Agenda and minutes

Minutes of meeting held on 7 November 2022 (previously circulated). 

The minutes of 7^th November 2022 were agreed as a true record and signed by the Chair.

There were no items of urgent business.

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

Councillors 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, Councillors 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, Councillors 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. 

Councillor Keith Budden declared an interest in agenda item A6 22/01221/FUL Hawthorne House By-pass Road Bolton-Le-Sands Carnforth. The reason being that the applicants have a family connection to Councillor Keith Budden through marriage. Councillor Budden would recuse himself from the meeting for the duration of consideration of the item.

There were no other declarations of interest.

Installation of a 25MW battery storage facility with ancillary development including 3m high fencing, battery storage containers, substation, transformers, switch-room, control room, welfare cabin and storage room, construction of internal access road and 4m high CCTV columns.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Colin Hartley:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report and subject to the removal of the condition regarding hours of operation.”

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report and subject to the removal of the condition regarding hours of operation:

1.    5 year timescale.

2.    Plans.

3.    External lighting and CCTV.

4.    Construction and Environmental Management Plan.

5.      In accordance with FRA.

Demolition of existing building and erection of five new dwellings (C3) with associated landscaping and altered access.

It was proposed by Councillor Dave Brookes and seconded by Councillor Jack Lenox, contrary to the officer’s recommendation in the report:

“That the application be approved, on the grounds that there are special circumstances such as the sustainable nature of the site, an array of other local services such as restaurants within the village, and there is no evidence to suggest that there is local value to the community in retaining the restaurant use, and on balance it is considered that the sustainable nature of the scheme coupled with the LPAs lack of a 5-year housing land supply is sufficient to weigh in support of the scheme; and subject to conditions as specified by officers.”

Upon being put to the vote, 10 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with 4 against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved, on the grounds that there are special circumstances such as the sustainable nature of the site, an array of other local services such as restaurants within the village, and there is no evidence to suggest that there is local value to the community in retaining the restaurant use, and on balance it is considered that the sustainable nature of the scheme coupled with the LPAs lack of a 5-year housing land supply is sufficient to weigh in support of the scheme; and subject to conditions as specified by officers:

1.    Standard time limit.

2.    Plans.

3.    Details of windows (including noise mitigation) and Materials.

4.    Boundary treatments.

5.    Landscape / trees / hedge protection.

6.    Parking and turning.

7.    Drainage.

8.    Bin storage.

9.    Biodiversity net gain provision of bat and bird boxes.

10.  EV charging points.

11.  Homeowner packs.

Erection of a side extension and creation of an additional parking area to the rear.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Roger Dennison:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report:

1.    Timescales.

2.    Development to accord with plans.

3.    Surface water drainage scheme.

4.    Implementation of AIA.

Replacement of current welfare cabin at Claughton Quarry with a new modular unit.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Roger Dennison:

“That the City Council has no objection to the proposal other than recommending removal of infrastructure on cessation of winning and working of minerals.”

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the City Council has no objection to the proposal other than recommending removal of infrastructure on cessation of winning and working of minerals.

Erection of a first-floor side extension, construction of 3 dormer extensions to the front elevation and erection of a ground floor front extension to form a canopy.

It was proposed by Councillor Robert Redfern and seconded by Councillor Mel Guilding:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report:

1.    Standard Planning Permission Timescale.

2.    Development in accordance with approved plans.

Erection of a single storey side extension and construction of a raised decking area to the rear elevation and raised rear flat roof.

It was proposed by Councillor Mel Guilding and seconded by Councillor Roger Dennison:

“That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report.”

Upon being put to the vote, 15 Councillors voted in favour of the proposal with none against and no abstentions, whereupon the Chair declared the proposal to have been carried.

Resolved:

That the application be approved subject to the conditions in the Committee Report:

1.    Standard Planning Permission Timescale.

2.    Development in accordance with Plans.

3.    Privacy Screen.

The Service Head for Planning and Place submitted a Schedule of Planning Applications dealt with under the Scheme of Delegation of Planning Functions to Officers.

Resolved:

That the report be noted.