Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Cllr Keast and Cllr Hughes

To approve the minutes of the Site Viewing Working Party held on 22 June 2017

Minutes of the last meeting were recieved

There were no declarations of interest from members present relating to matters on the committee.

Simon Kennedy and Steven Weaver were present for minute 14 & 15.

David Eves was present for minute 15.

Proposal: 2No. 2 bed maisonette flats above existing block of 4No. dwellings, new lift enclosure to the rear, bin and cycle stores and 2No.car ports.

The site was viewed by the Site Viewing Working Party given a request from Cllr L Turner that the application be determined by the Development Management Committee.

The Working Party received a written report from the Head of Planning Services which identified the following key considerations:

(i)            Principle of Development

(ii)          Impact upon the character and appearance of the area

(iii)         Impact upon residential amenity

(iv)         Parking and access

(v)          Drainage

(vi)         Developer Contributions

The working party viewed the site, the subject of the application, to assess whether there were additional matters that should be considered by the Development Management Committee. The site was also viewed from the following points:

·         132c Sea Front (south frontage and rear garden)

·         3 The Sanderlings (rear garden)

·         4 The Sanderlings (rear garden)

·         Land adjacent to Sea Front, from the wider street scene.

RESOLVED that based on the information available, the following information be provided to the Development Management Committee:

1.    Clarity over the Cil contributions of the development based on its Self-Build status.

Proposal: Non material amendment of Condition No.16 of Planning Permission APP/12/00966 relating to previously submitted layout for site access raised table location to be regularised with as-built construction.

The site was viewed by the Site Viewing Working Party given a request from Cllr J Perry that the application be determined by the Development Management Committee.

The Working Party received a written report from the Head of Planning Services which identified the following key considerations:

      I.     Determination of the application as a non-material amendment

    II.     Impact upon the character and appearance of the area

   III.     Impact upon residential amenity

  IV.     Highways issues

The working party viewed the site, the subject of the application, to assess whether there were additional matters that should be considered by the Development Management Committee. The site was also viewed from the following points:

·         The garden of 3 Hawthorne Grove.

RESOLVED that based on the information available, the following information be provided to the Development Management Committee:

1.    How far back the ramp could be placed to grade out the slope and to create a more gentle gradient .