Council and councillors

To receive any apologies from Members.

There were apologies recorded from Councillor Harvey.

To confirm the minutes of the Planning and Licensing Committee meetings held on 2^nd and 9^th March 2021.

The minutes of the meeting which took place on 9^th March 2021 were confirmed.

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.

Councillor McCartney declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 1, 2020/0275/FUL as the water tower had been located on her aunts old farm land. She had no financial interest in the application so would continue to participate in the discussions and vote.

Councillor Baines also declared a non-pecuniary interest in item 1, 2020/0275/FUL as himself and the ward councillor were known to the objector but had not discussed the application.

To receive any petitions, deputations and questions from members of the Public in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 93.

Any petitions, deputations and questions that have been submitted with prior formal notice will take precedence over questions submitted at short notice. Any questions that are not considered within the time limit shall receive a written response after the meeting and be the subject of a report to the next meeting.

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Requests to speak on planning applications will also be subject to the RCC Public Speaking Rules.

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The total time allowed for this item shall be 30 minutes.

There were no petitions, deputations or questions received.

To receive Report No. 20/2021 from the Strategic Director for Places.

1)       2020/0275/FUL - The Old Reservoir, Stockerston Road, Uppingham Conversion of redundant reservoir to 1 no. 4 bedroom house to include garage and solar array.

The Principal Planning Officer for this application, Nick Hodgett, addressed the Committee and gave an executive summary of the application, recommending approval.

There were no updates to the agenda report since it had been published.

Prior to discussion, the Committee heard from the following speakers on this application and had the opportunity to be asked questions from the Committee:

·        Mr William Noakes – Objector

·        Mr Andrew Willson – Applicant

Questions were raised by the Committee which were responded to by the Officers. Some of these questions focused on the site itself, the hedgerow and the public footpath. Officers advised that the site was located around 200metres from the public highway. The public footpath was around 50 metres to the north of the site and to the south west was a small group of houses and farmyard. The site was otherwise surrounded by agricultural land, bounded by mature hedgerows. Details of the consultee responses and the concerns of the objector (who spoke on the evening) were detailed in the report papers.

The Committee questioned the sustainability of the development and officers advised that the proposal did constitute sustainable development and made good use of an existing rural building providing more housing. Steps were being taken to ensure that there was safe access and it was being designed to not detract from visual or residential amenity.

Accordingly, the Committee moved to the officers recommendation for approval of application 2020/0275/FUL. Councillor Cross proposed and Councillor A Brown seconded and a vote was taken. It was noted a request from the Committee that officers discussed with the applicants its concerns regarding maintaining biodiversity on the site.

The recommendation with a vote of 9 in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention was, therefore carried.

APPROVED as per the officer recommendation in the report.

2)       2021/0115/FUL - 14 Great Lane Greetham, two storey and single storey rear extension and timber porch.

The Development Control Manager for this application, Justin Johnson, addressed the Committee and gave an executive summary of the application, recommending approval.

The supplementary report provided an update since the agenda had been published. There had been a response from Greetham Parish Council who raised objections because of the impact on neighbouring dwelling because of the distance and the resulting shadowing as well as overlooking. 5 further representations had been received from nearby residents objecting to the proposed development. These reiterated the concerns expressed by Greetham Parish Council in relation to overshadowing and loss of privacy. A further concern was expressed in relation to the flues and extraction equipment and potential odours.

Officers advised that the above comments were covered in the officers report, however, there was a correction to condition 3 in relation to the new first floor window in the north elevation and condition 2 would also be amended to add external flues to be approved by  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

To receive Report No.21/2021 from the Strategic Director for Places.

The Committee was presented with the appeals report which provided Councillors with information on the appeals received since the last meeting and summarised the decisions made.

The Committee thanked officers for the report which was noted.