Issue - meetings
Meeting: 14/04/2026 - Planning Committee (Item 79)
PDF 234 KBConstruction of a floodlit Football Foundation Playzone.
Minutes:
Members were made aware that this application had been brought to the Planning Committee as the applicant was Tendring District Council.
The Committee was informed that the proposal sought permission for a new floodlit Football Foundation Playzone on part of the redundant courts at Clacton Leisure Centre. The development was considered by Officers to be acceptable in principle and detail, representing a visual and functional improvement to existing facilities with no significant harmful impacts identified.
Members had before them the published Officer report containing the key planning issues, relevant planning policies, planning history, any response from consultees, written representations received and a recommendation of approval.
At the meeting, an oral presentation was made by the Council’s Planning Officer (CC) in respect of the application.
No updates had been circulated to Members in relation to this application.
No one had registered to speak on this application.
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Matters raised by Members of the Committee:- |
Officer response thereto:- |
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Could Members have assurance that the modern lights will not be LED lights? |
LED floodlight is proposed in each corner of the playzone. Officers do not believe there are any changes to the current floodlighting. Officers have not received any objections to this but a condition has been included in the Officer report (A.3) which restricts the hours in which the lights can be on which is only 8am to 10pm. |
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It seems like a bit of a devious route to get to the site, are Officers saying that the public cannot use the sports centre to change and will have to use the tiny square room? |
There is not a changing room proposed in this application; however, there are facilities within the main sports centre that the public can change in. |
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Are the lights aimed down onto the pitch and not elevated? |
Yes, that is correct. |
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Is it still the case that there have been no objections from the neighbours? |
Yes, that is correct. |
It was moved by Councillor White, seconded by Councillor Goldman and unanimously:-
RESOLVED that:-
1) the Head of Planning and Building Control be authorised to grant planning permission subject to the conditions as stated at paragraph 9.2 of the Officer report (A.3), with an added condition requiring a lighting scheme to be approved and thereafter maintained, or varied as is necessary to ensure the wording is enforceable, precise, and reasonable in all other respects, including appropriate updates, so long as the principle of the conditions as referenced is retained; and
2) the sending to the applicant of the informative notes as may be deemed necessary. </AI7>