MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONTROL SUB COMMITTEE HELD AT EAST COWES TOWN HALL, YORK AVENUE, EAST COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT ON MONDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2006 COMMENCING AT 4.00 PM

 

Present :

 

Cllrs Ivan Bulwer (Chairman), Henry Adams, William Burt, Charles Chapman, Mike Cunningham, Barbara Foster, Muriel Miller, Brian Mosdell, Lady Pigot, Susan Scoccia, Arthur Taylor, David Whittaker, David Williams (deputising for George Cameron)

 

Apologies :   

 

Cllrs George Cameron, Julian Whittaker

 

Also Present (non-voting):

 

Cllrs Charlie Hancock, Margaret Webster

 


 


28.             MINUTES

 

RESOLVED :

 

THAT the Minutes of the meeting held on 19 September 2006 be confirmed subject to the following amendments :

 

Minute 24 to read that Cllr David Williams declared a personal and prejudicial interest in Minute 25 (a) – Westridge Golf Centre, Brading Road, Ryde - not 25 (d) Salvation Army and IWC car park, Green Street/Station Street, Ryde.

 

Minute 25 (c) (ii) - The first line of the last paragraph to read ‘tree conditions’ not three conditions.

 

29.             DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

Interests were declared in the following matters:

 

Cllr William Burt – declared a personal interest in Minute 30 (1) - Land bounded by Kingston farm Lane/Cadets Walk/Kingslea Park/Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes power station/agricultural land/south of East Cowes Vics football ground including land off Whippingham Road, East Cowes as he knew one of the landowners.

 

30.             REPORT OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION

 

Planning Applications and Related Matters

 

Consideration was given to Papers B1 and B2 of the report of the Strategic Director for Economic Development and Regeneration.

 

RESOLVED :

 

THAT the applications be determined as detailed below :

 

The reasons for the resolutions made in accordance with Officer recommendation were given in the Planning report.  Where resolutions are made contrary to Officer recommendation the reasons for doing so are contained in the minutes.

 

A schedule of additional representations received after the printing of the report were submitted at the beginning of the meeting and were drawn to the attention of Members when considering the application. A note is made to that effect in the minutes.

 

Application:

TCP/18291/D

 

Details:

Outline consent for 9.9 hectares of residential development; 9.9 hectares of employment development; managed woodland; nature conservation areas, proposed access road junction with Whippingham Road and Beatrice Avenue, network of public footpaths/cycleways, public transport link only to Kingston Road.

 

Land bounded by Kingston Farm Lane/Cadets Walk/Kingslea Park/Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes Power Station/agricultural land/south of East Cowes Vics Football Ground, including land off Whippingham Road, East Cowes.

 

Site Visits:

The site was visited by Members of the Development Control Sub Committee on Monday, 10 July 2006.

 

Public Participants:

None.

Additional Representations:

A letter had been received from King Sturge, the agent acting on behalf of SEEDA, who confirmed that they do not now object to the application for the development of land at Kingston and requested that the Council gave due regard to the sequential principle. King Sturge indicated that if both schemes were granted planning permission SEEDA would be happy to accept an appropriate level of phasing with regard to the number and timing of units for development which recognized the sequential principle and the local market conditions. King Sturge and SEEDA propose an additional condition.

 

Confirmation was received from the applicants Barratts that they were content with the application of the condition in order to control the sequential phasing of development between the two schemes.

 

Comment:

The Local Member, Councillor Charlie Hancock, spoke on this item.

 

The adjoining member, Councillor Margaret Webster, spoke on this item.

 

Amend condition to say the phasing plan needs to be agreed up front to include the monitoring criteria between the two developers.

Two phasing plans one for Kingston and one for SEEDA.

 

Reason agreed for the Kingston one to ensure that the development does not undermine the implementation of brownfield development.

 

Decision:

The Committee had taken into consideration and agreed with the reasons for the recommendation as set out under paragraph entitled Justification for Recommendation of the report and resolved:

 

Conditional planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in the Part II Register.

 

Conditions:

Prior to the commencement of the development the developer shall submit a phasing programme re the residential development, the programme shall be based on monitoring criteria.

 

Condition to be added as follows :

 

The phasing of the development is to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority. No development shall take place until monitoring criteria to be used in the future phasing review have been submitted to and agreed by the Local Planning Authority.

 

Reason: To ensure that further development does not undermine the implementation on brownfield development opportunities in the East Cowes area and to accord with the principles of Strategic Policy S2 of the Isle of Wight Unitary Development Plan.

 

As per report (Paper B1)

 

Application:

TCP/27465

 

 

Details:

Proposed conditions for outline Planning Permission for the regeneration of East Cowes submitted by SEEDA and English Partnerships.

 

 

Site Visit:

The site was visited by Members of the Development Control Sub Committee on Monday, 10 July 2006.

 

 

Public Participants:

None.

 

Additional Representations:

None.

 

Comment:

Members were not happy with the proposed time limit within Condition 9 and asked that it be shortened especially with regard to the Red Funnel marshalling yard.

 

 

Decision:

The proposed condition as outlined in the report be agreed with an amendment to read that the marshalling yard must be commenced before the expiration of three years beginning with the date of the permission.  Reserved matter applications for the remainder the scheme must be submitted before the expiration of 5 years beginning with the date of the permission.

 

 

Conditions:

As per report (Paper B2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAIRMAN