Decision details

Application for residential development (outline – access only)

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that the application be approved, it was moved by Councillor O’Shea and seconded by Councillor Cartwright that the application be refused on grounds of highway safety and flood risk.

The Chief Planning and Development Officer requested that voting on the motion be recorded. The vote was taken as follows:

Councillors Boothby, Cartwright, Hollick, Kirby, O’Shea, Roberts, Smith and Witherford voted FOR the motion (8);

Councillors Cook, Cope, Crooks, Hodgkins, Ladkin, Surtees, Sutton, Ward and Wright voted AGAINST the motion (9).

The motion was therefore declared LOST.

It was then moved by Councillor Sutton and seconded by Councillor Hodgkins that the application be approved. The Chief Planning and Development Officer requested that voting on this motion be recorded. The vote was taken as follows:

Councillors Cook, Cope, Hodgkins, Ladkin, Surtees, Sutton and Ward voted FOR the motion (7);

Councillors Boothby, Cartwright, Hollick, O’Shea and Witherford voted AGAINST the motion (5);

Councillors Crooks, Kirby, Roberts, Smith and Wright abstained from voting.

The motion was declared CARRIED and it was

RESOLVED – permission be granted subject to completion of a S106 agreement and the conditions contained in the officer’s report.