To receive apologies for absence (to include reasons, where appropriate) from

Members/Officers.

Apologies for absence were received from the following Members:

Councillor B Jones                    -     Other Council Business         

Councillor G W Davies MBE    -     Holiday                       

Councillor J C Spanswick        -     Work Commitments

Councillor C E Rees                 -     Work Commitments

To confirm a date of Wednesday, 15 October 2014 (am) for proposed site inspections (if any)

arising at the meeting, or identified in advance of the next Committee by the Chairperson.

RESOLVED:     That the date for site inspections (if any) arising from the meeting, or identified in advance of the next meeting of the Committee by the Chairperson, was confirmed as Wednesday,15 October 2014 (am).

To receive and confirm the minutes of a meeting of the Development Control Committee of

21 August 2014

RESOLVED:     That the minutes of the Development Control Committee held on 21 August 2014 be approved as a true and accurate record, subject to Councillor M Winter being added to the list of attendees in attendance. 

To advise Members of the names of the public speakers listed to speak at today’s meeting

(if any).

There were no public speakers listed to speak at today’s meeting.

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers

including those from Members who are also Town and Community Councillors, in

accordance with the provisions of the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Council from

1st September 2008. Members having such dual roles should declare a personal interest in

respect of their membership of such Town/Community Council and a prejudicial interest if

they have taken part in the consideration of an item at that Town/Community Council

contained in the following planning applications report.

The Group Manager Development and the Development and Development  Building and Control Manager both declared a prejudicial interest in planning application P/14/461/RLX in that they had previously had dealings with the applicant on other Council business.

They left the meeting whilst this planning application was being considered by Members.

RESOLVED:         That the following application for relaxation of Conditions be refused, for the reason contained in the report of the  Corporate Director - Communities:

Code No.                Proposal

P/14/461/RLX        Field Adjacent to the Laurels, Penyfai - Removal of Conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of consent P/12/656/FUL.

RESOLVED:  (1)   That having regard to the following application, the applicant enter into a Section 106 Agreement to:-

(i)      Control the route of abnormal load traffic to and from the site.

(ii)      Control the route of HGV traffic associated with the mass concrete pour.

(iii)     Control the route of all remaining construction HGV traffic to and from the site.

Code No.               Proposal

P/13/904/FUL        Site of former water tower former Stormy Down Aerodrome, Bridgend - Provision of 1 wind turbine on site of former water tower.

                        (2)  That the Corporate Director - Communities be given plenary powers to issue a decision notice granting consent in respect of this proposal, once the applicant has entered into the aforementioned Section 106 Agreement, subject to the  conditions contained in his report.

The Corporate Director - Communities submitted a report, that outlined two up and coming training sessions for Members.

     The Group Manager Development confirmed that the item entitled “Life of a Planning Application” would be convened before the next scheduled meeting of the Development Control Committee.

He added that if Members wanted any refresher training in relation to training sessions held previously, or alternatively, training on new topics, then they could raise these with him.

In response to requests from the floor, it was       

RESOLVED:   (1)     That the report of the Corporate Director - Communities be noted.

                        (2)     That training sessions on the following topics be arranged in due course:-

                                 (i)        Road Safety criteria

                                 (ii)       Car Parking

The meeting closed at 3.00pm.

To consider any other item(s) of business in respect of which notice has been given in

accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council Procedure Rules and which the person

presiding at the meeting of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be

transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency.