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Items
No. Item

36.

Declarations of Interest

a) Under the Code of Conduct

 

b) Under the Planning Code

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

37.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 14 February 2019 pdf icon PDF 322 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 14 February 2019 were declared a true record and were signed by the Chairman.

38.

Planning Applications pdf icon PDF 312 KB

The report of the Executive Manager – Communities is attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered the written report of the Executive Manager - Communities relating to the following applications, which had been circulated previously.

 

18/02821/FUL – Development of a crematorium and memorial gardens with associated access, parking and landscaping – Land East of Main Road and South of Stragglethorpe Road, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.

 

As ward Councillor for Cotgrave, Councillor Richard Butler left the committee at this point and Councillor John Stockwood took the role as Chairman.

 

Updates

 

A representation from the applicant providing additional information regarding site sections between application site and Thorntons Holt was received after the agenda had been published and was circulated before the meeting.

 

In accordance with the Council’s Public Speaking Protocol for Planning Committee Andy Marshall (applicant), Simon Jones (objector) and Councillor Christine Jeffreys (ward councillor) addressed the committee.

 

Comments

 

Members of the Committee thought that the quantitative and qualitative data provided did not meet the criteria of basic need required to amount to ‘very special circumstances’ that would outweigh the harm caused by the proposal which is deemed inappropriate development in the green belt.

 

DECISION

 

THE ABOVE PLANNING APPLICATION WAS REFUSED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON.

 

  1. The site falls within the Green Belt as defined by Saved Rushcliffe Borough Local Plan 1996 Policy ENV15 . The proposal would involve a new building in the Green Belt and a form of development which does not feature as one of the exceptions to inappropriate development within the closed lists in paragraphs 145 and 146 of the National Planning Policy Framework.  Therefore, the proposal amounts to inappropriate development, which is harmful by definition. The  Borough Council, as Local Planning Authority, does not consider that it has been adequately demonstrated that very special circumstances exist, including quantitative and qualitative need for a crematorium at this location, to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt.  A decision to refuse planning permission would accord with paragraph 143 of the NPPF which states that 'inappropriate development is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in very special circumstances' and would be contrary to the objectives of Chapter 13 'Protecting Green Belt Land' of the National Planning Policy Framework and  the objectives of Policy 4 'Nottingham - Derby Green Belt' of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy.

 

Councillor Butler re-joined the committee at this point and regained his position as Chairman.

 

18/02894/OUT – Outline planning permission for construction of a 3/4 bedroom bungalow and access (with all other matters reserved)

 

Updates

 

There were no updates reported.

 

DECISION

 

PLANNING PERMISSION BE REFUSED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS SET OUT IN THE REPORT.

 

1.            The proposal would extend the built up area of a sporadic ribbon of properties and an encroachment into the open countryside, resulting in significant harm to the character and openness of the open countryside and the character and appearance of the area. The site falls outside of the key settlements for growth identified under Policy 3 of the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy  ...  view the full minutes text for item 38.