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Apologies for Absence and Substitutions The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members. |
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Minutes of the Last Meeting To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee, held on Thursday 31 August 2023. |
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Declarations of Interest Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests or Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.
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Questions on Notice pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 38 Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee. |
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Erection of 13 Sheltered Housing bungalows for persons 55 years old or older, and a new community facility building (on the site of the recently demolished sheltered housing building).
The application is before the Planning Committee as Tendring District Council is the applicant. |
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Reserved matters application with details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the development of 277 dwellings, 1,910m² commercial floorspace (B1 Uses), railway footbridge, attenuation basins, open space, play equipment and associated infrastructure pursuant to outline permission 19/00524/OUT (Outline planning application with all matters reserved, except for access, for 280 dwellings, a 2 Form of Entry primary school, 56 place early years nursery, up to 3000 sqm of office (B1) buildings on 1 hectare and associated ancillary buildings, drainage systems, boundary treatments and hard surfacing as well as public open space, vehicular access from Thorpe Road a pedestrian footbridge and the closure of existing level crossing and formal diversion of public footpath No 5 - Weeley, over the new railway bridge) including minor alterations to public footpaths No.3 and No. 4 to allow for the proposed layout.
The application stands referred to the Planning Committee, as when the outline planning permission was granted originally, Members decided that the Reserved Matters application(s) would be referred to the Planning Committee for its determination. In addition, Councillor Peter Harris, the Ward Member, has requested that the application be ‘called in’ to the Planning Committee, due to his concerns about the provision of Open Space within the development; concerns about the surface water drainage scheme; the design of the railway footbridge; and concerns over traffic management and the proposed vehicular access for the site. |
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Proposed three dwellings and associated ancillary buildings, drainage systems, boundary treatments, hard surfacing with vehicular access from Thorpe Road, Weeley.
The application stands referred to the Planning Committee, as when the outline planning permission was granted originally granted for a larger site, which included this application site, Members decided that the Reserved Matters application(s) would be referred to the Planning Committee for its determination. In addition, Councillor Peter Harris, the Ward Member, has requested that the application be ‘called in’ to the Planning Committee, due to his concerns about the access to the site being unsuitable; the potential inability of emergency vehicles to access all dwellings; and the proposed dwellings being too close to the existing dwellings; and the adverse impact this could have on residents’ privacy. |
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To seek the Committee’s approval for a revised version of the Council’s Planning Enforcement Policy document and associated Harm Risk Assessment Prioritisation Scheme. Additional documents: |
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Future Meetings of the Committee - Commencement Time At the request of the Chairman of the Committee, to enable Members to consider whether to amend the start time of future meetings of the Planning Committee.
As part of that consideration, the Committee is requested to discuss passing the following resolution:-
"That, with effect from the next ordinary meeting of the Planning Committee (due to be held on 24 October 2023), meetings of that Committee will commence at 5.00 p.m. until further notice." |