The Minutes of the meeting held on 24 April 2024 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

Councillor Cresswell declared an interest in Item 9 (240179/HOU – 69 Coventry Road) as he was a member of the same political group as the applicant.

The Committee considered a report setting out a schedule of applications to be considered at future meetings of the Committee to enable Councillors to decide which sites, if any, they wished to visit prior to determining the relevant applications. The report also listed previously agreed site visits which were yet  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

The Committee received a report on notifications received from the Planning Inspectorate on planning appeals registered with them or decisions made and providing summary reports on appeal decisions of interest to the Committee. 

Appendix 1 to the report stated there had been no new appeals lodged since the last Committee.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 4.

The Committee received a report on the types of development that could be submitted for Prior Approval and providing a summary of applications received and decisions taken in accordance with the prior approval process as set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (GPDO 2015) as  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

The Committee considered a report asking the Committee to select a street name for a new road for a development of 209 units off Vastern Road, adjacent to the SSE substation.  The site and road layout was shown on a plan attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

The Committee received a report on the work and performance of the Planning Development Management team, commitments monitoring by the Planning Policy team and the work of the Building Control team during 2023/24 with comparison to previous years.

It was reported at the meeting that there were typographical errors in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

230626/FUL -Change of use of upper floors of No’s 13-16 Market Place to 4 residential units and erection of 2-storey extension creating access from No’s 11-12 Market Place. Demolition of existing rear additions and erection of a 4/5-storey building to create 11 residential units accessed from the rear, with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

Installation of air source heat pump to the rear of property.

The Committee considered a report on the above application.

Comments were received and considered.

Resolved –

That planning permission for application 240179/HOU be granted, subject to the conditions and informatives recommended in the report.

(Councillor Cresswell declared an  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.