Agenda and draft minutes

Planning Committee - Tuesday, 16th April, 2024 4.00 pm

Venue: conference Room 5, Floor 4, County Hall, Newport, Isle of WIght

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

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32.

Apologies and Changes in Membership (if any)

To note any changes in membership of the Committee made in accordance with Part 4B paragraph 5 of the Constitution.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Cllrs C Critchison, M Oliver, N Stuart and C Quirk

33.

Minutes PDF 122 KB

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2024.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March 2024 be approved subject to the following change:

That the minutes be amended to clarify that at least 70% of the 35% affordable housing would be affordable rented accommodation in perpetuity.

34.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

There were no declarations received at this stage.

35.

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, 11 April 2024.

Minutes:

There were no public questions submitted.

36.

Report of the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure PDF 58 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:

21/02437/FUL and 21/02438/LBC

Details:

Hybrid Application: Full Application: Restoration & conversion of: Grade I Norris Castle to luxury hotel (C1); Grade I Norris Castle Farm, bailiffs house, cottage & walled kitchen garden to spa/wellness centre providing spa residences, treatment rooms, associated retail, restaurant/cafe facilities (sui generis); Grade II Pump House to clubhouse (E(f)); Grade II Cattle Shelters to a resort residence (sui generis), gatehouse/security building (E(g)(i)). Restoration of Grade I Registered Park & Garden including preservation of the grotto & ponds; 4 Grade II stone watering ponds. Construction of: spa residences within walled garden (sui generis); 2 linked buildings to accommodate hotel services, amenities, swimming pool & additional hotel suites (sui generis); 4 seawall sentinel buildings containing resort residencies (sui generis); resort residences (sui generis), boathouse & slipway at harbourside; resort residences within Norris Castle Estate walls (sui generis); dwellings in South West Field (C3); parking areas, ancillary services, utilities, drainage works, SUDS & substations for resort. Repair & restoration of Seawall including Grade II elements. Consolidation of Grade II Bathing House ruin & construction of associated restaurant (E(b)). Demolition of Modern Barn & change of use of existing barn for resort storage. Creation of resort access road from the Esplanade across Springhill Estate & demolition of section of Norris Castle Estate boundary wall to provide new entrance to resort. Hard & soft landscaping & all enabling & associated works. Outline Application: Construction on Springhill Estate of: senior living units with associated communal facilities (C2); dwellings (C3) including retention & conversion of existing buildings; associated drainage, services, utilities & SUDS; restoration of landscape; resort overflow car park & all enabling & associated works (all matters save for access reserved)(revised & additional information)(revised plans)(readvertised).

Listed Building Consent for: internal and external works to restore and convert the Grade I Norris Castle to a luxury hotel and the construction of two linked buildings to accommodate hotel services, amenities, swimming pool and additional hotel suites; internal and external works to restore and convert the Grade I Norris Castle Farm, bailiff's house, cottage and walled kitchen garden to a spa and wellness centre to include the conversion of existing buildings and structures to spa residences, treatment rooms and associated retail, restaurant and cafe facilities and the construction of further spa residences within the walled kitchen garden; internal and external works to restore one Grade II cattle shelter to a gatehouse and security building for the resort; internal and external works to restore, extend and convert the second Grade II cattle shelter to a resort residence; external works to consolidate and make safe the Grade II Bathing House ruin and the construction of an associated restaurant building; the construction of four sentinel buildings on the seawall with resort apartments; external ... view the full minutes text for item 36.

37.

2023/24 Decision review, monitoring and Appeals Performance report PDF 268 KB

Minutes:

The Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure Delivery advised that this was an annual report analysing statistics relating to decisions that depart from policy and against officer recommendations, it also provided information on planning appeals.

Quality of decision making is well above the national threshold to underperforming for a Local Planning Authority.

Questions were asked regarding staff within the department, they were advised that the department were not running any vacancies and had recently undertaken a successful recruitment process in Planning Enforcement.

It was noted that walk-in planning advice for the public had been working well and it was hoped more time each week could be rolled out, the pre-planning advice service was still available for people to receive written advice.

RESOLVED

THAT the report be noted.

38.

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, 12 April 2024. 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’s questions