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Contact: Mark Galvin 

Items
No. Item

697.

Chairperson's Announcements

Minutes:

The Chairperson congratulated the Planning and Development Department for their excellent performance figures in the all Wales Annual Performance Report and internal audit.

698.

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence from Members.

 

 

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from:

 

Councillor R C Jones

Councillor R Williams

 

699.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of personal and prejudicial interest (if any) from Members/Officers including those who are also Town and Community Councillors, in accordance with the provisions of the Members’ Code of Conduct adopted by Council from 1 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 Officer’s Reports below.

Minutes:

 Declarations of Interest were received from the following Members:

 

Councillor G Thomas – personal interest in item 8a as he is a member of St Brides Minor Community Council but takes no part in planning matters

 

Councillor D Lewis – personal interest in item 8a as he is a member of St Brides Minor Community Council but takes no part in planning matters

 

Councillor J Lewis – personal interest in item 8a as she is a member of St Brides Minor Community Council but takes no part in planning matters.  

 

700.

Site Visits

To confirm a date of Wednesday 4 May 2016 for a site inspection in respect of the Special meeting of the Development Control Committee of the same date relating to Margam Mine and Wednesday 11 May 2016 for proposed site inspections arising at the ordinary meeting of the Committee dated 12 May 2016.

Minutes:

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 4 May 2016 for a site inspection of the Special meeting of the Development Control Committee of the same date relating to Margam Mine and Wednesday 11th May 2016 for proposed site inspections arising at the ordinary meeting of the Committee dated 12 May 2016.

 

701.

Approval of Minutes pdf icon PDF 51 KB

To receive for approval the minutes of the Development Control Committee meeting of 18 February 2016

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                     That the minutes of a meeting of the Development Control Committee held on the 18 February were approved as a true record of the meeting subject to Councillor J Spanswick being added the list of apologies.

702.

Public Speakers

To advise Members of the names of the public speakers listed to speak at today’s meeting (if any).

Minutes:

The Chairperson read out for the benefit of those present, the name of the public speaker addressing the following application which was considered at the meeting:

 

Name:                         Planning Application No:            Reason for Speaking:

Cllr Jean Phillips         P/15/62/FUL                               T&CC Member

Mr Luke Davies          P/15/62/FUL                                Applicant

Heidi Morgan              P/16/11/OUT                               Objector

Rachel Downs            P/16/80/FUL                                Objector

 

703.

Amendment Sheet pdf icon PDF 89 KB

That the Chairperson accepts the Development Control Committee Amendment Sheet as an urgent item in accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council Procedure Rules, in order to allow for Committee to consider necessary modifications to the Committee Report, so as to take account of late representations and revisions that require to be accommodated.

Minutes:

The Group Manager Development advised that in accordance with new procedures, and following the Chairperson’s consent, Members had received the Amendment Sheet following the Site Visit as an urgent item in accordance with Part 4 (paragraph 4) of the Council’s Procedure Rules, in order to allow for the Committee to consider modifications to the Committee report, so as to take account of any late representations and revisions that require to be accommodated.

704.

P/15/847/FUL St Johns Ambulance Hall, Bedford Close, Cefn Cribwr pdf icon PDF 313 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                    That the following application be deferred until the land ownership and concerns in respect of the design of the site had been resolved

 

Code No:                          Proposal

P/15/847/FUL                   Create 12 flats comprising 3 X 2 Bed Flats and 9 X 1 Bed Flats in one 2 storey building

 

705.

P/15/62/FUL Former Ogmore Comprehensive School Play Fields, Abergarw Road, Brynmenyn pdf icon PDF 470 KB

Minutes:

Councillor JE Lewis made a statement prior to consideration of the Item that

although the report recorded that she objected to the increase of traffic

she had not made any decision on the Application and came to the meeting

with an open mind and would make any decision after hearing all of the

information presented to the committee. Councillor J Lewis clarified that her

objection was only in relation to the increased traffic.

 

During discussion of the application Councillor N Clarke asked the Legal

Officer how Members should treat the application given that the site was

owned by the Council. The Legal Officer advised that the application

should be considered as any other application would and that Council

ownership of the land should in no way influence the decision made by

Members.

 

RESOLVED:                     (A) That having regard to the following application, the applicant enters into a Section 106 Agreement to:

 

a)    Provide a financial contribution of £637,728.00 affordable housing

b)    Provide a financial contribution of £391,512.00 towards additional Primary School facilities

c)    Provide a financial contribution of £50,760.00 towards the provision of offsite recreation facilities within the area

d)    Either provide a financial contribution of £75,000.00 to cover the cost of the provision of an active travel route from the application site to link with existing on road cycle routes and routes for pedestrian to the north and south of the application site or, alternatively, provide the route themselves in accordance with a scheme to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority in conjunction with the Highway Authority

e)    Provide a financial contribution of £7,000.00 to fund a Road Traffic Order to designate the development site as a 20mph zone

 

Code No:                           Proposal

P/15/62/FUL                      Res. Dev. for 108 dwellings and Assoc. Works Incl. Demolition of Former Caretakers Lodge

 

(B) 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 in the report of the Corporate Director Communities and subject also to the amendment of condition 11, and additional conditions 16-27 and advisory notes g-w as follows: 

 

11.      Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended for Wales) (or any Order revoking and re-enacting that Order with or without modification) no buildings on Plots 97-108 inclusive shall be erected other than those expressly authorised by this permission.

 

16. No development shall take place, including any works of demolition/site clearance, until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The approved Statement shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The Statement shall provide for:-

 

i.          The routeing of HGV construction traffic to/from the site in order to avoid Ogmore Terrace, Wigan Terrace and Bryn Road

ii.          the parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors

iii.         loading and unloading of plant and materials

iv.        storage of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 705.

706.

P/16/11/OUT Land at 38 Coychurch Road, Pencoed pdf icon PDF 329 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                   That the following application be approved subject to the conditions outlined in the report of the Corporate Director Communities

 

Code No:                         Proposal

P/16/11/OUT                   Erection of 2 detached houses and shared driveway

 

707.

P/16/80/FUL Land Rear of Royal Oak, Station Road, Kenfig Hill pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                   That the following application be approved subject to the conditions outlined in the report of the Corporate Director Communities

 

Code No:                        Proposal

P/16/80/FUL                   Erection of 2 detached three bedroom dwellings

 

708.

P/16/17/FUL 74 Heol Castell, Coety, Litchard pdf icon PDF 324 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:                   That the following application be approved subject to the conditions outlined in the report of the Corporate Director Communities

 

Code No:                         Proposal

P/16/17/FUL                    Loft Conversion Raising Ridge Height and Porch                                                      Extension

 

709.

Appeals pdf icon PDF 504 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:        (1)   That the following Appeals received as outlined in the report of the Corporate Director – Communities be noted:-

 

Code No.                        Subject of Appeal

  A16/3143086 (1773)     New dwelling: Land between 16&17 High Street, Ogmore Vale

 

(2)    That the Inspector appointed by Welsh Ministers to determine the following Appeals, has directed that they be DISMISSED

 

Code No.                      Subject of Appeal

H/15/3138666 (1765)      Non-illuminated Advertisement Sign: 1 Rock Street, Aberkenfig

 

A/15/3136250 (1762)    Small Scale Standby Electricity Generation Plant: Land at                                       Coity Road, Bridgend

 

710.

Training Log pdf icon PDF 61 KB

Minutes:

The Group Manager Development reported on an updated training log.

 

RESOLVED:                That the report of the Corporate Director Communities be noted.  

 

711.

Draft Planning Committee Protocol pdf icon PDF 283 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:               That the Committee:

 

  1.  Considered the draft Planning Committee Protocol produced by the WLGA

 

  1. Considered the draft consultation response from the Local Planning Authority (Appendix 1) and agreed to provide their comments at the planned workshop session or before Friday 29April 2016 and

 

  1. Authorised Officers to amend the draft consultation document and produce a further report on the outcome of the consultation process which would be reported back to the Development Control Committee on 12 May 2016.

 

712.

New Development Management Procedures introduced by Welsh Government pdf icon PDF 375 KB

Minutes:

The Development and Building Control Manager reported on the Welsh Government’s new Development Management Procedures that came in to force on 25 February, 1 March and 16 March 2016

 

RESOLVED:              That Members noted the content of the report on the new Development Management Procedures as implemented by the Welsh Government.   

 

713.

Margam Opencast Coal Site pdf icon PDF 40 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED:              1. That the Committee noted that a Special Meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on Wednesday 4 May 2016 at 2.00pm to consider an application received for an alternative restoration in respect of the Margam Opencast Coal Site

 

2. That the Committee agreed that the extended public speaking protocol for extraordinary planning applications be invoked for consideration of the above planning application P/16/128/FUL.

 

714.

Proposed Statutory and Non-Statutory Pre-Application Advice Charging Regime pdf icon PDF 237 KB

Minutes:

The Development and Building Control Manager submitted a report to Committee for the adoption of a statutory and an updated non-statutory/ bespoke pre-application advice charging regime.  He explained that BCBC has operated a system of charging for pre-application advice since April 2011.  The Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (6 July 2015) introduced new pre-application advice processes that would be key to the effective frontloading of applications.  More specifically, Section 18 of the Act introduced a new statutory requirement for LPAs to provide pre-application services to applicants.  He added that the fees charged for the statutory pre-application services would be the same across Wales, although they also vary depending upon the size and scale of the proposed development:

 

  • Householder - £25
  • Minor Development - £250
  • Major Development - £600
  • Large Major Development - £1000

 

RESOLVED:              That the Development Control Committee approved the content of the report and the proposed charging regime before referring the matter to Cabinet.  

 

715.

Urgent Items

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 is of the opinion should by reason of special circumstances be transacted at the meeting as a matter of urgency

Minutes:

None.

 

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