Agenda and draft minutes

Planning Control Committee - Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 7.00 pm

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Venue: Council Chamber, Bury Town Hall

Contact: Michael Cunliffe  Democratic Services

Items
No. Item

PCC.1

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were submitted.

 

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Declarations of Interest

Members of the Planning Control Committee are asked to consider whether they have an interest in any of the matters on the Agenda and, if so, to formally declare that interest.

Minutes:

Councillor M Walsh declared an interest in relation to the planning application on the agenda (Former East Lancs Paper Mill & Tower Farm, Church Street East, Cross Lane, Cock Clod Street & Brook Street, Radcliffe, M26 2PG). She had been involved in relation to representations for habitat measures being included within the application.

Councillor M Walsh left the meeting during deliberation of this application and took no part in the determination or voting.

 

Councillor G Staples-Jones declared in relation to the planning application on the agenda (Eagle And Child, 3 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DL). He had been contacted and spoken to both supporters and objectors as a local Councillor in relation to the application whilst still being impartial.

As a result, Councillor Staples-Jones felt it best to leave the meeting during deliberation of this application and took no part in the determination or voting.

 

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Minutes of the meeting held on the 17th December 2024 pdf icon PDF 225 KB

The Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday the 17th December 2024 are attached.

Minutes:

Delegated decision:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting held on the 17th December 2024 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

 

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Planning Applications pdf icon PDF 83 KB

Reports attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

A report from the Head of Development Management was submitted in relation to applications for planning permission.

 

There was supplementary information to add in respect of application numbers 70284, 70937 and 71359.

 

The Committee heard representations from applicants, objectors and a ward Councillor in respect of the applications submitted. This was limited to three minutes for the speaker.

 

Delegated decisions:

 

1.          That the Committee be Minded to Approvethe following application in accordance with the reasons put forward by the Development Manager in the report and any supplementary information submitted and subject to all other conditions including subject to the signing and completion of a Section 106 agreement for affordable housing and the management and maintenance of open space throughout the scheme, thereto in accordance with policies H4/1 and RT2/2 of the adopted Unitary Development Plan and SPD1 and SPD5. If the agreement is not signed within a reasonable timeframe, then delegated authority is sought by the Development Manager to determine the application:-

 

Former East Lancs Paper Mill & Tower Farm, Church Street East, Cross Lane, Cock Clod Street & Brook Street, Radcliffe, M26 2PG

Application for reserved matters approval (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 400 dwellings, relocation of cricket pitch, including a pavilion, practice nets and scorebox and including all details required to discharge the following conditions from application 67597; 9 (Acoustic Attenuation); 11 (Surface Water Drainage Proposals); 13 (WSI for Archaeology); 14 (Bat Roost Assessment); 15 (Bat Survey for New Cricket Club Site); 16 (Otter Assessment); 18 (Bird Survey for New Cricket Club Site); 19 (RAMS for Badger Habitat); 21 (Water Framework Directive Assessment); 22 (No Negative Impacts on River Irwell Ecology); 23 (Landscape & Habitat Creation Details); 24 (Affordable Housing Scheme); 25 (Recreation Scheme); 27 (Phasing Plan); 28 (Internal Road Pattern Details); 29 (Scheme of Levels, Drainage & Modelling to support Approved FRA); 31 (FFL's of Dwellings); 32 (River Irwell Buffer Zone Details); 37 (Replacement Cricket Club Facilities); 39 (Highway Details); 40 (Scoot at Water Street); 41 (Parking Strategy); 44 (Travel Plan)

 

2.          That the Committee Approve with Conditionsthe following application in accordance with the reasons put forward by the Development Manager in the report and any supplementary information submitted and subject to all other conditions included: -

 

Land adjacent to Abbotts Hall, Woodhey Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9RD

Retention of section of existing unauthorised access track; retention of public right of way; creation of a new section of permissive footpath; retention of pet memorial; new bin and cycle storage; 9no. additional parking spaces, vehicular manoeuvring area and associated hard and soft landscaping, including fencing and new access gate to facilitate access to/from adjacent field for maintenance purposes.

 

3.          That the Committee Approve with Conditionsthe following application in accordance with the reasons put forward by the Development Manager in the report and subject to all other conditions included: -

 

Land at the junction of Hollins Brook Way and Pilsworth Road, Bury, BL9 8RR

Application for reserved matters approval (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for  ...  view the full minutes text for item PCC.4

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Delegated Decisions pdf icon PDF 748 KB

A report from the Head of Development Management on all delegated planning decisions since the last meeting of the planning control committee is attached.

Minutes:

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Planning Appeals pdf icon PDF 362 KB

A report from the Head of Development Management on all planning appeal decisions since the last meeting of the Planning Control Committee is attached.

Minutes:

PCC.7

Sites of Biological Importance: 2019-2021 review and Elton Reservoir Update pdf icon PDF 1 MB

A report from the Head of Development Management is attached which identifies the latest changes made to the GM Register of Sites of Biological Importance for the Borough. It also describes the purpose and application of the Register. During the review period 2019-2021 no sites were added to or removed from the Register, however minor changes were made which are detailed in the report.

 

Minutes:

A report from the Head of Development Management was submitted which identified the latest changes made to the GM Register of Sites of Biological Importance for the Borough. It also described the purpose and application of the Register. During the review period 2019-2021 no sites were added to or removed from the Register, however minor changes were made which were detailed in the report.

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Delegated decision:

 

That the Planning Control Committee noted the 2021 update of the Register of Sites of Biological Importance and the proposed extensions to the three entries at Elton Reservoir, Radcliffe Wetlands and Elton Goit for use in development planning and management.

 

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Section 106 Obligations pdf icon PDF 3 MB

A report from the Head of Development Management outlining the contributions made by S106 obligations between the 1st April 2023 and the 31st March 2024 is attached and summarises agreements that are outstanding.

Minutes:

A report from the Head of Development Management was submitted outlining the contributions made by S106 obligations between the 1st April 2023 and the 31st March 2024 and summarised agreements that are outstanding. </AI6><TRAILER_SECTION>

 

For clarity, paragraph 2.7 of the report was duplicated and this had been removed.

 

Delegated decision:

 

That the report be noted.

 

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Urgent Business

Any other business which by reason of special circumstances the Chair agrees may be considered as a matter of urgency.

Minutes: