Agenda and minutes

The report before members detailed an application for the retention of an infill extension of the existing patients’ entrance, the relocation of the patients’ entrance with a front canopy and a single storey rear extension with external alterations.

The application had previously been brought before the Committee on the 30 November 2012. At that meeting staff had requested a deferral of the application to allow members to visit the site.

Planning permission had previously been granted for the proposal, although the single storey rear extension had not been built in accordance with the approved plans.

The approved plans showed the extension to have a maximum and minimum height of 2.75 metres and 2.41 metres respectively however the extension had been built with a sloped roof that varied in height from 3.06 to 2.975 metres.

During the debate members discussed the effect of the extension, as built, on neighbouring properties and the rear garden environment.

The report recommended that planning permission be refused, however following a motion to grant planning permission it was RESOLVED that planning permission be granted on the grounds that the additional height would have no materially different impact on amenity compared with the scheme which already had been granted planning permission.

The vote for the resolution to grant planning permission was carried by 8 votes to 2 with 1 abstention.

Councillors McGeary and Deon Burton voted against the resolution to grant planning permission.

Councillor Light abstained from voting.

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED that planning permission be granted subject to the conditions as set out in the report.

The report updated the Committee on the position of legal agreements and planning obligations.  This related to approval of various types of application for planning permission decided by the Committee that could be subject to prior completion or a planning obligation.  This was obtained pursuant to Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Acts.

The report also updated the position on legal agreements and planning obligations agreed by this Committee during the period 2000-2012.

The Committee NOTED the report and the information contained therein.

The report accompanied a schedule of appeals and a schedule of appeal decisions, received between 10 November 2012 and 8 February 2013.

The report detailed that 29 new appeals had been received since the last meeting of the Monitoring Committee in December 2012.

The Committee NOTED the report and the results of the appeal decisions received.

The Committee considered and noted the schedules detailing information regarding enforcement notices updated since the meeting held in December 2012.

Schedule A showed notices currently with the Secretary of State for the Environment (the Planning Inspectorate being the executive agency) awaiting appeal determination.

Schedule B showed current notices outstanding, awaiting service, compliance, etc. with up-dated information from staff on particular notices.

The Committee NOTED the information in the report.

The report updated the Committee on the progress and/or outcome of recent prosecutions undertaken on behalf of the Planning Service.

The Committee NOTED the report.

Attached to the report was a schedule listing, by Ward, all the complaints received by the Planning Control Service over alleged planning contraventions for the period from 10 November 2012 and 8 February 2012.

The Committee NOTED the report and AGREED the actions being taken.