Agenda and draft minutes

A minute of silence was observed in respect of the recent passing of the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cllr Barry Panter.

The Chair declared an interest as a member of the Aspire board in reference to item 5 of the agenda.

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

Resolved:              That the minutes of the meeting held on 28th January, 2025 be agreed as a correct record.

Cllr Fear proposed that the application be refused on the grounding of the development not allowing for sufficient car parking provisions. This was seconded by Cllr Holland and unanimously agreed.

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

given the limited car parking provision within the site, the significant additional on-street parking demand that was likely to be created by the development would lead to an exacerbation of congestion and related harm to highway safety on streets in the vicinity of the development contrary to the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework 2023.

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This item includes a supplementary report.

Resolved:    That, subject to no objections being raised by 14^th March that could not be addressed through the imposition of conditions, the Service Director – Planning be given the delegated authority to determine the application as follows:

PERMIT the application subject to conditions relating to the following matters:

1. Variation of condition 12 to refer to the revised plan;

2. Any other conditions which are still relevant to the original decision.

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Resolved:    (i)       That the information be received.

(ii)      That an update report be brought to committee in two months’ 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 if the following matter because it was likely that there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1, 2, and 7 in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972.

This matter was discussed in a closed session.

Resolved:    That the information be received.

There was no urgent business.