Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Ross Melton, Nikos Souslous and Alex Karmel

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At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

To approve as an accurate record, and the Chair to sign, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 December 2024.

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 3 December 2024 were agreed as an accurate record.

An addendum was circulated prior to the meeting that modified the report.

Neil Egerton provided a presentation on the application. A resident spoke in objection. The Applicant spoke in support and Councillor Stala Antoniades spoke in objection to the application.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission upon the completion of a satisfactory legal agreement and subject to the conditions listed in the report as amended in the addendum.

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee be authorised to make any minor changes to the proposed Heads of Terms of the legal agreement or proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

Tom Scriven provided a presentation on the application. There were no registered speakers.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendation for refusal as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            0

AGAINST:                   4

NOT VOTING: 1

The officer recommendation of refusal was lost and overturned.

The Committee then discussed reasons to approve the application, noting that no objections to the scheme had been received by the Council. The Chair of the Development Control Committee proposed, and the Vice-Chair seconded, the following reasons overturning the reasons for refusal in the report which were then voted on by the Committee as follows:

Reason 1

That the need for family homes outweighed the potential design impact (of the  proposed development).

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Reason 2

That the need for larger family homes outweighed the potential impact to No.152  Townmead Road, the neighbouring property.

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

The Chair proposed and the vice chair seconded a motion to authorise the Director of Planning and Property to add such conditions as were considered appropriate and secure such legal agreement as considered necessary after consultation with the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee and Assistant Director of Legal Services and to grant planning permission subject to such conditions and legal agreement (based on the two reasons voted on by the Committee).

The Committee then voted on the proposal to grant planning permission subject to such conditions and legal agreement for the two reasons mentioned.

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Neil Egerton provided a presentation on the application. There were no registered speakers.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendations for approval as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

Recommendation 2:

FOR:                           Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the that the Director of Planning and Property be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions listed in the report..

2. That the Director of Planning and Property, after consultation with the Assistant Director of Legal Services and the Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee be authorised to make any minor changes to the proposed conditions, which may include the variation, addition or deletion of conditions, any such changes shall be within their discretion.

Allan Jones provided a presentation on the application. There were no registered speakers.

The Committee voted on the officer recommendation to confirm the TPO as follows:

Recommendation 1:

FOR                            Unanimous

AGAINST:                   0

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLVED

1. That the Tree Preservation Order T447/10/24 be confirmed without modification.