Agenda and draft minutes

Officers Tina Pickup and Daphney Haywood were present for minute 24.

Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Buckley, Hughes, Lloyd and Perry.

To approve the minutes of the Site Viewing Working Party held on

The Minutes from the last meeting of the Site Viewing Working Party held on 10 August 2017 were received.

There were no declarations of interest relating to matters on the agenda.

Proposal: Erection of 12 residential apartments including parking and landscaping following demolition of existing building.

The site was viewed by the Site Viewing Working Party given a request from Cllr A Lenaghan 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)          Loss of the Children’s Home

(iii)         Impact up the character and appearance of the area

(iv)         Impact upon residential amenity

(v)          Impact on trees

(vi)         Affordable Housing

(vii)        Highways and Parking

(viii)      Flooding and drainage

(ix)         Ecology

(x)          Other matters

(xi)         Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), Contribution Requirements and Legal Agreement.

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 wider street scene, to the South

·         St George’s Road, to the East

·         St Helen’s Road, to the North.

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

1.    The distance between 384 Sea Front and Channel House to the West

2.    Further information from the Councils Arborist on the assessment of the T32 Monterey Cypress and the signs of disease.