To receive apologies for absence from Members.

Apologies for absence were received from the following Members:-

Councillor GW Davies MBE

Councillor DRW Lewis

Councillor PA Davies

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.

The following declarations of interest were made:-

Councillor R Williams - P/16/603/BCB – Personal interest as a member of Pencoed Town Council who takes no part in planning matters, and also a prejudicial interest in that he knew some of the objectors to the application. Councillor Williams left the meeting whilst this item was being considered.

Councillor JE Lewis –  P/16/557/FUL – Personal interest as a member of St. Brides Minor Community Council who takes no part in planning matters.

Councillor G Thomas – P/16/557/FUL – Personal interest as a member of  St. Brides Minor Community Council who takes no part in planning matters.

Councillor M Thomas – P/16/578/BCB – Personal interest in that she knew the public speaker who was objecting to the application.

Councillor N Clarke –   P/15/876/FUL – Personal interest in that she was a member of Porthcawl Town Council that took no part in planning matters. P/16/373/FUL – Prejudicial interest in that her husband was a Director of Porthcawl Harbourside CIC. Councillor Clarke left the meeting whilst this item was being considered.

To confirm a date of Wednesday 26 October 2016 for proposed site inspections arising at the meeting, or identified in advance of the next Committee meeting 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, be confirmed as 26 October 2016.

To receive and confirm the Minutes of a meeting of the Development Control Committee dated 1 September 2016

RESOLVED:                That the Minutes of a meeting of the Development Control Committee dated 1 September 2016, be approved as a true and accurate record.

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

The Chairperson read out for the benefit of those present, the names of the public speakers addressing the following applications to be considered at today’s meeting:-

Name                    Planning Application No.               Reason for speaking  

Kay George           P/16/578/BCB                                Objector

Howard Butler       P/16/603/BCB                                Objector

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.

RESOLVED:                  The Chairperson advised that in accordance with procedures and protocols, and following the Chairperson’s consent, Members had received the Amendment Sheet 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.

RESOLVED:               That in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, that permission be deemed to be granted for the following application, subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director Communities:-

Code No                      Proposal

P/16/578/BCB              New primary school with capacity for 420 plus 60 nursery places.

Subject to the following:-

Condition 1 should be re-worded as follows:

1. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: plan numbers 900003, 010001, 010002, 020001, 900004, 1214-01 Rev D and the conclusions and recommendations included within Jubb’s Transport Assessment.

Reason: To avoid doubt and confusion as to the nature and extent of the approved development and in the interests of the safety and free flow of traffic.

Amend Condition 14 to read:

14.       Prior to the commencement of development, a comprehensive scheme of traffic calming measures shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority which shall restrict 85%ile traffic speeds to 20mph on the school access road from its junction with Heol yr Ysgol and the school access.  The approved scheme shall be implemented prior to the development being brought into beneficial use.

Reason: In the interests of the safety and free flow of traffic.

Change the numbering for the “* THE FOLLOWING ARE ADVISORY NOTES NOT CONDITIONS” section of the recommendation from 19 to 20.

Add informative notes:

The approved traffic calming scheme shall incorporate pedestrian crossing facilities and vertical displacements, plateaux and include full engineering details including longitudinal and cross sections, construction details, lighting, surface water drainage, carriageway markings, signing, traffic calming features and Stage 2 Safety Audit.  

The development shall include for the provision of suitable improvements to establish learner travel routes along the routes identified in Appendix C of the submitted Transport Assessment.

Amend additional Condition 19 as follows:

19.       No development shall commence until details of extended access road into the school site from the junction with the access to Coleg Cymunedol y Dderwen and improvements to the Heol yr Ysgol/Bryn Road and Heol Cwrdy/Heol Canola juctions have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The development shall be constructed in accordance with the approved details and the approved school shall not be brought into beneficial occupation until the improvement works have been implemented:

Reason: In the interests of the safety and free flow of traffic.

Add informative note as follows:-

The developer is advised that a school travel plan will be required to be implemented within 6 months of the beneficial use of the development commencing.  Such a plan shall contain target, measures and initiatives relating to the encouragement and promotion of the use of sustainable transport for journeys to and from the school.  The plan shall be subject to periodic review and monitoring, with annual reports prepared by the school.

RESOLVED:                That in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992, that permission be deemed to be granted for the following application, subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director Communities:-

Code No.                      Proposal

P/16/603/BCB              New Primary School and site access works

Subject to the following:-

Combine conditions 2-5, amend conditions 10-12, 15 and 19, remove conditions 16 and 17 and add a note. For ease of reference the revised conditions and notes are as follows:-

1.         The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents:-  

            ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

            A001 - Site Location Plan

            A002 - Existing Site Layout / Topographical Survey

            A100 - Proposed Site Layout Overall

            A101 - Proposed Site Layout Area 1

            A102 - Proposed Site Layout Area 2

            A103 - Proposed General Arrangement Ground Floor Plan

            A104 - Proposed General Arrangement First Floor Plan

            A105 - Proposed General Arrangement Elevations

            A119 - Site Layout Contractors Constraints

            A120 - Hoarding Details / Temporary Works / Site Sign Board

            A123 - Proposed 3D Model

            A600 - External Signage

            A909 - Fencing Details (Sheet 1)

            A910 - Fencing Details (Sheet 2)

            A911 - External Works – Sections (Sheet 1)

            A912 - External Works – Sections (Sheet 2)

            A913 - External Works – Sections (Sheet 3)

            A916 - External Works – Play Area (Sheet 1)

            A917 - External Works – Play Area (Sheet 2)

            A918 - External Works – Planting (Sheet 1)

            A919 - External Works – Planting (Sheet 2)

            A920 - Nursery Store / PE Store

            DRAINAGE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS

           PCD-CAP-00-00-DR-P-506 Rev P00 - Proposed Surface Water Drainage Layout

           PCD-CAP-00-000-DR-P-507 Rev P01 - Proposed Foul Drainage Layout

HIGHWAYS ENGINEERING DRAWINGS

            GC2347-CAP-61-XX-DR-C-001 - General Arrangement Planning

            GC2347-CAP-61-XX-DR-C-002 - Contours & Detailed Sections

           GC2488-CAP-61-XX-DR-C-001 - General Arrangement Traffic Calming

            GC2347-CAP-61-XX-DR-E-001 - Proposed Lighting Arrangements

            OTHER DOCUMENTS

            Ecological Appraisal & Summary of BREEAM Ecology Credits

            Ecology BREEAM Summary Report

            BREEAM Pre-Assessment Report

            Drainage Strategy Report

            Traffic Impact Assessment

            Site Investigation Report

           Reason: To avoid doubt and confusion as to the nature and extent of the approved development.

2.         No development shall take place, including any works of site clearance until a Construction Method Statement has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.  The statement shall provide for:-

1. The routeing of HGV construction traffic to/from the site
2. The parking of vehicles of site operatives and visitors;
3. A scheme for the provision of a compound and car park for construction vehicles
4. Loading and unloading of plant and materials;
5. Storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development;
6. Mechanical, automatically operated, self-contained wheel washing facilities
7. A temporary/permanent access road/hardstanding
8. Measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during construction;
9. The provision of temporary traffic management during the construction period;
10. No construction vehicles entering or leaving the site during the periods of half hour
11. either side of the times school commencing and ending.

The construction works and site clearance shall thereafter be undertaken in accordance with the agreed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 810.

RESOLVED:                 That the following application be deferred at the request of the applicant, in order that further discussions may take place with the Highways Department regarding car parking relating to the scheme:-

Code No.                       Proposal

P/16/547/FUL                Extension and enhancement of existing Penybont Football Club facilities including extend stand to accommodate 518 seats, new turnstile with payment booth, extend parking, TV gantry, bar cellar extension & amended site access layout.

RESOLVED:                  That the following application be granted subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director Communities:-

Code No.                        Proposal

P/16/373/FUL                 Maritime Centre building incl. community, education & leisure facilities (use classes A3, B1a, C1, D1, D2), a micro-brewery & an open air performance space.

RESOLVED:                 That the following application be granted subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director Communities:-

Code No.                         Proposal

P/15/876/FUL                 Proposed residential development comprising 4 units at land rear of the above property.

RESOLVED:                  That the following application be granted subject to the Conditions contained in the report of the Corporate Director Communities:-

Code No.                        Proposal

P/16/557/FUL                 In addition to the current use, proposed use to incinerate (cremate) and store pet and equine cadavers

The Corporate Director Operational and Partnership Services submitted a report, the purpose of which, was for the Development Control Committee to consider appointing Councillor RE Young as the third Member of the Committee’s Site Visit Panel, and appointing Councillor D Patel as the Reserve Member of the Panel.

The report confirmed that Councillor Patel had recently informed the Authority, that she had started a new job and requested that due to initial training in her new role, hers and Councillor Young’s roles on the Site Visit Panel reverse.

RESOLVED:

1. That Councillor RE Young be nominated as the third member of the Development Control Committee Site Visit Panel.

That Councillor D Patel be nominated as reserve member of the Development Control Site Visit Panel.

RESOLVED:                  That the Appeals received since the last meeting of the Development Control Committee as highlighted in the report of the Corporate Director Communities be noted.

RESOLVED:                  That the report of the Corporate Director Communities advising that the following up and coming training sessions would be arranged for Members on the dates where stated, be noted:-

• Review off recent appeal decisions – 27 October 2016
• Workshop on the draft Open Space SPG – TBC
• Active travel plans – TBC
• Advertisement control – TBC

WLGA proposals for a National Scheme of Member Training - TBC

The Development Planning Manager submitted a report, which presented the final Joint Housing Land Availability Study for 2016.

She stated that Members would recall at the recent training event that the Planning Inspectorate was considering 7 sites that were in dispute between the Council and developers as set out in the submitted Statement of Common Ground.

The Inspectorate had produced its report and had come to the conclusion that Bridgend has a housing land supply figure for 2016 of 5.1 years, and has for 6 out of the 7 disputed sites agreed with the evidence presented by the Council.

This is in excess of the 5 year minimum requirement, and as such, Bridgend was in a strong position of being able to more successfully defend out-of-accord planning applications at appeal.

Furthermore, the Council was not under pressure to undertake an early review of the Local Development Plan because of not meeting key housing targets.

The final study was attached at Appendix 1 to the report and the inspector’s recommendations were included at Appendix 4 of the document.

RESOLVED:                  That the 2016 Joint Housing Land Availability Study  be noted as illustrated in the report of the Corporate Director Communities, be noted.

The Group Manager Development presented a report, which advised that in line with the new Welsh Government requirements, BCBC submitted its first Annual Performance Report (APR) in October 2015. The 2016 APR was currently being prepared and this would be presented to before a future meeting of the Committee.

The second APR he confirmed, outlined the performance of Bridgend as a local planning authority over the period 2015-16 against a number of key national indicators and benchmarks, and also includes the results of a customer satisfaction survey.

The Group Manager Development confirmed that the APR was currently being finalised, however, he referred Members to the key issues arising from this, which were shown as bullet points in the main body to the report. He then gave a resume of this information for the benefit of Members.

He concluded his submission by confirming that the APR would provide a more detailed commentary on the figures outlined in the report.

RESOLVED:                  That the Committee noted the report.

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

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