Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillors Lane, Haque and Davenport.

RESOLVED: That under the following items the members of the public listed below be granted leave to address the Committee:

N/2015/0603

Navin Patel

KAPG representative

Cllr Beardsworth (Ward Cllr)

Gary Witts

N/2015/0756

Tristan Hay

N/2015/0757

Tristan Hay

N/2015/1040

Catherine Mason

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The Development Team Leader elaborated on a report set out in the addendum submitted by the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. The matter was related to cross boundary developments at Pineham business park. The Committee were asked to consider whether to devolve development control power to South Northamptonshire Council (SNC) under Section 101(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 on a S73 application to amend details of the outline planning permission and likely future reserved matters applications as well as consideration of application N/2015/1173 which is a consultation by SNC.

Councillor Larratt raised the issue regarding traffic noise deflected by the industrial buildings in Pineham and requested that his opposition to devolution of development control powers to SNC be minuted.

RESOLVED:

 Members agreed under Section 101(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 to devolve development control powers to South Northamptonshire Council in respect of separate reserved matters applications for Plots 2 and 3 pursuant to outline planning permission S/2014/1603/EIA for the expansion of the Pineham Business Park.

Members agreed under Section 101(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 to devolve development control powers to South Northamptonshire Council in respect of a single reserved matters application for Plots 1 and 2 or a single reserved matters application covering all three plots pursuant to outline planning permission S/2014/1603/EIA for the expansion of the Pineham Business Park.

Members did not agree to devolve development control powers to South Northamptonshire Council in respect of a reserved matters application for Plot 1 only.

Members agreed under Section 101(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 to devolve development control powers to South Northamptonshire Council for a Section 73 application to vary condition 3 of outline planning permission S/2014/1603/EIA inrespect of Plot 1.

            That Members resolved to raise no objections to the consultation received on the Section 73 application (N/2015/1173) described at Paragraph 3.9 of the report.

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The Development Manager submitted a List of Current Appeals and Inquiries and elaborated thereon.

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The Development Management Team Leader elaborated on a report submitted by the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. It was advised that planning permission was sought for the erection of a single storey detached dwelling and garage on the front garden of 37 mill lane.

Mr Navin Patel spoke against the application and considered the proposed bungalow to be out of character and would cause highway safety problems

The Group secretary of KAPG spoke against the application and considered that the report made reference to the extant planning permission for three dwellings on the adjacent site was unsound.  Requirement for additional accommodation could be achieved through extension to dwelling.  Concerns regarding visual amenity, highway safety, noise and pollution.

Councillor Sally Beardsworth as Ward Councillor spoke against the application and considered that the proposal bungalow is too close to the road.  Concerned about highway safety and air quality.

Mr Gary Witts spoke in favour of the application and confirmed that the bungalow was needed for his elderly mother.  The existing dwelling is within the conservation area but not the proposed dwelling.

The Committee discussed the report.

RESOLVED:

That the application be APPROVED, subject to the conditions as set out in the report and for the following reason:

The proposeddevelopmentwasconsidered acceptableinprinciplewithinan establishedresidentialarea andduetoitssiting,scaleanddesignwouldnot havean unduedetrimentalimpacton theappearanceandcharacterofthe conservationarea, visualandresidentialamenityofthearea,highwaysafety and complieswithPoliciesE20andE26oftheNorthamptonLocalPlan,H1,S10, BN5 and BN9of the WestNorthamptonshireJointCoreStrategyandaimsofthe Nati  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9a

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The Development Manager elaborated on a report submitted by the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. It was reported that permission was sought for a change of use from a single dwelling to a house in multiple occupation (HIMO) for 5 people. No external alteration to the property was proposed or no on-site parking facility.  It was advised that the application was deferred at the last Committee meeting, pending further information on HIMOs in the area to be submitted by Cllr Stone.

She reported an additional objection letter from the resident of 13 Allen Road.

She confirmed that the information submitted by Cllr Stone was forwarded to Private Sector Housing to be investigated on whether there are more existing HIMOs in the area.  Even if some of the properties were found to be in HIMO use, the application proposal would still be policy compliance as there would be less than 15% of properties in HIMO use within a 50m radius.

Mr Tristan Hay spoke in favour of the application.

The Interim Head of Planning confirmed that a meeting took place with the Private Sector Housing Team and agreed to arrange further training section for Members on HIMO early in the new year.

The Committee discussed the report.

RESOLVED

That the application is APPROVED subject totheconditionsas setoutin the report andforthefollowing reason:

Thedevelopmentwouldnotleadtoan unacceptableconcentrationofHIMOs withinthelocalitythatwouldadverselyimpactuponthecharacterofthestreet scene,norwouldthe developmenthavesignificantadverseimpactson neighbouringamenityor parkingprovision.  Thepropertyisof sufficientsizeto accommodatethe level of accommodation as proposed and is in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9b

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The Development Manager elaborated on  a report submitted by the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. It was reported that permission was sought for a change of use from a single dwelling to a house in multiple occupation (HIMO) for 4 people. It was advised that the application was deferred at the last Committee meeting, pending further information on HIMOs in the area to be submitted by Cllr Stone.

She reported an additional objection letter from the resident of 13 Allen Road.

She confirmed that the information submitted by Cllr Stone was forwarded to Private Sector Housing to be investigated on whether there are more existing HIMOs in the area.  Even if some of the properties were found to be in HIMO use, the application proposal would still be policy compliance as there would be less than 15% of properties in HIMO use within a 50m radius.

Mr Tristan Hay spoke in favour of the application.

The Committee discussed the report

RESOLVED

That the application is APPROVED subjecttotheconditionsas set outin the report andforthefollowingreason:

Thedevelopmentwouldnotleadtoan unacceptableconcentrationofHIMOs withinthelocalitythatwouldadverselyimpactuponthecharacterofthestreet scene,norwouldthe developmenthavesignificantadverseimpactson neighbouringamenityor parkingprovision.  Thepropertyisof sufficientsizeto accommodatethe level of accommodation as proposed and is in accordance with the requirementsofPolicies H1,H5,a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9c

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The Senior Planning Officer presented the report on behalf of the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning and referred to the addendum. It was advised that this application related to a specificphaseoftheredevelopmentoftheformerAvon/NunnMillssite asa newcampusfortheUniversityofNorthampton and that some reserved matters had already been approved.

 It was reported that theseworkswouldbelocatedin thewesternsectionofthesite,with theconveniencestoreandbankbeinglocatedtothenorthofthe area coveredbytheapplication. To thesouthofthiswouldbea numberof buildingsthatwouldbeconstructedas‘cluster flats’.Thesewould comprisea series of bedrooms/livingareaswithen-suite accommodationthatwouldoccupiedbyindividualstudents. Thesebuildings would havea variedheightandwouldbeoffivestoreys in height.

 Furthersouthit was reported would be a 32bedroomhotelthatwouldbeoperatedaspartof theUniversity’scoursesin this areain ad  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9d

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The Chair advised the Committee that this item had been withdrawn from the agenda and would be referred back to Committee for a decision in the near future

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The Development Management Team Leader elaborated on a report submitted by the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. It was reported permissionwassoughtfora changeofusefroma singledwellingtoa housein multipleoccupation (HIMO) for3 people.Noexternalalterationto the property was proposed.  Noon-siteparkingfacilitywas alsoproposed.  It was advised that thesitelieswithintheArticle 4Directionarea whichremovespermitteddevelopmentrightsforchangeof use to a HIMO.

The Committee discussed the report

RESOLVED

The application is APPROVED subjecttotheconditionsas setoutin the report andforthefollowing reason:

Theproposeddevelopmentwouldnotleadtoan unacceptableconcentrationof HIMOswithinthelocality thatwouldadversely impactupon the characterofthe area,norwould the developmenthave significantadverse impactson neighbouringamenityor parkingprovision.  Thepropertyisofsufficientsize  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9f

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The Development Management Team Leader presented the report on behalf of the Director of Regeneration, Enterprise and Planning. It was reported that theapplication, a consultation by Daventry District Council,sought planningpermissiontoerect42 dwellingswhichwouldbe accessedviaa cul-de-sac formed fromCottinghamDrive.A pedestrianlinkwas proposedtoNorthamptonLaneSouth.A mixof two,three, fourandfive bedroomedpropertieswere proposed,generallyof a two-storeyheightwitha limited numberof2.5storeyproperties.

The Committee discussed the report.

RESOLVED

            Members AGREED the recommendation contained in the report subject to the amendment of  the wording  in  the final point of paragraph 1.1 that Daventry District Council is informed that NBC’s Officers ‘must’ be involved in the negotiation of the Section 106 Agreement.