Agenda and minutes

Development Control Committee - Thursday, 23rd February, 2023 6.30 pm

Venue: Rooms 2 & 3, Burnley Town Hall

Contact: Alison McEwan/Carol Eddleston  Democracy Officers

Items
No. Item

114.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Birtwistle, Hurt and Royle.

115.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 138 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the last meeting, held on 8th February 2023.

Minutes:

The Minutes of the last meeting held on 8th February 2023 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

116.

Declaration of Interest

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.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest in the planning application which was being presented to the committee.

117.

List of Deposited Plans and Applications

To consider reports on planning applications for development permission:

Minutes:

The following members of the public attended the meeting and addressed the Committee in relation to FUL/2021/0375 under the Right to Speak Policy:

 

Pauline Shaliker (against)

Claire Bradley (for)

Philip Elborne (for)

 

RESOLVED            That the list of deposited plans be dealt with in the manner shown in these minutes.

118.

FUL/2021/0375 - Land At Balderstone Lane Burnley pdf icon PDF 351 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Proposed 152MWh battery storage contained within 38 battery units measuring 10.6m in length and 2.6m in width, associated transformers, electrical equipment, switch room, control room, 2.4m high palisade fencing, 4m high acoustic fencing, site drainage, 8 mounted CCTV cameras on 6m high poles, floodlighting on buildings and access track

Land At Balderstone Lane Burnley

 

Decision

 

That authority be delegated to the Head of Housing and Development Control to grant planning permission subject to the following:-

a) a section 106 agreement to secure off-site ecology mitigation, off-site planting and the improvement of paths; and,

b) conditions

 

Conditions and Reasons

 

1.         The development must be begun not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the date of this permission.

 

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

 

2.         Unless explicitly required by condition within this consent, the development hereby permitted shall be carried out in complete accordance with the proposals as detailed on drawings:

 

            Reason:  For the avoidance of doubt and to clarify which plans are relevant to the consent.

 

3.         All materials to be used in the approved scheme shall be as stated on the approved drawings received and shall not be varied without the prior written approval of the Local Planning authority

 

            Reason: To ensure that the development will be of a satisfactory appearance and to comply with policies SP5 and HS5 of Burnley's Local Plan 2018

 

            Drainage

 

4.         The development permitted by this planning permission shall be carried out in accordance with the principles set out within the flood risk assessment (S3-P01 / 2 June 2021).The measures shall be fully implemented prior to first occupation of any building and in accordance with the timing / phasing arrangements embodied within the scheme, or within any other period as may subsequently be agreed, in writing, by the local planning authority in consultation with the lead local flood authority.

 

Reason: To ensure satisfactory sustainable drainage facilities are provided to serve the site in accordance with the Paragraphs 163 and 165 of the National Planning Policy Framework, Planning Practice Guidance and Defra Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems.

 

5.         No development shall commence until a detailed, final surface water sustainable drainage strategy for the site has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the local planning authority.

 

            The detailed sustainable drainage strategy shall be based upon the site-specific flood risk assessment submitted and sustainable drainage principles and   requirements set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, Planning Practice Guidance and Defra Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems and no surface water shall be allowed to discharge to the public foul sewer(s), directly or indirectly.

 

            Those details shall include, as a minimum:

            a) Sustainable drainage calculations for peak flow control and volume control (1 in 1, 1 in 30 and 1 in 100 + 40% climate change), with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 118.