Minutes of the Planning Applications Committee held on Monday 16th September 2019 at 7pm in The Council Chamber, the Old Courthouse, Jaycroft Rd, Burnham-on-Sea
Present: Cllrs Andy Brewer – Chairman, Peter Clayton, Rich Gardiner-White, Bill Hancock, Sue Harvey, Louise Parkin and Nick Tolley,
Also present: Lorna Williams – Clerk to the Committee, 4 members of the public and 2 representatives of the press.
42/19/PC Apologies for non-attendance
Helen Groves was not present
43/19/PC Declarations of Interest
Cllr Brewer on application 11/19/083, and would leave the meeting
44/19/PC Minutes of the Planning Committee
The minutes of the Planning Committee held on 5th August 2019 were received and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.
The Chairman suggested slight change to the agenda order and members agreed to consider applications 11/19/093 and then 11/18/131
Public Speaking Time
The agent for 11/19/093 asked members to support this application. A comprehensive overview of the application was received including; parking, access, boundary roof height of the bungalow
45/19/PC Members considered the following applications
11/19/093 Location: Land to the North West of, 69, North Avenue, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9
Proposal: Erection of detached dwelling and formation of an additional parking space.
Case Officer: Liam Evans
Applicant: Mrs Bird
Comment Members supported this application on the grounds that it provided suitable living accommodation taking into account possible future limited mobility. The application was also in keeping with the neighbouring properties and street scene.
11/18/131 Location: Land at, Newtown Road, Highbridge, Somerset
Proposal: Approval of reserved matters for the erection of 95 No. dwellings and associated development (revised scheme to 11/17/00121)
Case Officer: Dawn de Vries
Applicant: Stratton Land Ltd
Comment Members were pleased to see the developers were looking at appropriate provision and were all in agreement that the changes were positive. Overall the scheme was encouraging for the area.
No Observations
11/19/064 Location: 16 Shelley Drive, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 2QD
Proposal: Retrospective Application for the formation of balcony, change of use of land to additional garden and erection of fence.
Case Officer: Shanta Parsons
Applicant: Mr Holland
Comment No observations
11/19/075 Location: 30 Highbridge Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 1LL
Proposal: Subdivide existing property into 2 No. two bedroom dwellings and the erection of 1 No. 1 1/2 storey two bedroom dwelling (existing garage to be demolished)
Case Officer: Liam Evans
Applicant: Equestrian Estates Ltd
Comment No observations
Cllr Brewer left the meeting. Cllr Parkin took the Chair.
11/19/083 Location: 12 Stoddens Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 2NZ
Proposal: Retrospective application for the erection of a detached garage.
Case Officer: Shanta Parsons
Applicant: Mr Chambers
Comment No observations
Cllr Brewer returned to the meeting
11/19/086 Location: 45 Oxford Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 1EL
Proposal: Erection of a two storey and single storey extension to rear east elevation, on site of existing extension to be demolished.
Case Officer: Shanta Parsons
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Williams
Comment Members supported the application on the grounds that the redevelopment would enhance the area and street scene as the rear extension could be seen from the side road. It was a good sustainable development.
11/19/088 Location: 9 Donstan Road, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3LA
Proposal: Erection of a detached home office.
Case Officer: Amelia Elvé
Applicant: Mr Wallis
Comment No observations
11/19/089 Location: 16 Martins Close, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 2JX
Proposal: Erection of 1 No. detached single storey dwelling
Case Officer: Liam Evans
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Franklin
Comment No observations
11/19/090 Location: 142 Berrow Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 2PH
Proposal: Variation of Conditions 2 & 3 of Planning Permission 11/18/00096 (Change of use of land to residential and erection of timber cabin) to allow garden area to be split and used in connection with properties shown on Drg No. 003 A
Case Officer: Amelia Elvé
Applicant: Mr Young
Comment No observations
11/19/092 Location: 59-61 High Street, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, TA8 1PD
Proposal: Application for prior notification of proposed demolition of an outbuilding.
Case Officer: Shanta Parsons
Applicant: Mr Kaye
Comment No observations
46/19/PC Members NOTED that 11/19/079, 28 Queens Square had been considered under delegated authority. The Case Officer had informed the Clerk that the applicant had amended the application so that parking spaces, access and dropped kerb no longer formed part of the application. In light of the changes it was agreed to return ‘no observations’ to this application.
47/19/PC Members considered the consultation information regarding removal of planning restriction on 5G mobile network. It was agreed to formulate a response to NALC at the next Planning Committee meeting. This would give more time to look at the consultation document.
48/19/PC Correspondence had been received concerning the removal of BT Payphones. There were two that have been identified for removal in Burnham; Berrow Road and Stoneleigh Close. The call usage over the past year has been extremely low, 40 and 2 respectively.
49/19/PC The next meeting of this committee will be held on Wednesday 9th October 2019 at 7pm The Old Courthouse.
The Chairman closed the meeting at 19:55