Agenda and minutes

Planning Committee - Tuesday, 14th December, 2021 4.00 pm

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

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

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37.

Minutes PDF 229 KB

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2021.

Minutes:

Councillor Jarman proposed amendments to the minutes which had been circulated prior to the start of the meeting, which was duly seconded.

A vote for the proposed amendment was taken.

The motion fell.

A vote was then taken to accept the minutes as published the result was:

RESOLVED:

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 16 November 2021 be approved.

38.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

Councillor Chris Jarman declared an interest in minute number 40 (Flowers Brook, Steephill Road, Ventnor) due to the Isle of Wight Council’s financial interest in the proposed scheme and as Cabinet Member for Resources.

39.

Public Question Time - 15 Minutes Maximum PDF 10 KB

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, 9 December 2021.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

A written question was submitted by Ms Kerry Fosbury relating to the advice provide to the Planning Committee on application ref 21/00357/FUL (PQ/45/21)

A written question was submitted by Mr Dom Hicklin relating to the weight given to neighbourhood plans (PQ/46/21)

A written question was submitted by Ms Lindsay Becker relating to the consideration of planning policies (PQ/47/21)

40.

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

Planning applications and related matters.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

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

RESOLVED:

That the application 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 recommendations 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.

Application:

21/01623/FUL

Details:

Full planning permission for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to include construction of a substation / control room (including outdoor transformer compound and welfare facilities); alterations to access, parking and turning arrangements; installation of cabling to connect marine electricity export cables to substation (to include trenching and construction of transition pits and/or Horizontal Direction Drilling, and temporary removal and reinstatement of coastal protection); and enabling works, including possible reinforcement or alteration of access roads within the onshore area, creation of temporary laydown/construction areas, construction of temporary site security fencing/provisions, possible tree and scrub clearance, site levelling/landscaping (revised description).

Further information has been received relating to the Environmental Statement, including a Transformer Noise Appraisal, updated Arboricultural (tree) Impact Assessment Report, and drawing PL33 - visualisation of the proposed substation and outdoor transformer compound from within the existing Southern Water pumping station site.

Flowers Brook, Steephill Road, Ventnor.

Site Visits:

The site visit was carried out on Friday, 10 December 2021

Public Participants:

Mr Daniel James (Objector)

Mr Tony Flower (Objector)

Mr Dan Clare (on behalf of the applicant)

Rear Admiral Rob Stevens (on behalf of the applicant)

Additional Representations:

Following feedback from the applicant regarding the proposed conditions, condition four and 14 were amended.

Three additional letters of representation had been received by the Local Planning Authority.

Comment:

Oliver Boulter Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure read out a statement from Councillor Gary Peace as Local Member for the application.

Clarification was sought regarding the access to the site, Officers advised that the statement read out by one of the public speakers for Red Squirrel Limited had confirmed that there was prospect of the access being permitted by way of a transfer of title facilitating the scheme.

Concern was raised regarding the noise levels and the Committee asked if two decibels above existing background levels was too noisy and could it be reduced. Planning Officers advised that Environmental Health had been consulted on the application and they had suggested the noise levels, assurance was provided that noise levels would be monitored by the Local Planning Authority and Environmental Health.

The Committee raised concerns regarding the level of commitment from the company to proceed with the application, they were advised that a previous application had not commenced due to government grants being withdrawn.

There was discussion regarding whether a bond could be secured to ensure that the public open space ... view the full minutes text for item 40.

41.

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, 10 December 2021. 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 members questions.