Meeting documents

Planning Control Committee
Tuesday, 1st July, 2003 7.00 pm

Date:
Tuesday, 1st July, 2003
Time:
7.00pm
Place:
Peel Room, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor A J Cummings (In the Chair)
Councillors K Audin, R Bibby, K S Briggs, D Cassidy, Y Creswell, W Davison, C Fitzgerald, K Grime, D Gunther, A K Matthews and Y Wright
Co-opted:
55 members of the public were in attendance
Apologies for absence:
Councillors M Connolly and W Davison
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Item Description Decision
Open
P.250 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble for item P.250
 
P.251 FUTURE SITE VISITS
 Delegated decision:

That consideration of the following application be deferred to the next meeting of this Committee on 1 July 2003, in view of the fact that the impact of the proposed development on the surrounding area is difficult to appreciate from photographs and drawings and, that arrangements be made for the Committee to visit the following sites:-

Reserved matters - erection of 3 storey apartments block containing 9 units - 40545/03
Land adjacent 289 Walmersley Road, Bury - Moorside Ward

Demolition of scout hall and youth club and erection of community centre and two detached dwellings 40560/03
St Margarets Community Centre, St Margarets Road, Prestwich, Bury - Holyrood Ward

Residential development: erection of 10 apartments - 40579/03
Thorndyke, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Bury - Sedgley Ward
P.252 Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday, 27th May, 2003 7.00pm
 Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on 27 May, 2003 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
P.253 PLANNING APPLICATIONS
 Delegated decision:

That the various planning applications submitted by the Chief Planning Officer be dealt with as set out below:-

(Note: Unless otherwise indicated the conditions attached to any approval and the reasons for any refusal or deferment are set out in the report of the Chief Planning Officer and/or the Officers supplementary sheets, each of which was submitted at the meeting. These documents also indicated those applications in respect of which representations had been received and which were considered at the meeting.

Outline - extension to existing single storey production building - 40496/03
Tetrosyl Ltd, Bridge Hall Lane, Bury - East Ward - Approved

Change of use from dwelling house to children’s nursery (revised submission) -
40682/03
461 Rochdale Old Road, Bury - East Ward - Approved

Single storey rear extension - 40536/03
135 Walmersley Old Road, Bury - Moorside Ward - Approved

Detached garage at rear - 40261/03
142 Manchester Road, Bury - Redvales Ward - Approved

Extension to provide communal service for residents; additional administration space and disabled living accommodation - 40657/03
South View homeless hostel Wilson Street, Bury - Redvales Ward - Refused

Outline - erection of single storey nursery, three storey teaching block, three storey performing arts and humanities building, single storey print room (revised scheme) - 40714/03
Peel Site Bury College, Market Street, Bury - Redvales Ward - Approved

Erection of two No. 3 storey secure nursing home/hospital blocks (Class C2); erection of related sports hall block; attendant car parking, servicing, games pitch and fencing - 40333/03
Florence Nightingale Hospital, Bolton Road, Bury - Church Ward - Approved

Erection of bungalow and detached garage - 40640/03
Garden of 219 Ainsworth Road, Bury - Church Ward - Approved

First floor side extension - 40501/03
317 Heywood Road, Prestwich - Holyrood Ward - Approved

Approval of reserved matters - 19 apartments in two blocks access and parking - 40031/02
Land at Greengate Lane, Prestwich - St Mary’s Ward - Minded to Approve

Residential Development (14 Town Houses) - 40338/03
Clarks Hill Nursery Rectory Lane, Prestwich - St Mary’s Ward - Minded to Approve

Retention of new close boarded fencing over existing concrete fence (Total height 2 metres). Raising of existing brick wall to 2 metres in height - 40635/03
49 Circular Road, Prestwich - St Mary’s Ward - Approved

Two storey side extension - 40645/03
19 Sandy Meade, Prestwich - St Mary’s Ward - Approved

Infill and re-shaping of land to improve drainage and allow better grazing for livestock - 40511/03
Land at Arthur Lane, Ainsworth - Radcliffe North Ward - Approved

Single storey extensions at side and rear - 40599/03
15 Mayfield Close, Ramsbottom - Ramsbottom Ward - Approved

Conversion of barn to dwelling house - 40418/03
The Barn, Greenmount Golf Club, Greenhalgh Fold Farm, Greenmount - Tottington Ward - Refused

Two storey side extension - 40563/03
129 Turton Road, Tottington - Tottington Ward - Approved

Change of use from health club to restaurant - 40573/03
First floor, 17 Market Street, Tottington - Tottington Ward - Approved subject to the addition of the following condition:

3. The restaurant shall not be open outside 0800hrs to 2330hrs daily and 0800hrs to 2400hrs on Friday and Saturday.

Single storey extension at rear - 40611/03
17 Byron Road, Greenmount - Tottington Ward - Approved

Detached Garage - 40626/03
467 Walshaw Road, Bury - Tottington Ward - Approved

Residential development: 10 apartments and associated parking - 40505/03
Former filling station, Parr Lane, Unsworth - Besses Ward - Minded to approve

Change of use of part of dwelling for childminding - 40531/03
9 Ribble Drive, Whitefield - Besses Ward - Approved for one year

Ground floor extension to provide covered swimming pool and changing room together with first floor extension at side - 40069/02
6 Park Lane, Whitefield - Pilkington Ward - Refused for the following reasons:

1. The size of the site is inadequate to accommodate the development proposed whilst satisfying reasonable requirements for space about the dwelling. The proposed development therefore conflicts with the following policy of the Bury Unitary Development Plan (UDP): H2/3 - Extensions and Alterations.
2. The proposed development would detrimental to the amenities of the adjacent property by reason of its height, size and position causing loss of privacy to the occupier. The policy therefore conflicts with the following policy of the Bury UDP: H2/3 - Extensions and Alterations.
3. The noise from the proposed plant room would be likely to cause disturbance to occupiers of adjacent property contrary to Policy H2/3 - Extensions and Alterations of the Bury UDP.
4. Construction of the swimming pool extension would be likely to lead to the loss of screen vegetation and would therefore be seriously detrimental to the occupier of adjacent dwellings contrary to Policy H2/3 - Extension and Alterations of the Bury UDP.

Erection of detached outhouse at rear - 40612/03
43 Park Lane, Whitefield - Pilkington Ward - Approved

Erection of 2 storey office development consisting of 7 units - 40095/02
Land off Roach Bank, Pilsworth, Bury - Unsworth Ward - Minded to approve

Single storey extension at side - 40503/03
14 Heaton Court, Bury - Unsworth Ward -Approved

Residential development - (54 dwellings) approval of reserved matters - 40515/03
Land off Britain Street, Bury - Unsworth Ward - Approved

Two storey extension at side and rear - 40518/03
1 Gawthorpe Close, Hollins - Unsworth Ward - Approved
7:00pm - 9:15pm

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
P.250Members of the Committee were asked to consider whether they had an interest in any matters to be discussed at the meeting and none were declared.