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Agenda and minutes

Venue: Court Room at Eastbourne Town Hall, Grove Road, BN21 4UG

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Items
No. Item

21.

Introductions

Minutes:

Members of the Committee and Officers present introduced themselves to all those who were present during the meeting.

 

22.

Apologies for absence and notification of substitute members

Minutes:

23.

Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (DPIs) by members as required under Section 31 of the Localism Act and of other interests as required by the Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

None.

 

24.

Minutes of the meeting held on 25 July 2022 pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on 25 July 2022 were submitted and approved as a correct record, and the Chair was authorised to sign them.

 

25.

Urgent items of business. pdf icon PDF 56 KB

The Chair to notify the Committee of any items of urgent business to be added to the agenda.

 

Minutes:

There were no urgent items.  An officer addendum, however, was circulated to the Committee prior to the start of the meeting, updating the main reports on the agenda with any late information (a copy of which was published on the Council’s website).

 

26.

24 Hurst Road. ID: 220566 pdf icon PDF 172 KB

Minutes:

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of 3no. 3-bedroom dwellings (resubmission of refused planning application 220216) - UPPERTON.

 

The Senior Specialist Advisor (Planning) presented the report.

 

The Committee was advised by way of an Addendum that there were no further updates following completion of the officer’s report.

 

Mr Mike Munson (neighbour) spoke in objection to the application. 

 

The Committee sought clarification on biodiversity, trees, overlooking, footprint, flint wall, lamppost, tile hanging, loft development and archaeology.  The Senior Specialist Advisor responded to the matters raised.   He advised that it would be possible to condition the obscure glazing to the upper floor side facing windows and upper floor outdoor amenity space to improve privacy. Delegated authority would be required to condition the bee blocks, bird nest boxes, bat boxes, materials for tile hanging, and to control the permitted development allowance to restrict the potential for loft extensions.

 

Councillor Vaughan proposed a motion to approve the application in line with the officer’s recommendation and to delegate to the Head of Planning to condition changes to the obscure glazing, to approve tile hanging materials, for installation of bee blocks, bird and bat boxes, and the removal of permitted development allowance on the loft conversion. This was seconded by Councillor Lamb and was carried. 

 

RESOLVED: (Unanimously) that delegated authority be provided to the Head of Planning to allow for revisions to provide details of tile hung cladding and to seek details of obscure glazing and balcony screening and then for planning permission to be approved subject to the conditions set out in the officer’s report in addition to conditions requiring the installation and retention of obscure glazing and balcony screening, for installation of bee blocks, bird and bat boxes, and the removal of permitted development allowance on the loft conversion.

 

27.

The Counting House, Star Road (The Rainbow Public House). ID: 220220 (Planning Permission) and 220284 (Listed Building Consent) pdf icon PDF 334 KB

Minutes:

Erection of new timber framed garden seating pods, 4 no. large olive trees planters with drinking shelves, new resin bound gravel floor finish and paved areas, new wrought iron fence and gates to Western external area – UPPERTON.

 

The Senior Specialist Advisor (Planning) presented the report. 

 

The Committee was advised by way of an Addendum of one further communication received since the publication of the report from the speaker relating to Paragraph 8.4.2 which incorrectly referred to the adjacent carpark as a ‘public car park’, this was corrected to ‘private ownership’.  The County Archaeologist response to the consultation requested the Historic Environment Record (HER) should be consulted.  The officer recommendation was amended to allow delegated authority to reach an agreement to either omit the recommended conditions following consultation of the HER, or attach any new conditions recommended by the County Archaeologist.

 

Ms John Martin (neighbour) spoke in objection to the application.  Ms Shoes Simes (Lessee of the site) spoke in support of the application.

 

The Planning Lawyer advised the Committee to have regard to both planning and listed building applications when balancing the material considerations. It was further advised that the agenda was published in line with government legislation and the Council’s Constitution.

 

The Committee queried the hours of use, parking, electric bike charging and noise, and the Senior Specialist Advisor responded to the matters raised. It was noted that electric charging points could be secured by condition.

 

ID 220220 (Planning Permission)

Councillor Morris proposed a motion to approve the planning application in line with the officer’s recommendation and an additional condition for electric charging points. This was seconded by Councillor Vaughan and was carried. 

 

RESOLVED: (unanimously) that Planning permission be approved subject to the conditions set out in the officer’s report and an additional condition for electric cycle charging points and delegate the Head of Planning to reach an agreement to either omit the recommended conditions following consultation of the HER, or attach any new conditions recommended by the County Archaeologist.

 

ID 220284 (Listed Building Consent)

Councillor Lamb proposed a motion to approve the Listed Building application in line with the officer’s recommendation and to delegate to the Head of Planning to conclude the consultation with County Archaeologist on the Historic Environment Records (HER). This was seconded by Councillor Vaughan and was carried. 

 

RESOLVED: (unanimously) that Listed Building consent be granted subject to the conditions set out in the officer’s report and to delegate the Head of Planning to reach an agreement to either omit the recommended conditions following consultation of the HER, or attach any new conditions recommended by the County Archaeologist.

 

28.

Date of next meeting

To note the next meeting of the Planning Committee is scheduled to be held on Monday, 17 October 2022.

 

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Planning Committee was scheduled to commence at 6:00pm on Monday, 17 October 2022.