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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42.

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To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2021.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 14 December 2021 be approved.

43.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

Councillor Peter Spink declared an interest in minute number 4 (Atherfield Bay Holiday Camp, Military Road, Brighstone) as he was a trustee of the Countyside Charity (formerly the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)),who had commented on the application being considered, and therefore would not be present for the consideration of the application.

44.

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 20 January 2022.

 

Minutes:

There were no Public Questions submitted.

45.

Report of the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure pdf icon PDF 14 KB

Planning applications and related matters.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Application:

21/01129/RVC

Details:

Variation of condition no 2 on P/00141/16 to allow amendments to approved scheme relating to the swimming pool/clubhouse; reconfiguration of approved units.

 

Atherfield Bay Holiday Camp, Military Road, Brighstone

Site Visits:

The site visit was carried out on Friday, 21 January 2022

Public Participants:

Mr G Eades (Objector) – statement read out by Oliver Boulter

L Fulleylove (Objector) – statement read out by Oliver Boulter

Mr A White (Agent)

Mr G Alldred (on behalf of Shorwell Parish Council)

Additional Representations:

Officers had re-visited the site and confirmed that work had commenced on the amenity building as Councillors had noted during the site visit.

 

Representation from Brighstone Parish Council had been received which related to points made in their previous comments on the application, and in some parts on the officer’s report. A letter of representation had also been received from a third-party.

Comment:

Councillor Steve Hastings spoke as Local Councillor for the application.

 

The Committee asked if the application was considered a minor amendment, Planning Officers advised that the application red line and number of units had not changed on the site since previous schemes, applications were checked prior to being accepted to ensure they were submitted correctly, if the application was not considered to be a minor amendment it would have been returned to the agent and the correct application requested.

 

Concern was raised regarding the level of landscaping on the site, officers provided a plan showing the landscaping that had been agreed with the previous scheme, however a change to this would be requested if the application were to be approved, given the changes that were proposed.

 

Officers confirmed that planning staff had been out to the site to check the height of some of the units to ensure the measurements within the application details had been provided correctly.

 

The Committee questioned what impact the sale of some of the land surrounding the site had on the application and were advised that the surrounding site had been part of the ownership on previous applications however the red line of the application site had not been affected. The main change on the application site was the footprint of the clubhouse and proposed holiday units.

 

The Planning Officer advised that if the Planning Committee refused the application the applicant could appeal the decision, the Local Planning Authority could request the development be taken down and built-in accordance with the approved scheme, the Local Planning Authority however believed that the changes were marginal and that impacts would have to be balanced with the tourism benefits to the Island.

 

Confirmation had been provided by the applicant that the Section 106 agreement money would be paid in full.

 

A proposal to approve the application in accordance with the officer’s recommendation was made and duly seconded.

 

A vote was taken and the proposal fell.

 

A proposal to refuse the application as it was not suitable to be dealt with as a minor amendment and to resubmit a Full application for consideration  ...  view the full minutes text for item 45.

46.

Review of the code of Practice for Members and Officers dealing with Planning matters pdf icon PDF 253 KB

Minutes:

The Chairman advised that the item would be deferred to a later date to consider significant proposed amendments which had been circulated prior to the meeting and member of the Committee had not had time to look at them.

47.

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 4.00pm on Friday, 21 January 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:

Councillor Spink returned to the Council Chamber for this item.

 

Councillor Chris Quirk asked it the Local Planning Authority could intervene earlier regarding sites that had not been developed in accordance with approved plans to reduce the number of retrospective applications being submitted, the Cabinet Member for Planning and Community Engagement advised that he would speak with Planning staff, he explained that there were processes in place for the enforcement team however it was not a straight forward process, he would be working with officers to see what could be improved in the process.

 

Councillor Quirk then asked if something could be put in place to ensure holiday sites were complying with conditions so that these sites did not turn into full time living accommodation, the Cabinet Member for Planning and Community Engagement advised that he would discuss with officers.

48.

Motion Submitted by Councillor Claire Critchison

Planning committee resolve through an abundance of caution that due to the points that have been raised by those instructed by concerned residents relating to the previous planning committee determination of ‘West Acre Park’ (20/01061/FUL) on 27 July 2021 the planning committee request that a report be brought to planning committee for further determination as soon as is practicable; and until such time as the committee have reached a further determination of the application the planning permission for ‘West Acre Park’ (20/01061/FUL) may not be issued.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Claire Critchison withdrew the motion