Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 September 2019;

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 September 2019 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Members are invited to declare any personal or disclosable pecuniary interests, including the nature and extent of such interests they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;

Members and officers were invited to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered and the following were made:

Cllrs V Abbott, M Long and G Pannell all declared a personal interest in applications 4015/18/FUL: READVERTISEMENT (Revised plans received) Proposal for 23 new holiday lodges with associated bases, parking and internal access road – Salcombe Retreat, Lane to Soar Mill Hotel, Malborough, and 2259/19/HHO:  Householder application for extension to living area, creation of ensuite bedroom wing, attached garage and courtyard garden (resubmission of 3978/18/HHO) Part retrospective – Sharpitor Cottage, South Sands, Salcombe, by virtue of all being members of the National Trust, who had submitted an objection to both applications;

Cllr B Taylor declared a personal interest in the following planning applications that were sited within the South Devon AONB by virtue of being a Member of the South Devon AONB Partnership Committee and he remained in the meeting and took part in the debate and vote thereon:

2407/19/F:       Erection of single dwelling – Tresco, Knighton Road, Wembury;

4015/18/FUL: READVERTISEMENT (Revised plans received) Proposal for 23 new holiday lodges with associated bases, parking and internal access road – Salcombe Retreat, Lane to Soar Mill Hotel, Malborough;

2259/19/HHO:  Householder application for extension to living area, creation of ensuite bedroom wing, attached garage and courtyard garden (resubmission of 3978/18/HHO) Part retrospective – Sharpitor Cottage, South Sands, Salcombe

2186/19/FUL:  Erection of a new building consisting of 4no. 1 bed 2 person apartments – Vacant land between Davis Road and Townstal Road, Dartmouth

The Chairman to advise the Committee on any requests received from members of the public to address the meeting;

The Chairman announced that a list of members of the public and town and parish council representatives, who had registered their wish to speak at the meeting, had been circulated.

To see Letters of Representation and further supplementary information relating to any of the Applications on the agenda, please select the following link and enter the relevant Planning Reference number: http://apps.southhams.gov.uk/PlanningSearchMVC/

The Committee considered the details of the planning applications prepared by the Planning Case Officers as presented in the agenda papers, and considered also the comments of Town and Parish Councils together with other representations received, which were listed within the presented agenda reports, and RESOLVED that:

a)       2428/18/FUL        Meadowbrook, Shinners Bridge, Dartington

                                    Parish: Dartington

Upgrade and extension to existing play park and creation of bike track in woodland recreation area

Case Officer Update:      Two late letters of objection had been received within the last 24 hours.  The letters raised no new issues other than referring to recent media reports highlighting that the UK was in danger of losing mammal species and 15% of species were in danger of extinction

Speakers included:         Objector – Ms Trudy Turrell: Supporter – Ms Mandy Burton:  Parish Council representative – Cllr Simon Mcinnes:  Ward Member – Cllr Hodgson

Recommendation:          Conditional Approval 

Committee Decision:     Conditional Approval

Conditions:

1.   Time limit

2.   Accord with plans

3.   Submission of tree protection methodology prior to construction   of the bike track

4.   Submission of a plan indicating where the replacement planting will be carried out, prior to construction of a cycle track

5.   Adherence to the Ecology report

6.   Written confirmation that the provisions in the ecology report have been properly created by a suitably qualified ecologist

7.   Prior to construction provision of a LEMP to be approved by LPA

8.   No lighting within the woodland

9.   Development to be carried out in accordance with the submitted FRA and the following mitigation and a flood warning and evacuation plan and appropriate signage alerting the public to the flood risks

b)       2407/19/FUL        Tresco, Knighton Road, Wembury

 Parish:  Wembury

Erection of single dwelling

Case Officer Update:      The case officer confirmed comments of the speaker that drainage matters had now been agreed

Speakers included:         Supporter – Mr Andy Coughlan:  local Ward Member - Cllr Brown

Recommendation:          Refusal

Committee Decision:     Refusal

c)      4015/18/FUL     Salcombe Retreat, Lane to Soar Mill Hotel,                                                                         Malborough

                                    Parish:  Malborough

READVERTISEMENT (Revised plans received) Proposal for 23 new holiday lodges with associated bases, parking and internal access road

Case Officer Update:      The case officer updated the Committee following queries raised at the site inspection related to parking provision for those lodges without adjacent parking spaces.  One late letter of objection had been received that referred to highway grounds and lack of car parking.  The long list of conditions had been missed from the back of the report, and there were two additional conditions proposed that related to aligning materials to the existing lodges and confirmed the period of non-occupancy as per the existing lodges from 15 January to 15 March.

Speakers included:         Supporter – Mr Malcolm Gigg; Parish Council – Cllr John Yeoman; and Ward Members – Cllrs Long and Pearce

Recommendation:          Conditional Approval

During discussion, Members were shown a number of photographs taken of the site from viewpoints in the area.  The Parish Council representative advised that the application was contrary to the recently adopted  ...  view the full minutes text for item DM.31/19

Members noted the list of appeals as outlined in the presented agenda report.  

The Head of Development Management provided further details on specific recent appeal decisions, and particularly noted the comments of the Inspector regarding housing mix and how evidence to support such arguments must be robust.