2008-01-17 Development Control Agenda Pa

Apologies for absence.

Declarations of Substitutions for Committee Members.

Minutes of the previous Meeting held on 20 December 2007 (herewith)|

Questions submitted by electors in accordance with Standing Orders.

Petition(s) to be presented in accordance with Standing Orders. (copy covering letters and/or header sheets herewith):-|

a)   Objections to Application No. 07/613/FUL: Demolition of existing retail premises and erection of 4 no. three bedroom and 2 no. four bedroom dwellings, 1 – 9 Castleton Road, Wigston.

b)   Oadby Town Centre Masterplan:

i)  Support for Place of Worship – for use by Borough’s Muslim Community.

ii)  East Street Car Park: Objection to Single Faith Centre,

but support for Community Centre for use by all residents.

iii)  Objection to proposed substantial reduction of parking spaces and prevention of adequate service access to local businesses. 

Service And Financial Plans - 2008/09 (Report of Deputy Chief Executive herewith)|

Progress on Service Development Plans – 2007/08 (Report of Director of Community Services herewith). |

Report of the Chief Planning Officer(Copy herewith).|

Enforcement Action and Section 106 Agreement Monitoring: Part I – Non-Exempt matters (Report of Director of Community Services herewith)|

• Appendix 1 (Members only - See A3 Report pages at back of Agenda papers)
• Appendix 2 |

The Press and Public are likely to be excluded from the remainder of the meeting in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (Exempt Information)

Enforcement Action and Section 106 Agreement Monitoring: Part II – Exempt matters (Report of Director of Community Services continued)

     -    Appendix 3

SITE VISIT(S) ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING (SEE CODE OF PRACTICE)

(1) At 8.30am(approximately), at tigers close (off tigers road), south wigston

(application 07/523/ful refers – revised scheme for 07/46/ful – erection of b1 industrial units (rev.a). see agenda item 7 – report item 2 with location plan). 

NOTES

(i)    The following Comments of Statutory Officers remain the same for each of the individual items included in the Report of the Chief Planning Officer unless otherwise stated in the report

         Head of Paid Services: None

         Proper Officer for Financial Affairs: None

         Monitoring Officer: None

(ii)   Where letters of representation have been received regarding planning applications which are before the Committee for consideration at this meeting, summaries of these letters will have been incorporated in the respective Report items. The deadline for late letters is 12.00 noon on the day prior to the Committee meeting date; these letters will also be summarised and copies of the summaries will be circulated to Members at the meeting. Letters received after the deadline will only be reported verbally if they contain new material considerations and at the discretion of the Chair.

(iii) Where applicable to Agenda/Report items, relevant Structure and Local Plans (i.e. Leicestershire Structure Plan, Wigston District Plan 1982, Oadby Local Plan 1989 and Oadby and Wigston Local Plan) and Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPGs) are Background Papers for the purposes of those Reports/Items. Copies of these documents are available for inspection in the Planning Section (and, for Councillors, in the Members’ Room.)

SITE VISITS: CODE OF PRACTICE

1.   Site visits may be carried out following any one of the following:

     a) a resolution of the Development Control Committee

     b) a request by any Member of the Council

     c) a request by an applicant; and

     d) a written representation

2.   Where a site visit is requested as part of a written representation, the application site and the property from which the representation has been received are visited, unless the person making the representation does not wish for his/her property to be visited.

3.   On an official site visit, Members do not enter the application site or any adjoining site individually. The site is only visited as part of a group. This ensures that all Members are presented with the same information at the same time.

4.   On the site visit, the plans and any written representations should be made available for Members consultation. The applicant, applicant’s agent(s), neighbours or objectors should not address Members of the Committee directly. It is not encumbent on an applicant to justify his/her planning application and whilst a person making representations may have detailed points which they may wish to make, it might be difficult for them to be countered by an applicant.

5.   If any applicant or neighbour wishes to make representations, these must always be in writing and made available at the Committee Meeting.

6.   Applicants and neighbours should be notified in advance of the time and date of the site visit and the procedures that will be followed.

7.   Decisions relating to the determination of an application where a site meeting takes place shall be taken at the Committee Meeting and not at the site visit.