Agenda and minutes

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2020

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2020 be confirmed.

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

There were no declarations received at this stage.

Questions are restricted to matters not on the agenda. Questions must be delivered in writing or by electronic mail, to Democratic Services at democratic.services@iow.gov.uk no later than 4.00 pm on Friday, 18 September 2020 Each question must give the name and address of the questioner.

Planning applications and related matters.

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

RESOLVED :

THAT the applications be determined as detailed below :

The reasons for the resolutions made in accordance with Officer recommendation were given in the Planning report.  Where resolutions are made contrary to Officer recommendation the reasons for doing so are contained in the minutes.

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 Members when considering the application. A note is made to that effect in the minutes.

To consider a Motion submitted to Full Council on 15 July 2020.

The Chairman read out the motion put forward by Councillor John Medland at Full Council on Wednesday, 15 July 2020.

This Council believes that the current procedure for the public consultation on the oil application planned for Arreton 20/00513/FUL is inadequate as it fails to comply with relevant legislative provisions. In particular, it appears that the current consultation procedure being followed is not proportionate to the potential impact of the development. Therefore, this Council believes that the procedure for the public consultation should be temporarily withdrawn and reintroduced at a time that allows (a) the public to inspect paper copies of the plans, (b) physical attendance at the Arreton Parish Council and IWC Planning Committees, (c) for all the normal rights of political association and public meetings and demonstration guaranteed under Article 11 of the Human Rights Act 1998, and (d) attendance by the members of the Planning Committee at a site visit.

Officers advised the committee on the process of advertising new applications being submitted during the pandemic and the emergency legislation that had been put in place. An error had been picked up and the consultation period had been extended to allow for comments, the site notice had been replaced a number of times to ensure residents were notified of the application.

A vote was taken and the result was:

RESOLVED:

      I.         THAT the motion be refused

    II.         THAT a covid-19 safe site visit would be arranged when the application was due to be considered by the Planning Committee

A question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to democratic Services no later than 4.00pm on 21 September 2020.

Councillor Julie Jones-Evans asked if there was an update on the Newport Harbour Masterplan, Councillor Price advised that he believed a decision was imminent and he would keep members updated.