Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence

No apologies for absence were received at the meeting.

To receive any declarations of interest

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 31 July 2019.

The minutes of the meeting held on 31 July 2019 were confirmed and signed.

Members of the public wishing to speak to the Committee on a planning application should notify the Democratic Services Officer listed on the front of this agenda. This must be done no later than two clear working days before the meeting. Please refer to the Guide to Public Speaking at Planning Committee.

There were no statements or questions from Town and Parish Councils, nor public statements or questions at the meeting.

To consider Application 3/18/3305/OUT, for the development of land South of Leigh Road, Wimborne this proposal being a hybrid application comprising:

1) An outline application for the erection of 174 dwellings, with all matters reserved save for means of access.

2) A full planning application for the erection of a community sports facility comprising club house, playing pitches, parking and landscaping together with the change of use of the land to leisure.

The Committee considered an application - 3/18/3305/OUT - to vary the provisions of planning application 3/18/3305/FUL: this having been granted planning permission for the development of land south of Leigh Road, Wimborne by East Dorset District Council’s (EDDC) Planning Committee at its meeting on 20 March 2019.

This permission provided for:-

·        an outline application for the erection of 174 dwellings, with all matters reserved, save for means of access.

·        a full planning application for the erection of a community sports facility comprising club house, playing pitches, parking and landscaping together with the change of use of the land to leisure.

This grant of permission was subject to the applicants’ firstly entering into a S106 Legal Agreement, within an agreed timeframe, to secure a range of infrastructure provisions necessary to enable the development to progress successfully, and a number of conditions to guide the final form of the development. In the event that the S106 legal agreement was not secured within the agreed timeframe, the Committee had resolved to refuse the application. The basis for those planning obligations was that they met the following tests:

• Necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms;

• Directly related to the development; and

• Fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the development.

With the aid of a visual presentation and taking into consideration the provisions of the Update Sheet appended to these minutes, officers put into context what the main proposals and planning issues of the development were; how these were to be progressed; how the development would contribute to meeting housing needs; what was being proposed to complement the development; and particularly, the reasoning for the variations which were now being proposed as a means of benefitting the development and what this entailed.

Plans and photographs provided an illustration of the location, dimensions and design of the development, with the presentation also confirming what the highways, traffic management, parking and access arrangements being proposed would be; how the enhancements would look and their setting; showed the development’s relationship with the characteristics of the surrounding town development and landscape, the local highway network; other residential development and civic amenities in Wimborne and Colehill and its setting within the town. It was confirmed that this development was on land which had been allocated in the adopted Christchurch and East Dorset Local Plan for development, with this planning application needing to be considered on its individual merit.

Originally, following a viability assessment, a contribution of £943,938 was available to fund both off-site highway works and a proportion towards educational provision. This comprised £443,938 towards educational needs and £500,000, attributed for off-site works to be carried out by the developer, to mitigate the perceived traffic generated by this scheme - at the junction of Wimborne Road West (B3073) and the Canford Bottom Roundabout. However, the education element had only been partially funded due to the costs of the highway works, with the full education contribution of £899,694 which had been sought being  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

To receive a summary of appeal decisions, for information.

The Committee received a summary of appeals decisions made, the reasoning for this and what the outcomes were, with officers providing some relevant background detail to each.

Members considered this to be most informative in assisting their better understanding of this process and its practicalities.

Noted

There were no urgent items for consideration.

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972

The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

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