Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies had been received from Councillor F Cant (Chair).  Councillor Mark Payne took the Chair.

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the previous meeting.

The Minutes of the previous remote meeting held on Tuesday, 7^th July 2020 were approved as a correct record. 

To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair decides should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.

There were no additional items of business. 

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the provision of the Code of Conduct and/or indicate if S106 of the Local Government Finance Act applies to them.

There were no declarations of interest. 

To determine during which items, if any, the public are to be excluded from the meeting.

There were no items of business requiring the public to be excluded from the meeting. 

To consider reports on planning applications for development permission:

The following members of the public attended the meeting and addressed the Committee under the Right to Speak Policy: 

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Conversion of existing terraced house into 2 independent dwellings at 28 Queen Victoria Road, Burnley. 

Decision: That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions: 

1.    The development to which this permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of three years from the date of this permission. 

Reason: In accordance with Section 91(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by the Planning Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. 

2.    The development permitted shall be constructed in complete accordance with the specifications in the application and approved plans listed below, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. 

Reason: To avoid doubt and to ensure an acceptable development as indicated on the submitted drawings. 

3.    No development shall take place before details of the provisions for the storage and recycling of refuse have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  Such provisions shall be made/constructed prior to the first occupation of the flats and shall thereafter be made permanently available for the occupants of the flats. 

Reason: In the interest of residential amenity and to comply with policy SP5 of the Burnley’s Local Plan 2018. 

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Proposed detached house with new access from Pennine Grove (re-submission FUL/2019/0191) 

Decision: That planning permission be granted subject to the following conditions: 

1.    The development must be begun within three years of the date of this decision. 

Reason: Required to be imposed by Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. 

2.    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the approved plans listed on this notice below. 

Reason: To ensure the development is implemented in accordance with the approved plans and to avoid ambiguity. 

3.    Prior to construction work commencing on the approved dwellings, details and representative samples of the external materials of construction to be used on the walls and roof of the development shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall thereafter only be carried out in accordance with the approved materials. 

Reason: To ensure satisfactory appearance to the development, in accordance with Policies HS4 and SP5 of Burnley’s Local Plan (July 2018). 

4.    No development shall take place until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. 

The Statement shall provide for: 

                                      i.The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors; 

                                    ii.Loading and unloading of plant and materials; 

                                   iii.Storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development; 

                                   iv.The erection and maintenance of security hoarding; 

                                    v.Measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction; 

                                   vi.Wheel washing facilities; 

                                  vii.Details of working hour; and 

                                 viii.Contact details for the site manager. 

Reason: To ensure that the safety and amenities of other residents on Pennine Grove and Higham Road are satisfactory and disturbance is minimised, in accordance with Policies NE5 and IC1 of Burnley’s Local Plan (July 2018).  The Construction Management Plan is required prior to the commencement of development to ensure that the measures contained therein can be carried out at the appropriate phases of the construction period. 

5.    During the construction phase of the development, no construction work or use of machinery or deliveries to the site shall take place on Sundays and Bank/Public Holidays or other than between 08:00 and 18:00 hours Monday to Friday and between 08:00 and 13:00 on Saturdays. 

Reason: To protect the amenities of local residents, in accordance with Policy NE5 of Burnley’s Local Plan (July 2018). 

6.    Prior to the commencement of built development, a scheme of landscaping which shall include indications of all existing trees and hedges on the land and details of those to be retained, as well replacement tree planting where applicable, and details of hard and soft landscaping works to include schedules of plants, species, plant sizes and proposed numbers/densities where appropriate, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.

To receive for information a list of delegated decisions taken since the last meeting.

The Committee received for information a list of decisions taken under delegation for the period 8^th July 2020 to 24^th July 2020.