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Apologies for absence/substitutions Minutes: 51.1 An apology of absence was received from Councillors’ Matthew Hicks, Jessica Fleming, Lavinia Hadingham, Barry Humphreys MBE and Jane Storey. |
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To receive any declarations of pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest by Members Minutes: 52.1 Councillor Roy Barker declared a non-pecuniary interest in applications 4963/16, 5070/16, 4386/16 and 02232/17 as he knew the land owners. |
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Declarations of Lobbying Minutes: 53.1 It was noted that all Members had been lobbied. |
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RF/17/7 Confirmation of the Minutes of the meeting held on 6 September 2017 PDF 228 KB Minutes: 54.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 6 September 2017 were confirmed and signed as a correct record. |
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RF/17/8 Confirmation of the minutes of the meeting held on 4 October 2017 PDF 232 KB Minutes: 55.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 4 October 2017 were confirmed and signed as a correct record. |
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Declarations of Personal Site Visits Minutes: 56.1 Councillors Sarah Mansel, David Whybrow, Anne Killet, Gerard Brewster and Kathie Guthrie declared personal site visits. |
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RF/17/9 Schedule of Planning Applications PDF 621 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: In accordance with the Council’s procedure for public speaking on planning applications a representation was made as detailed below:
Schedule of Planning Applications
57.1 The Corporate Manager – Growth and Sustainable Planning outlined the proposed order of proceedings as follows:
i. OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS AND UPDATES SINCE PLANNING REFERRALS COMMITTEE ON 12 JULY 2017
ii. OFFICER PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING 4693/16 & 5070/16
iii. DEBATE AND MOTIONS 4693/16 & 5070/16
iv. OFFICER PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING 4942/16 & 2797/16
v. DEBATE AND MOTIONS 4942/16 &2797/16
vi. OFFICER PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC SPEAKING 4386/16 & 02232/17
vii. DEBATE AND MOTIONS 4386/16 & 02232/17
(i) OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS AND UPDATES SINCE THE PLANNING REFERRALS COMMITTEE ON 12 JULY 2017
57.2 The Corporate Manager – Growth and Sustainable Planning advised that the proposed school sites (4963/16 and 5070/16) would be decided upon first due to their relationship to the proposed infrastructure. He stated that a further application had been received that was detailed in the papers (02232/17) which was a second application from Bovis Homes Ltd on the same parcel of land as application 4386/16 and proposed that said applications be dealt with as the last order of business.
57.3 The Corporate Manager also advised the Committee that the appeal to The Planning Inspectorate for application 5010/16 had been allowed (Appeal Ref: APP/W3520/W/17/3172098) and outlined the contents of paragraph 33 of the appeal decision.
57.4 The Corporate Manager summarised Paragraph 34 of the Planning Inspectorates statement, which identified concern about the congestion under the railway bridge, and deemed that the likely effect would not be severe. He expanded by adding that in paragraph 37 the Inspector identified that Mid Suffolk District Council had identified public transport improvements in its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) 123 list and that Network Rail would be open to bid into the fund for any scheme. He concluded by noting that the Inspector took the view that there are provisions through CIL to fund such infrastructure improvements if justified and required and this is therefore not a reason to withhold permission.
57.5 The Corporate Manager also clarified that in paragraph 44 of the appeal statement that Mid Suffolk District Council could not demonstrate a five-year land supply and advised that under paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), relevant policies for the supply of housing should not be considered up to date.
57.6 The Case Officer provided an overview of the updates since the previous Committee meeting on 12 July 2017 outlining that there had been no formal objection from Network Rail to any of the developments individually or to ... view the full minutes text for item 57. |