Agenda and minutes

A schedule of planning applications along with late items was presented to the Committee and decisions were made as follows:

(a)          14/00674/FUL – Erection of 64 dwellings and associated works including 2 balancing ponds, formal play area space and public open space (revised proposal), Land at Station Road, Market Bosworth – Charles Church North Midlands

Officers reported late representations received as outlined in the late items and also reported that correspondence had been received from the Department of Communities and Local Government stating that a request had been received from a member of the public for the Secretary of State to recover the application.

Members considered the representations made and the revised layout in order to overcome the potential noise issues since refusal of the previous application.

It was moved by Councillor Bannister and seconded by Councillor Bill that the application be approved as per the officer recommendation. The Chief Planning & Development Officer requested that voting on the motion be recorded.

Councillors Bannister, Bill, Cope, Hall, Hulbert, Mayne, Moore, Taylor and Witherford voted FOR the motion (9);

Councillors Allen, Boothby, Morrell, O’Shea, Smith and Ward voted AGAINST the motion (6);

Councillor Sutton abstained from voting.

The motion was declared CARRIED and it was therefore

RESOLVED – the application be permitted subject to Section 106 obligations and the conditions as outlined in the officer’s report and subject to the Secretary of State not wishing to recover the application for his own determination.

(b)        14/00262/OUT – Residential Development, Land off Hinckley Road, Stoke Golding – Morris Homes (East) Limited

In response to representations made by the applicant, a member asked whether Morris Homes would meet the 40% affordable housing requirements. Members asked that the response of the representative that Morris Homes would meet the requirement be recorded in the minutes.

Notwithstanding the officer’s recommendation that the application be permitted subject to Section 106 obligations and conditions, some members felt that the application was not appropriate due to traffic conditions outside of the site, impact on the green wedge and grade 2 agricultural land, lack of consultation, being contrary to the Village Plan, HBBC policies and the NPPF. It was MOVED by Councillor Ward and seconded by Councillor Morrell that the application be refused due to conflicting with policy 11 of the Core Strategy. The Chief Planning & Development Officer requested that voting on the motion be recorded:

Councillors Allen, Boothby, Morrell, O’Shea, Smith, Sutton and Ward voted FOR the motion (7);

Councillors Bannister, Bill, Cope, Hall, Hulbert, Mayne, Moore, Taylor and Witherford voted AGAINST the motion (9).

The motion was declared LOST.

It was then moved by Councillor Hulbert, seconded by Councillor Witherford and

RESOLVED – the application be permitted subject to section 106 obligations and conditions as contained in the officer’s report.

(c)        14/00536/FUL – Erection of a live/work unit (revised proposal), land adjacent to 5 Kingfisher Way, Sheepy Parva – Mr A Burr

On the motion of Councillor Morrell, seconded by Councillor Taylor, it was

RESOLVED  ...  view the full minutes text for item 131.

It was moved by Councillor Bannister, seconded by Councillor Morrell, and

RESOLVED  - the report be noted.

It was moved by Councillor Witherford, seconded by Councillor Boothby, and

RESOLVED – the report be noted.