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232.

APOLOGIES

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Mr Clifton, Mr Cross, Mrs Fox, Mr Hemsley and Mrs Stephenson.

 

233.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Minutes:

Members were invited to declare any disclosable interests under the Code of Conduct and the nature of those interests and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applied to them.

 

Mr Oxley confirmed that he knew Emma Rose, member of the public in attendance to present a deputation.

 

Mrs J Harris, Senior Lawyer PCC, confirmed that those members present who had voted on the planning application at Item 4 of the agenda did not need to declare an interest in this item, when considering the referral members were being asked to consider the grounds for the referral and not the planning application.

 

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Mrs D Mogg joined the meeting

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234.

REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON PLANNING APPLICATIONS

To receive any requests to speak in accordance with Procedure Rule 28(4) and the Rutland County Council Public Speaking Scheme.

Minutes:

The Chairman confirmed that in accordance with Rutland County Council Procedure Rules, Deputations relating to agenda item 4 would be taken at that item.

 

235.

REFERRAL OF COMMITTEE DECISIONS TO THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 71 KB

To determine matters where a decision taken by a Committee has been referred to the Council in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 110.

In accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 110, Mr Baines, Mr Lammie, Mr Stewart and Mr Cross referred the decision of the Planning and Licensing Committee on 29 August 2017 to Council for determination.

To receive Report No. 175/2017 from the Director for Places (Environment, Planning and Transport).

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Report No. 175/2017 from the Director of Places was received, the purpose of which was to consider the planning referral of application 2017/0419/FUL 13 Church Lane Morcott, which had been referred to Council by 4 Members of the Planning and Licensing Committee in accordance with Procedure Rule 110.

 

The Chairman briefed members on the procedure as follows:

 

The Council has been asked to consider whether we should accept a Referral of a decision made by the Planning and Licensing Committee regarding APPROVAL FOR demolition of a bungalow and the erection of single storey dwelling at 13, Church Lane, Morcott.

 

The decision was referred to the Council by Mr Baines, Mr Lammie, Mr Stewart and Mr Cross in accordance with the Constitution, Procedure Rule 110.

 

Before we begin to consider this, I would like to confirm the procedure for referral of any Cabinet, Cabinet Member or Committee Decision so that everyone in attendance understands what will happen at this meeting.

 

I will ask the Councillors presenting the referral to outline their reasons for the referral, for which 3 minutes each will be allowed. 

 

Thereafter, I will ask lead officers in attendance to give a brief outline of the original report and decision and respond to the referral.

 

I will then ask any additional speakers who have registered to speak in support of the referral to come forward and make their statements.  Each speaker will have a total of 3 minutes to make their statement. After this Members can then ask questions of the Councillors who made the referral and the speakers in support of the referral.  

 

I will then ask any additional speakers who have registered to speak against the referral (In support of the application) to come forward and make their statements. Again, each speaker will have a total of 3 minutes to make their statement.  After this Members can then ask questions of the Speakers against the referral.

 

Only individuals that have registered their desire to speak in accordance with Procedure Rule 28 (4) will be entitled to speak at the meeting.

 

Once questioning has finished, the Planning officer will give a full presentation.

 

I will then invite Members to debate the referral.

 

When the debate has finished I will ask Members to vote on whether they wish to uphold the referral.  If Members vote in favour of the referral then I will ask for reasons and recommendations to refer back to the Planning and Licensing Committee.  After considering the referral and all relevant advice, Members may either not agree to the referral, when the decision shall take effect immediately OR If the Members agree to the referral, Members can refer it back to Planning and Licensing Committee. 

 

Members will need to base their decision on the facts and evidence presented to them.

 

Members are reminded,

 

           We can ONLY discuss the reasons for the referral given to us by the members who made the referral and information relating to the decision made.

 

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