Mark Potts – Major Applications Planning Officer

Tessa Mott – Democratic Support Officer

 

APPLICATIONS SUBJECT TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

89.

Former Broadway Hotel, Marine Road East, Morecambe pdf icon PDF 331 KB

Erection of 50 residential apartments with associated access, car parking and landscaping

Minutes:

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16/01056/FUL

Erection of 50 residential apartments with associated access, car parking and landscaping

Bare Ward

        A

 

Under the scheme of public participation, Bernard Vause spoke in objection to the application and David Hall of DH Planning Solutions, agent for the applicant, spoke in support.

 

It was proposed by Councillor June Ashworth and seconded by Councillor Margaret Pattison:

 

“That the application be approved.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

 

Resolved:

 

That Planning Permission be granted subject to the signing of a legal agreement to secure a financial contribution in lieu of on-site affordable housing and the following conditions (though if the legal agreement is not signed and completed on or prior to the determination date the application is to be refused):

 

 

 

 

1.

Standard time Limit.

 

2.

Approved Plans List.

 

3.

Details of the vehicular access to be submitted pre-commencement.

 

4.

Scheme for the disposal of foul drainage to be submitted pre-commencement.

 

5.

Scheme for the disposal of surface water drainage to be submitted pre-commencement.

 

6.

Schedule of window/door/roof details (including rainwater goods) to be submitted pre-construction of the building.

 

7.

Schedule and samples of all external materials and finishes to elevations and details of surfacing treatments to be submitted pre-construction of the building.

 

8.

Landscaping scheme including external lighting to be submitted pre-construction of the building.

 

9.

Notwithstanding details submitted, cycle storage and provision to be agreed (pre-occupation).

 

10.

Scheme for management and maintenance of surface water for the life time of the development to be submitted pre-occupation.

 

11.

Off-site highway improvements (closure of existing accesses and reinstatement to footways, realignment of Broadway junction) to be implemented prior to first occupation.

 

12.

Protection of visibility at site access.

 

13.

Development to be carried out in accordance with the mitigation measures set out in the FRA.

 

14.

Mitigation measures for Habitat Regulations Assessment (TBC) to be provided during construction (pollution prevention) and pre-occupation (recreational pressures) as per revised ecology report (TBC).

 

15.

Site to be drained on separate systems.

 

16.

Notwithstanding other details set out within the application, a revised Construction Environmental Management Plan shall be submitted and agreed in writing with the LPA prior to development commencing.  The agreed CEMP to be complied with in full throughout all site works/construction phases of the development.

 

17.

Hours of construction.

 

18.

Car parking provision.

 

19.

Electric charging point to be provide and available for use.

 

20.

Unforeseen Contamination.

 

 

APPLICATIONS NOT SUBJECT TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

90.

Red Moss Farm, Quernmore Brow, Quernmore, Lancaster pdf icon PDF 259 KB

Change of use of agricultural livestock and storage building to a mixed use comprising of a micro-brewery (B2) and general agricultural building

Minutes:

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16/00961/CU

Change of use of agricultural livestock and storage building to a mixed use comprising of a micro-brewery (B2) and general agricultural building

Lower Lune Valley Ward

        A

 

It was proposed by Councillor Helen Helme and seconded by Councillor Sylvia Rogerson:

 

“That the application be approved.”

 

(The proposal was contrary to the case officer’s recommendation that the application be refused).

 

Upon being put to the vote, 13 Members voted in favour of the proposition, with 1 against, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

 

Resolved:

 

1.            Standard time limit.

2.            Development in accordance with approved plans.

3.            Foul and surface water drainage details.

4.            Micro-brewery use limited to 20% of the floor area of the building.

5.            Use wholly in conjunction with, and ancillary to the agricultural use of Red Moss Farm and in particular it shall not be severed from the farm holding, sold, disposed of or otherwise let out.

6.            No external storage.

7.            Before the development hereby permitted becomes operative that part of the access extending from the highway boundary for a minimum distance of 10m into the site shall be appropriately paved in tarmacadam, concrete, block paviours, or other approved materials.

91.

Market Street / Euston Road, Morecambe pdf icon PDF 236 KB

Use of designated pedestrian highway as street cafe seating and balustrades (no fixed structures)

Minutes:

A7

16/01140/CU

Use of designated pedestrian highway as street cafe seating and balustrades (no fixed structures)

Poulton Ward

      A

 

It was proposed by Councillor Janice Hanson and seconded by Councillor June Ashworth:

 

“That the application be approved.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

 

Resolved:

 

That Planning Permission be granted subject to the following conditions:

 

1.

Standard 3 year timescale

2.

Development relates solely to the land identified within the red edge (in

accordance with the approved plans).

 

 

 

92.

Lancaster Museum, Market Street, Lancaster pdf icon PDF 285 KB

Listed building application for replacement of existing slates, battens and underfelt, replacement of all lead work to roof and clock tower, redecoration of windows, security bars, railings and doors

Minutes:

A8

16/01249/LB

Listed building application for replacement of existing slates, battens and underfelt, replacement of all lead work to roof and clock tower, redecoration of windows, security bars, railings and doors

Castle Ward

      A

 

It was proposed by Councillor Eileen Blamire and seconded by Councillor Claire Cozler:

 

“That the application be approved.”

 

Upon being put to the vote, Members voted unanimously in favour of the proposition, whereupon the Chairman declared the proposal to be carried.

 

Resolved:

 

That Listed Building Consent be granted subjectto the following conditions:

1.

Standard Listed Building time limit.

2.

Development to accord to approved plans.

3.

Sample of the new slates to be submitted.

4.

Sample of the hydraulic lime mortar pointing to be submitted.

5.

Colours to be used on the windows, doors, louvres in the cupola, metal

railings and metal window security bars to be submitted.

 

93.

Delegated Planning Decisions pdf icon PDF 277 KB

Minutes:

The Chief Officer (Regeneration and Planning) submitted a Schedule of Planning Applications dealt with under the Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions to Officers.

 

Resolved:

 

That the report be noted.