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Items
No. Item

58.

Apologies for absence/substitutions

Minutes:

58.1 An apology of absence was received from Councillors’ Jane Storey, Keith Welham and Barry Humphreys MBE.

 

 

59.

To receive any declarations of pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest by Members

Minutes:

59.1 Councillor John Field declared a non-pecuniary interest in application DC/17/1832 as the County Councillor for the area of the application and as a Governor at Claydon Primary School.

 

59.2 Councillor David Whybrow declared a non-pecuniary interest in application DC/17/1832 as paragraph 150 in the Officer report referred to a separate application that his company was involved in.

60.

Declarations of Lobbying

Minutes:

60.1 All Members declared that they had been lobbied on application DC/17/1832.

61.

RF/17/10 Confirmation of the Minutes of the meeting held on 1 November 2017 pdf icon PDF 253 KB

Minutes:

61.1 The Chair deferred the confirmation of the minutes until the next meeting of the Planning Referrals Committee.

62.

Declarations of Personal Site Visits

Minutes:

62.1 Councillor Kathie Guthrie declared a personal site visit to application DC/17/1832.

63.

RF/17/11 Schedule of Applications pdf icon PDF 660 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

63.1 In accordance with the Council’s procedure for public speaking on planning applications a representation was made as detailed below:

 

Planning Application Number

Representations From

DC/17/1832

Gail Cornish (Parish Council)

Steven Bates (Objector)

Gareth Barton (Agent)

James Digby (Applicant)

 

 

63.2 Item 1

 

Application          DC/17/1832

Proposal             Outline Application (Access to be considered) – Erection of up to 315 dwellings, vehicular access to Old Norwich Road, public open space and associated landscaping, engineering and infrastructure works.

Site Location      CLAYDON – Land to the West of Old Norwich Road and to the East of the A14, Claydon

Applicant             Ashfield Land Ltd.

 

 

63.3 The Corporate Manager – Growth and Sustainable Planning, advised Members’ of a change to the Officer recommendation to the Archaeological works and Ecology.

 

63.4 The Case Officer presented the application to the Committee and outlined the additional conditions to the Officer Recommendation.

 

63.5 The Case Officer responded to Members’ questions regarding development under power cables and cycling provision.

 

63.6 Sam Harvey, Senior Development Management Engineer for Suffolk County Council’s Highways Department, responded to Members’ questions regarding the realignment of Norwich Road and the cycling provision.

 

63.7 The Case Officer continued by responding to Members’ questions regarding green belt land, ownership of the adjacent land, three storey developments, school provision, catchment areas, the impact of the A14 and emergency access to the site.

 

63.8 The Senior Development Management Engineer responded to Members’ questions regarding the traffic modelling, the land ownership surrounding the junction and the bus gate.

 

63.9 The Case Officer continued to respond to Members’ questions regarding the response from Mid Suffolk District Council’s Environmental Health department.

 

63.10 Gail Cornish, Claydon Parish Council, outlined the scale of the development, that the village wanted to keep the buffer zone to Ipswich, that there would be 1000 extra traffic movements a day, and that the development would have implications for Ipswich.

 

63.11 The Parish Council representative responded to Members questions regarding the neighbourhood plan.

 

63.12 Steven Bates, Objector, outlined that the proposal failed to satisfy policies on many levels, that Ipswich Borough Council were opposed to the application, that the proposed highways link to the site was unsustainable, that the junction would be over capacity by 2022 and that the proposal should not be approved without a full site visit.

 

63.13 The Senior Development Management Engineer outlined that the highways modelling had taken into account any other applications.

 

63.14 Gareth Barton, Agent, outlined that statutory consultees had not raised significant objections, that the Council did not have a five year land supply, that the plan provided was only indicative, that emergency vehicles would be able to access the bus route, that 111 Affordable homes would be created and that there had been no objection from Suffolk County Council’s Highways department.

 

63.15 The Agent and Applicant, James Digby, responded to Members’ questions regarding the land surrounding the application.

 

63.16 Councillor James Caston, Ward Member, outlined the cumulative impact of applications in the area, that it would significantly alter the area, that Ipswich Borough Council  ...  view the full minutes text for item 63.