Meeting documents

Planning Control Committee
Tuesday, 17th June, 2008 7.00 pm

Date:
Tuesday, 20th May, 2008
Time:
7:00pm
Place:
Peel Room, Town Hall, Bury
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor B Vincent (In the Chair)
Councillors K Audin, S Cohen, M Connolly, A J Cummings, M D’Albert, J Harris, A K Matthews, D O’Hanlon, S Magnall, J W H Taylor and Y S Wright
Co-opted:
33 members of the public were in attendance
Apologies for absence:
Councillor D Bigg
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Item Description Decision
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P.14 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble for item P.14
 
P.15 Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday, 15th April, 2008 7:00pm
  • Minutes
Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 15 April 2008 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.
P.16 PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Preamble for item P.16
Delegated decision:

1. That Approval be given to the following applications in accordance with the reasons put forward by the Assistant Director (Planning, Engineering and Transportation Services) in the report and supplementary information submitted and subject to the conditions included:-

49689 St Johns Church Hall, Parkinson Street, Bury - Moorside Ward
Extension to rear of existing church hall to provide community library

49415 Greater Manchester Waste Ltd, Every Street, Bury - Moorside Ward
Redevelopment of a household waste recycling centre (HWRC), transfer loading station (TLS) and green waste processing facility
The approval is subject to an amendment to Condition 3, which now reads as follows:

All work and other activity shall be confined to the following hours:
For the Household Waste Recycling Centre between 0800hrs and 1800hrs during GMT and 0800 and 2000hrs during British Summer Time.
For the Transfer Loading Station between: 0730hrs and 1800hrs on Mondays to Fridays inclusive; 0800hrs and 1300hrs on Saturdays and no operation of the facility on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
For the Green Waste Processing Facility between: 0730hrs and 1800hrs on Monday to Friday; 0800hrs and 1330hrs on Saturdays; no operation of the facility on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

Reason: In order to safeguard the amenities of the occupiers of nearby residential accommodation pursuant to Policies EC6/1 - Assessing New Business, Industrial and Commercial Development, EN7/2 - Noise Pollution, MW4/1 - Assessing Waste Disposal Proposals and MW4/2 - Development Control Conditions (Waste) of the Bury Unitary Development Plan.

49503 Hamilton Heath Estates Ltd, Hamilton House, Warth Industrial Park, Warth Road, Bury - Redvales Ward
133 external storage container units for self storage (B8) use

49666 Stormer Hill Chimney, Mill Street, Tottington - Tottington Ward
Installation of 6 pole mounted antennas and 1 pole mounted 300 millimetre diameter dish antenna to the face of the chimney at heights of 25 metres and 26 metres respectively, 2 ground based equipment cabinets, and development ancillary thereto including a meter cabinet and covered cable tray

49690 Land adjacent to 200A Bury New Road, Tottington - Tottington Ward
Erection of two storey building for office accommodation with storage space in roof.

49808 59 Bury Old Road, Prestwich - Sedgley Ward
Change of use of ground floor from shop to dental surgery; single storey extension at rear

49657 Park View County Primary School, Prestwich - Sedgley Ward
20 space extension to existing staff car park; new retaining wall and fencing to front boundary of school and playground extension

49654 Land off Bury Old Road, Turn Village, Ramsbottom - Ramsbottom Ward
Proposed stables for private use

49820 Prestwich Church Institute and Men’s Club 368 Bury New Road, Prestwich - St Mary’s Ward
Smoking shelter to rear

49537 221 Bury New Road, Whitefield - Pilkington Park Ward
Two storey rear extension

2. That the Committee be Minded to Approve the following applications in accordance with the reasons put forward by the Assistant Director (Planning, Engineering and Transportation Services) in the report and supplementary information submitted and subject to the conditions included:

49672 Land Bounded by Foundry Street, Lord Street and South Cross Street, Bury - East Ward
Erection of 66,510 square foot /6179 square metre non-food retails units with car parking and servicing
The approval is subject to an amendment to condition 13 as follows:

49229 Land at Pilot Mill, Alfred Street, Bury - Redvales Ward
Residential Development - 70 dwellings
The approval is subject to an amendment made to condition 12, which now reads as follows:

No development shall take place unless and until details of the means of enclosure in and around the development, including the acoustic fencing on the mill boundary bund, as well as of the refuse storage facilities for the apartments have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be implemented and maintained in the approved positions as part of the approved scheme.
Reason: In the interests of amenity and to secure a satisfactory development.

3. That approval be given to application 49815 relating to the Installation of a 12 metre high timber telegraph pole style telecommunications mast with tri-sector antenna; one ground based equipment cabinet and one lucy pillar cabinet located at Zaffer Engineering Huntley Mount Road, Bury - Moorside Ward.

4. That application 49717 located at 456 - 462 Bury Old Road, Prestwich - Holyrood Ward regarding the variation of Condition 4 of planning permission 47753 to allow retail unit to trade between 0600 hours and 2200 hours on Sundays and Bank Holidays (resubmission) be refused for the reason that the proposed extended opening hours would be detrimental to the amenity of neighbouring residents by reason of noise and disturbance. The proposed development therefore conflicts with the following policy of the Bury Unitary Development Plan.
Policy S2/1 - All new retail proposals: Assessment Criteria.

5. That application 49295 located at land at Roach Bank, Pilsworth - Unsworth Ward regarding an office development be refused for the reason that the scheme would by reason of its size, scale and type give rise to additional volumes of traffic resulting in increased congestion which would be detrimental to the free flow of traffic and residential amenity in the area. The proposal therefore conflicts with UDP Policy EC6/1 - Assessing New Business, Industrial and Commercial Development
P.17 PLANNING PERFORMANCE
Preamble for item P.17
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
P.18 PLANNING ENFORCEMENT
Preamble for item P.18
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted
P.19 PLANNING APPEALS
Preamble for item P.19
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted
P.20 PLANNING APPEALS PERFORMANCE
Preamble for item P.20
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
7:00pm - 9:20pm

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P.141. Councillor S Cohen declared a prejudicial interest in respect of application number 49537 for the reason that he knew the applicant personally and left the meeting during consideration of the application.

2. Councillor A J Cummings declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of application number 49415 for the reason that he holds a position on the Greater Manchester Waste Authority, which owns the site involved. The Councillor left the meeting during consideration of the application.

3. Councillor Y S Wright declared a personal and prejudicial interest in respect of application number 49415 for the reason that she holds a position on the Greater Manchester Waste Authority, which owns the site involved. The Councillor left the meeting during consideration of the application. A further prejudicial interest was declared in respect of application number 49295 for the reason that the Councillor has an interest in a property on Croft Lane and has been involved in a work-group looking into traffic issues within the area. The Councillor left the meeting during consideration of the application.
P.16A report by the Borough Planning, Engineering and Transportation Services Officer was submitted in relation to various applications for planning permission. Supplementary information was also submitted in respect of application numbers: 49672, 49415, 49229, 49808, 49666 and 49295.

The Committee heard representations from applicants and/or objectors in respect of the applications submitted. This was limited to three minutes for each speaker.
P.17A report by the Assistant Director (Planning, Engineering and Transportation Services) was submitted, which provided an analysis of performance within Development Control for the year 2007/2008 including comparisons from previous years.
P.18A report by the Development Manager was submitted providing statistical information on Enforcement Activity during 2007/2008, together with an update of Enforcement activity since the last report in January 2008.
P.19A report by the Development Manager was submitted, which presented a summary of recent decisions made by the Planning Inspectorate. Details of recent appeals lodged against delegated decisions of the Committee and the Borough Planning, Engineering and Transportation Services Officer, were also included.

Councillor Connolly expressed disappointment at the decision of the Planning Inspectorate to allow the appeal in respect of premises at Cook Street, Bury. The Committee had unanimously decided to refuse the application. Councillor Connolly thanked the officers from the Planning Department for the extensive time and effort devoted in the preparation of the case to the Planning Inspectorate. He commented that the decision to allow the appeal would give the wrong message to developers that choose to ignore the advice and judgement of the Planning Control Committee and the planning officers.
P.20A report by the Development Manager was submitted relating to the overall performance on Planning appeals for the year 2007/8.