Agenda for Planning and Development Committee on Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 6.30pm

Agenda and decisions

Venue: Council Chamber. View directions

Contact: Ian Gourlay 01438 242703  Email: committees@stevenage.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Decision:

Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors Matt Creasey and Mrs Joan Lloyd.

 

There were no declarations of interest.

2.

MINUTES - 5 OCTOBER 2021 pdf icon PDF 285 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 5 October 2021.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Development Committee held on 5 October 2021 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair, subject to the addition of the name of Councillor Graham Lawrence to those Members who had submitted their apologies for absence for the meeting.

3.

21/01025/ENF - 7 BOXFIELD GREEN, STEVENAGE pdf icon PDF 215 KB

To consider the development not in accordance with approved plans 17/00743/FPH, deferred from the last meeting of the Committee.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED:

 

1.          That an Enforcement Notice be issued and served by the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation and subject to an appointed solicitor by the Council being satisfied as to the evidence, requiring the removal of the dormer window construction, namely the white render dormer walls and associated internal structure supporting this, and re-instating the original roof slope profile with tiles of a matching material. The precise terms of the Enforcement Notice, including all time periods, to be delegated to the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation.

 

2.          That, subject to an appointed solicitor by the Council being satisfied as to the evidence, the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation be authorised to take all steps necessary, including prosecution or any other litigation/works in default to secure compliance with the Enforcement Notice.

 

3.          That in the event of any appeal against the Enforcement Notice, the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation be authorised to take any action required to defend the Enforcement Notice and any appeal against the refusal of planning permission.

4.

21/00357/FP - 37 FELLOWES WAY, STEVENAGE pdf icon PDF 301 KB

To consider the part change of use of ground floor of the main house to use as a dance studio - Deferred from last meeting.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that application 21/00357/FP be GRANTED planning permission, subject to the conditions listed in the report and with any amendments to those conditions being delegated to the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation.

5.

21/00529/FPM - LAND WEST OF NORTH ROAD pdf icon PDF 467 KB

To consider development for use classes E (g) (iii), B2, B8 and associated works to include servicing, access, landscaping, means of enclosure and associated works.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that application 21/00529/FPM be GRANTED planning permission, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement in respect of the following:

 

·     Biodiversity net gain;

·     Local employment and apprenticeships;

·     Highways works (S278);

·     Travel Plan Monitoring; and

·     Strand 2 highways contributions,

 

and subject to the conditions listed in the report and amended Condition 3 below, with any amendments to those conditions and/or Heads of Terms of the S106 Agreement, and the recommendations of Highway England following cessation of their holding direction, being delegated to the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation:

 

3.   No development shall take place (including site clearance) until a detailed Construction and Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) produced to CLOCS standards, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the construction of the development shall only be carried out in accordance with the approved CTMP. The Construction Management and Traffic Plan shall include details of the following:

 

      a) Map showing the location of construction traffic routes to and from the site, details of their signing, monitoring and enforcement measures;

      b) Access arrangements to the site;

      c) Traffic management requirements;

      d) site set up and general arrangements for storing plant including cranes, materials, machinery and equipment, temporary offices and other facilities; e) Details of provisions for temporary car parking, loading/unloading and vehicle turning areas;

      f) Details of hoarding;

      g) Control of dust and dirt on the public highway;

      h) Siting and details of wheel washing facilities;

      i) Cleaning of site entrances, site tracks and the adjacent public highway;

      j) Timing of construction activities (including delivery times and removal of waste);

      k) The estimated number and type of vehicles per day/week;

      l) Details of any vehicle holding area;

      m) Details of the vehicle call up procedure;

      n) Access and protection arrangements around the site for pedestrians, cyclists and other customers;

      o) Coordination with other development projects in the vicinity;

      p) Post construction restoration/reinstatement of the working areas and temporary access to the public highway;

      q) Where works cannot be contained wholly within the site a plan should be submitted showing the site layout on the highway including extent of hoarding, pedestrian routes and remaining road width for vehicle movements;

      r) Construction programme and phasing plan;

      s) Details of consultation and complaint management with local businesses and neighbours;

      t) A Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) including mechanisms to deal with environmental impacts such as air quality and dust control measures, noise and vibration restriction measures, light and odour and predicted and latterly actual waste arisings and how this is to be managed and where it is sent to;

      u) Details of any proposed piling operations, including justification for the proposed piling strategy, a vibration impact assessment and proposed control and mitigation measures; and

      v) A bespoke communication strategy for the occupiers at Foxholm.  In particular, contact details for site manager, notice of noisy or disruptive works and air quality mitigation during construction.

6.

21/00367/COND - LAND AT SIX HILLS HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, STEVENAGE pdf icon PDF 590 KB

To consider the discharge of conditions 11 (Construction Method Statement) and 18 (Site Waste Management) attached to planning permission references 16/00482/FPM and 20/00624/FPM.

Additional documents:

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that conditions 11 (Construction Method Statement) and 18 (Site Waste Management) attached to planning permissions 16/00482/FPM and 20/00624/FPM are hereby discharged, subject to the development being carried out in accordance with the approved details, and that delegated powers be given to the Assistant Director of Planning and Regulation, in conjunction with the Chair of the Planning and Development Committee, to agree the outstanding issues to be resolved between the applicant and HCC Archaeology before any decision is issued by the Council as Local Planning Authority.

7.

INFORMATION REPORT - DELEGATED DECISIONS pdf icon PDF 304 KB

To note a report on decisions taken by the Assistant Director Planning and Regulatory in accordance with his delegated authority.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that the report be noted.

8.

INFORMATION REPORT - APPEALS/CALLED IN APPLICATIONS pdf icon PDF 102 KB

To note a report on decisions taken by the Assistant Director Planning and Regulatory in accordance with his delegated authority.

Decision:

It was RESOLVED that the report be noted.

9.

URGENT PART I BUSINESS

To consider any Part I Business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

Decision:

Climate Change

 

The Chair advised that a good proportion of the membership of the Committee was similar to that of the Environment & Economy Select Committee.  Therefore, in order to prevent duplication of effort, he and the Chair of the Environment & Economy Select Committee had agreed that work on a review of the Council’s Climate Change Strategy would be led by that Select Committee.

10.

EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

To consider the following motions that:

 

1.    Under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs 1-7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

2.    That Members consider the reasons for the following reports (if any)being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

 

Decision:

Not required.

11.

URGENT PART II BUSINESS

To consider any Part II Business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

Decision:

None.