Decision:
At the 6th November 2024 meeting of the Eastern Area
Planning committee (EAPC), the committee resolved to grant consent for the
development of a Class E(a) retail food store with associated parking,
landscaping and access on land east of Sandford Rd Wareham (LPA reference
P/FUL/2022/06012), contrary to the officer recommendation
Resolution (from the 6.11.2024 minutes): to grant subject to securing the required
biodiversity compensation payment; planning conditions with authority delegated
to the Head of Planning and the Service Manager for Development Management and
Enforcement to agree the wording of conditions with the Chair and the
Vice-Chair of the Eastern Area Planning Committee; and referral to the
Secretary of State.
In accordance with the Committee resolution:
the wording of conditions has been agreed with the Chair and
the Vice-Chair of the Eastern Area Planning Committee
The application was referred to the Secretary of State for
Housing, Communities and Local Government by e-mail on the 2 December 2024.
Confirmation was received from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local
Government on 18th December 2024 that the Secretary of State has decided not to
call in this application confirming that she is content for the application to
be determined by the Local Planning Authority.
Since the EAPC resolution, in December 2024, the Government
published a new National Planning Policy Framework. In consultation with legal
officers and the EAPC chair, the proposal has been assessed against changes to
the NPPF to determine whether there are any material change in circumstances to
alter the member resolution.
For the reasons set out below I consider that there are no
material changes to the relevant paragraphs of the NPPF which could have led to
members reaching a materially different conclusion on the application.
(Decisions included can be executive or non-executive in nature, depending on the delegation given. Please state if the delegation was granted by the Cabinet or any other Committee or is detailed within the Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s Constitution.)