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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27.

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To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2021.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

THAT the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 2021 be approved.

28.

Declarations of Interest

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

Minutes:

There were no declarations at this stage.

29.

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, 14 October 2021.

 

Minutes:

There were no public Questions.

30.

Report of the Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure pdf icon 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 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.

 

Application:

20/00513/FUL

Details:

The construction, operation and decommissioning of a well site for the exploration and appraisal of hydrocarbon minerals from one exploratory borehole (Arreton-3) and one side-track borehole (Arreton-3z) for a temporary period of three years involving the siting of plant and equipment, the construction of a new access track, a new junction with the Newport to Sandown highway (A3056), the erection of boundary fencing, entrance gates and other ancillary development with restoration to agriculture - revised plans and information relating to means of access and rights of way mitigation measures, site layout, sections and restoration; clarification relating to ecology and environmental health issues; revised location plan/ red line boundary (readvertised application).

 

Land To The North East Of New Barn Business Park, Sandown Road, Arreton.

 

Site Visits:

The site was carried out on Friday, 15 October 2021

Public Participants:

Mr J Idle (Objector)

Mrs S May (Objector)

Mr S Davis (Objector)

Cllr M Kimber (Arreton Parish Council)

Mr M Cartwright (Applicant)

Mr N Moore (Agent)

Additional representations:

Six additional representations had been received by the Local Planning Authority since the report had been published raising concerns regarding the application. A petition of 4,410 signatures had also been submitted.

Comment:

Councillor Peter Spink spoke on behalf of Councillor Suzie Ellis as Local Member on this item.

 

The Chairman explained that he believed it was relevant to allow the Cabinet Member for Environment, Heritage and Waste Management to speak to the Committee regarding this application, Councillor Bacon was unable to attend, and his statement was read out by Mr Boulter Strategic Manager for Planning and Infrastructure Delivery.

 

The committee questioned the economic benefit to the Island if the development was approved, Planning Officers advised that the economic benefit would be at a national level and there would be only minimal local benefit to the Island.

 

Concern was raised regarding the impact the development would have on local tourism locations around the site and the committee asked what weight had been given to tourism when reaching the recommendation. Officers acknowledged that the proposed development would be visible and look out of place, however the structure was temporary, and the land would be restored.

 

It was noted that the Local Planning Authority approval would be one of a number of approvals required for this development, other agencies such as the Environment Agency and Public Health England would be responsible for elements of the proposal.

 

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31.

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, 15 October, 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.