DANBURY PARISH COUNCIL
Planning
Committee
Minutes of the Meeting held on 24 April 2006 at 8.00pm in the Parish
Office
Present: Cllrs A Allen Chairman), A Keeler, M Telling, J Thomson, M Wood Additional member: Mr J Alexander In attendance: Mrs E Blyth, Assistant Clerk
Public
Question Time
No members of the public were present.
268 Apologies
for absence
Apologies were received and accepted from Cllr S Berlyn, Cllr G Gardiner, Mr R Chandler and Mr P Watts.
269 Declarations of Interest
Members were reminded that they must declare any personal or
prejudicial personal interests in any items of business on the meeting’s
agenda.
270
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 3rd April 2006 were approved and signed as a correct record. There were no matters arising.
271
CBC Planning applications and decisions
The Committee considered the applications received and agreed its comments. RESOLVED: that the responses to planning applications shown in Appendix A be submitted to Chelmsford Borough Council. No applications need be referred to the local Ward Members.
272
Planning decisions
The decisions received were noted. With regard to the Committee’s concern that
trees at 23 Nursery Lane (06/00064/FUL) be protected during construction work,
members noted the following comment in the Case Officer’s report on the
application: “The
trees in the rear garden of No.23 Nursery Lane are conifers which have no
public amenity value. It is not
necessary to ensure their special protection.”
RESOLVED: that the planning decisions
shown in the Appendix B be noted.
273
CBC Planning Committee
The agenda for meeting held on Thursday 20th April was noted. Cllr Gardiner had attended representing the Parish Council as the business included applications at Danbury Park Conference Centre (05/00997/FUL) and Poplars, Penny Royal Road (06/00336FUL and 06/00337/LBC). The applications had been approved.
274 Danbury Planning Framework The Chairman reported that the final draft of
the Framework was ready to be seen by the Chairman of Council, after which it
would be sent to Derek Stebbing at CBC for review and, hopefully, approval for
publication.
275
Trees
An application for work to trees protected by a TPO was considered. TPOs 2005/67 (Bell Hill Wood) and 2006/05 (32 Runsell Lane) had been confirmed without modification. RESOLVED: that the Committee wished to make no comments in respect of the application for work to trees at 1 Dingley Dell, as shown in Appendix C.
276 Licensing
Act 2003 and CBC procedures
It was reported that the Essex Association of Local Councils (EALC) was actively pursuing the concerns of parish and other councils that they were not statutory consultees under the Act. At least one authority did inform local councils of applications, and EALC was taking advice to determine whether this was legal before deciding on its next step.
277 Correspondence
a) CBC Parish Councils’ Forum: The agenda for the next meeting (7pm on Wednesday 24th May in the Council Chamber) had been circulated. The Chairman of Planning and the Assistant Clerk were hoping to attend. Any other councillors wishing to attend were asked to inform the Parish Office so that numbers could be notified to CBC; b) Airey Housing redevelopment in Mill Lane: The reply from Chelmer Housing Partnership regarding the allocation of the new houses was noted. CBC was entitled to nominate the majority of the occupants, but CHP indicated that it was prepared to work with the Parish and Borough Councils to investigate the possibility of a local lettings policy. RESOLVED: that CHP be approached regarding the appropriate way to take forward the proposal to establish a local lettings policy; c) Cliftonville, Southwood Chase (06/00280/FUL): Mrs Harrison of Southwood Chase had copied to the Council her letter to the Development Manager at Town Planning expressing her disappointment at the granting of planning approval for a replacement dwelling at Cliftonville and her views on the adverse nature of other planning decisions in the Southwood Chase area. Mrs Harrison had copied her letter to Cllr Ian Wright. An acknowledgment of the letter would be sent.
278
Enforcement
a) Fly posting for caravan park: Photographs of the signs had been sent to Paul Bohannan at CBC, who had written to Waterside Holiday Park threatening prosecution it they continued to erect the advertisements. He had requested feedback as to whether the signs are still appearing at weekends. Members reported that the signs had not appeared on the last two weekends. b) Road signs: Responses from ECC regarding the missing 40mph sign at the eastern edge of the village, the removal of Danbury from direction signs on the A12 and the removal of a 30mph sign at the Well Lane end of The Heights were noted.
279 Matters for report No matters were raised.
280 Forthcoming meetings
Meetings are scheduled for 8th and 22nd May, 5th and 19th June 2006.
Business having been concluded, the Chairman closed the meeting at 9.20pm. |
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DANBURY
PARISH COUNCIL Planning
Committee Minutes: 24 April 2006 |
Appendix A CBC Planning Applications |
|
Ref
no |
Property |
Street
name |
Proposal |
Cttee
date |
Comments |
|
06/00520/FUL |
20 |
Nursery Cottages |
Drop kerb and provide parking for one car in
existing front garden |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
|
06/00558/FUL |
3 |
Runsell View |
Rear conservatory |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
|
06/00586/FUL |
41 |
Little Baddow Road |
Two storey side extension |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
|
06/00602/FUL |
Thatched
Cottage |
Plumptre Lane |
Two storey rear extension |
24/04/06 |
1 We note
that there is no application for Listed Building Consent. If the building is
not listed we suggest it should be considered for listing due to its unique,
historic nature and the character it confers on its local setting; |
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06/00631/FUL |
Bristol
House |
Copt Hill |
Two storey side extension (amended app 05/02436/FUL) |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
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06/00689/FUL |
16 |
St Clere's Way |
First floor side extension |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
|
06/00708/FUL |
Herm,
26 |
Little Baddow Road |
Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new
five bedroomed house and double garage |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
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ESS/44/05/CHL |
St
Clere's Hall Pit |
Main Road |
Restoration scheme; details of plant and seed mixes;
location, contours, volumes of bunds and soil types contained therein |
24/04/06 |
No comments |
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DANBURY
PARISH COUNCIL Planning
Committee Minutes: 24 April 2006 |
Appendix B CBC Planning Decisions |
|
Ref
no |
Property |
Street
name |
Proposal |
Committee
date |
Comments |
Dec'n
& Date |
|
06/00140/FUL |
37 |
Mill Lane |
Two storey side and single storey front extension |
20/02/06 |
No comments |
Approved |
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ECC decisions: |
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CC/CHL/23/06 |
Danbury
Park Primary School |
Well Lane |
Retention of one relocatable classroom unit until
January 31 2011 without complying with condition 1 (time limit) of
Application CC/CHL/10/03 |
06/02/06 |
We object strongly to the further retention of these
relocatable classrooms. This is a
popular and sought-after school, and the school's population is stable or
growing. The provision of appropriate, permanent classroom facilities is
essential to the education and welfare of the pupils. |
Approved |
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CC/CHL/24/06 |
Danbury
Park Primary School |
Well Lane |
Retention of two relocatable classroom units until
January 31 2011 without complying with condition 1 (time limit) of Application
CC/CHL/09/03 |
06/02/06 |
As above |
Approved |
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DANBURY
PARISH COUNCIL Planning
Committee Minutes: 24 April 2006 |
Appendix C Work to Trees |
|
Ref
no |
TPO
ref |
Property |
Street
name |
Proposal |
Committee
date |
Comments |
|
06/05038/TPO |
2002/130 |
Dingley
Dell, 1 |
Southview Terrace |
30% crown reduction of 2 Birch trees in G1 (group 1)
of TPO |
24/04/06 |
No comments |