Planning Applications Committee Minutes - 4 October 2007

Present:

Pl/95/10/07  Election of Chairman

Nomination by Councillor M Holliday
Seconded by Councillor G Nicolson

And RESOLVED that in the absence of the Chairman and the Vice Chairman, Councillor R H Fisher be elected Chairman for this meeting.

Pl/96/10/07  Apologies for Absence

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors R V Turner, Mrs E Langan, M Davidson and B Metz.  Councillors J Thompson and Mrs G Lumley were absent on other Council business.

Pl/97/10/07  Minutes

Minutes Pl/76/9/07 to Pl/94/9/07 of the meeting of this Committee held on 20 September 2007 were approved as a correct record of those proceedings.

Pl/98/10/07  Conversion of traditional former agricultural / horsicultural / domestic storage buildings to three self-contained holiday let units, Mansgrove Farm, Bolton for Mr K Braithwaite

RESOLVED that the application be APPROVED subject to the following conditions and subject to the original access to the site being walled off in favour of the new access:

1. The development permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.
2. The development hereby granted shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the details and plans hereby approved (drawing no.2558/A2/02, /03, /05, /06, /07, /08, /09, /21, /24, /25) received 9 May 2007) and shall not be varied other than by prior agreement in writing by the local planning authority.
3. The development hereby approved shall be used for holiday letting purposes only and not for any use falling within Class C3 (Dwellings) of the Use Classes (Amendment) Order 2005 or any Order replacing or re-enacting that Order.
4. The premises shall not be used at any time as sole and principal residences by any occupants.
5. The holiday lets hereby permitted shall remain a single planning unit with the property known as Mansgrove Farm, Bolton.
6. A bound register of all occupants of the accommodation hereby approved shall be maintained at all times and shall be made available for inspection by the Local Planning Authority on request. The register shall comprise consecutively numbers pages, which shall be kept in order, and each entry shall contain the name and address of the principal occupier together with the dates of occupation.
7. No development shall commence within the site until the applicant has secured the implementation of a programme of archaeological work in accordance with a written scheme of investigation which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the local planning authority.
8. The existing access to the site shall be permanently closed before any part of the development permitted is occupied or brought into use.

Reasons

1. To ensure a satisfactory development and to avoid any ambiguity as to what constitutes the permission.
2. To ensure a satisfactory development and to avoid any ambiguity as to what constitutes the permission.
3. and 4.The development hereby approved is justified as being a tourist holiday accommodation-based scheme and is in a location where unjustified market-led residential development would be contrary to the revised Policy H14 of the Eden Local Plan Review (2004).

1. To safeguard the holiday let becoming independent units.
2. The development hereby approved is justified as being a tourist holiday accommodation-based scheme, in association with the ownership and operation of Mansgrove Farm, Bolton and is in a location where unjustified market-let residential development would be contrary to the Eden Local Plan 1996 Policy HS2.
3. To afford reasonable opportunity for a record to be made of buildings of architectural and historic interest prior to their alteration as part of the proposed development.
4. In the interests of highway safety

Pl/99/10/07  Proposed affordable dwelling.  Site adjacent to Church Brough Bridge, Church Brough, Kirkby Stephen for Mr K Bowman

Motion by Councillor H Sawrey Cookson
Seconded by Councillor R Fisher

That the application be REFUSED

A vote was taken and the Motion was lost

Motion by Councillor G Nicolson
Seconded by Councillor J M Smith

And RESOLVED that the Committee be Minded to Approve the application subject to its consideration and approval of the Heads of Terms of a section 106 agreement which will require the use of the property on terms similar to those operated by a Housing Association.

The meeting closed at 12.38