Agenda and minutes

There were no declarations of interest stated.

To consider the minutes of the previous meeting(s).

Resolved:              That the minutes of the meeting held on 10 September, 2024 be agreed as a correct record.

Additional recommendations (xvi) and (xvii) proposed by Councillor Holland and seconded by Councillor Bryan

Resolved:    That the application be permitted, subject to the undermentioned

conditions:-

(i)              Link to outline planning permission and conditions

(ii)             Approved plans

(iii)           Facing materials

(iv)           Boundary treatments

(v)            Hard surfacing materials

(vi)           Revised highway details

(vii)          Detailed highway design information

(viii)         Gradient of footway and cycle links

(ix)           Implementation of residential access arrangement

(x)            Provision of pedestrian visibility splays

(xi)           Details of parking and turning

(xii)          Provision of cycle storage

(xiii)         Landscaping scheme

(xiv)        Tree protection

(xv)          Refuse strategy

(xvi)        Prior approval of lighting scheme

(xvii)       Establishment of a liaison committee.

Members requested that the Chair write a letter to Staffordshire County Council Highways asking them to review the access arrangements and revisit the scheme after twelve months in terms of highway safety.

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Councillors’ Lewis and Wilkes spoke on this application

Amended recommendation proposed by Councillor Holland and seconded by Councillor Burnett-Faulkner.

Members debated at length, raising concerns about development within the Green Belt and overdevelopment of the site.  In addition, they did not feel that any special circumstances existed to enable the development to go ahead.

Resolved:    That the application be refused for the following reasons:

(i)              The disbenefits of the scheme outweigh the benefits and therefore contradict paragraph 214 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

(ii)             It is not considered that very special circumstances exist to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt.

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Resolved:    (i)       That the information be received.

(ii)      That an update report be brought back to this Committee in two month’s time.

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To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item(s) because it is likely that there will be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1,2 and 3 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

Resolved:-             That the public be excluded from the meeting during

consideration of the following matter because it is likely

that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs contained within Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972

The following item was considered as urgent because the timetable for the proceedings fell before the next scheduled meeting of the Planning Committee.

LAND NORTH OF MUCKLESTONE WOOD LANE AND EAST OF ROCK LANE LOGGERHEADS.  23/00002/OUT

Following a discussion of a report regarding an ongoing planning appeal, Members agreed with the officer’s recommendation.