Agenda and draft minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor C Adams, R Claymore and G Coates

The minutes of the meeting held on 2^nd July 2024 were approved and signed as a correct record

(Moved by Councillor L Smith and seconded by Councillor P Turner)

To receive any declarations of Members’ interests (pecuniary and non-pecuniary) in any matters which are to be considered at this meeting.

When Members are declaring a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they have dispensation, they should specify the nature of such interest.  Members should leave the room if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in respect of which they do not have a dispensation. 

The Chair confirmed that under Section 33(2) of the Localism Act 2011, the act permits an authority to grant a dispensation from either or both of the restrictions not to participate and / or vote on a matter in which they have a pecuniary  interest.  Planning Committee Members have received a further dispensation for applications relating to the Future High Street Project for a period of two years starting from 5^th August 2024 to 5^th August 2026

Councillor Richard Kingstone declared an interest on application 20240367/2023 South Staffs Council, due to opinions expressed on this application

Summary of Applications received:

(Reports of the Assistant Director Growth and Regeneration)

RESOLVED:           That the Committee

                              Approved permission based on revised plans for the

                                proposal submitted post the original recommendation to

                                approve.

                              (Moved by Councillor L Smith and seconded by Councillor  M Clarke)

Conditions / Reasons

This consent is for a period of five years.

Reason: The local planning authority are only prepared to grant a temporary consent in order that the impact on amenity can be re-assessed after a period of 5 years this being in accordance with desire to create a high quality environment as set out in policy EN5: Design in New development as set out in the adopted Tamworth Local Plan 2006-2031.

2.The consent hereby permitted shall only be carried out in accordance with the application form and the Lighting Assessment received on 09/07/2024 and drawings: ‘TYPICAL EXTERNAL ILLUMINATION LIGHTING SETUP’, ‘Heritage Wordmark & Letter sets – Single Line Options’, ‘Sign XX – Window Graphics’, ATM.ET Rev A and PR.00.E1 Rev A received 09/07/2024 and ‘Heritage (Illuminated) Projecting Sign Rev B’ received 11/07/2024 and b90f/uk/1104720/1486893 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: To define the permission.

3. (i). No advertisement is to be displayed without the permission of the owner of the site or any other person with an interest in the site entitled to grant permission.

(ii) No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to -

(a) endanger persons using any highway, railway, waterway, dock, harbour or aerodrome (civil or military);

(b) obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of, any traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air; or

(c) hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring the speed of any vehicle

(iii) Any advertisement displayed, and any site used for the display for advertisements, shall be maintained in a condition that does not impair the visual amenity of the site.

(iv) Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a condition that does not endanger the public.

(v) Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the site shall be left in a condition that does not endanger the public or impair visual amenity.

Reason: To comply with the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisement) Regulations 2007.

Conditions

1.     No development shall commence on site until details of the appearance, including materials, landscaping, layout and scale (hereinafter called "the reserved matters") have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

REASON: The application was made for outline planning permission and is granted to accord with the provisions of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

2.     The development hereby approved shall commence prior to the expiration of two years from the date of approval of the last of the reserved matters to be approved. Applications for the approval of all of the reserved matters shall be made to the Local Planning Authority before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

REASON: To meet the requirements of Section 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

3. The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

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The Site Location Plan - 23008/SGP/ZZ/ZZ/DR/A/131000 P2 received on 2/5/23.

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The Parameters Plan - 23008/SGP/ZZ/ZZ/DR/A/001001 P7 received on 15/5/24.

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The Green Infrastructure Plan - P23/0345/EN/0007/C/GI/1 received on 15/5/24.

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Existing Site Access - 70102401/SK/002 Rev A received on 20/2/14.

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Existing site access swept path analysis 16.5m artic 701102401/ATR/001Rev B received on 20/2/24.

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The Framework Travel Plan prepared by WSP received on 3/8/23 referenced 70102401/001.

REASON: For the avoidance of doubt and to ensure that the proposed development is carried out as approved

Application Reference 0367/2023

Proposal                     Demolition of all existing buildings

Site Address               South Staffordshire College Croft Street Tamworth

                                    Staffordshire B79 8AE

This is a supplementary report following the deferral of the original planning application at the committee of 5th June 2024.  Members agreed to defer the application for consideration only so as to allow further information regarding highways impacts to be obtained.   The previous application was considered to suitably deal with these issues reporting that the plans submitted show that safe entrance and exit can be achieved for vehicles that are likely to carry out the work. A temporary parking restriction will also be imposed to allow this to occur safely.  Since this meeting, Staffordshire County Council have provided additional information on the consultation response. This can be found at appendix A.  All the other considerations remain the same as the previous report which is attached to this supplementary report. 

The Officer presented the report.

Additional condition

Prior to the commencement of development a Traffic Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved by the local planning authority. The Traffic Management Plan shall be adhered to for the lifetime of the demolition works.

Reason: In the interests of highway safety, residential amenity and to accord with policy SU2 of the Tamworth Local Plan 2006-31.

Appeal for the Police Station re-development of Police Station on Spinning School Lane for 54 apartments. 

The application was rejected for the following reasons:

Shortfall in parking spaces

Shortfall in internal space standards of some of the apartments

Shortfall of open space and outside areas

Compliance of housing mix not meeting standards

The Inspectorate considered the argument not strong enough and approved the development.  Costs were awarded to the applicant.  Details will be bought to a future committee for discussion.