Resolution status:Carried
Motion status:Carried
That planning permission be refused as the application did not meet the requirements of Burnley’s Local Plan Policies IC1, IC2 and IC5.
That planning permission be refused as the application did not meet the requirements of Burnley’s Local Plan 2018 policy IC5 Protection and Provision of Social and Community Infrastructure.
Amendment status:Rejected
Motion status:Rejected
To refuse the application as the proposal, due to its scale and massing would be an incongruous form of development and disproportionate to the size of the plot. As such it is considered to be overdevelopment of the site which would be at odds with the prevailing character of the area and have a detrimental visual impact, contrary to Local Plan Policy SP5 (2a).
To defer the matter to the DC Committee until the full report of an over winter survey on flooding has been received and considered by the relevant experts on flooding, together with a further report on the ecological and climate change effect of the removal of peat, and a further ecological survey relevant to the nesting of birds through the whole breeding season of protected species and clarification on whether ‘lowland fens’ habitat is present are available.