Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

Contact: Marie Bartlett  Email: democratic.services@iow.gov.uk

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1.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 233 KB

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 26 April 2022.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 26 April 2022 be approved.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

Minutes:

Councillor Warren Drew advised that he had not been in attendance at the Site Visit however he felt he was familiar with the sites and able to take part in the debate and vote on the applications under consideration.

 

Councillor Peter Spink declared an interest as he was a Member of CPRE, however he was one of many members and believed he was considering the application with an open mind.

 

3.

Public Question Time - 15 Minutes Maximum

Questions are restricted to matters not on the agenda. Questions may be asked without notice but to guarantee a full reply at the meeting, a question must be put including the name and address of the questioner by delivery in writing or by electronic mail to Democratic Services at democratic.services@iow.gov.uk no later than two clear working days before the start of the meeting. Normally, Planning Committee is held on a Tuesday, therefore the deadline for written questions will be Thursday 16 June 2022.

 

Minutes:

There were no public questions submitted.

 

4.

Report of the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure pdf icon PDF 98 KB

Planning applications and related matters.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to items 1 - 2 of the report of the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure Delivery.

 

A schedule of additional representations received after the printing of the report were submitted at the beginning of the meeting and were drawn to the attention of the Councillors when considering the application. A note is made to that effect in the minutes.

 

Application:

20/01733/OUT

Details:

Outline for up to 50 residential dwellings (with details of access), creation of a new access off Puckpool Hill, and provision of public open space, landscaping and associated works (revised illustrative master plan, biodiversity net gain calculation, revised flood risk assessment, and response to Island Roads comments received) (readvertised application)

 

Land North of Woodland Close and Adjacent Cedar Lodge and Thornton Cottage, Puckpool Hill, Seaview.

 

Site Visits:

The site visit was carried out on Friday, 17 June 2022.

Public Participants:

Tom Langshaw (Objector)

Ed Allsop (Agent)

Patricia Redpath (on behalf of Nettlestone and Seaview Parish Council)

Additional Representations:

Additional letters of objection had been received by the Local Planning Authority since the report had been published which raised concerns already referred to in the report.

It was clarified that the rights of way improvements required a contribution to be used to improve the existing right of way to Appley Park, the Council would ensure trees were adequately protected.

An amendment to condition 14 was proposed to ensure it was sufficiently flexible to allow for biodiversity net gain proposals to be modified to reflect the development.

Comment:

Councillor Jarman read out a statement on behalf of Councillor Adams as local member.

 

Concern was raised regarding the road layout and access onto the proposed site, the Island Roads representative advised that the works being carried out exceeded the requirements for visibility splays.

 

The Committee asked if approved that the reserved matters application be brought back to the Committee, the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure Delivery confirmed that an application of this size would be considered by the Planning Committee.

 

Questions were asked regarding the traffic improvement scheme agreed on a neighbouring site, and the additional improvements contained in the proposed application, they were advised that the highway improvements secured by the other development were the same as those proposed in this application, but that the contribution from this development towards improvement of the existing right of way from Puckpool Hill to Appley Park was an additional benefit of the application. It was clarified that these highway improvements would need to be secured for this application also as they are considered necessary to make the current application acceptable, concern was also raised regarding the proposed uncontrolled crossings.

 

The Committee questioned the comments made regarding the previous use of the field and if Sport England had been consulted on the application, Officers advised that Sport England would be consulted if the land had been used in the last five years, it was understood that the field had not been used for sporting activities in at least 20  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

5.

Members' Question Time

To guarantee a reply to a question, a question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to democratic.services@iow.gov.uk no later than 4.00 pm on Friday, 17 June 2022. A question may be asked at the meeting without prior notice but in these circumstances, there is no guarantee that a full reply will be given at the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no Member questions.