Agenda item

The Development Control Manager submitted reports (copies of which are appended in the Minute Book) on applications for development to be determined by the Panel and advised Members of further representations (details of which also are appended in the Minute Book) which had been received in connection therewith since the reports had been prepared.  Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

  (a)  Retention of use of land for amenity space and occasional/overflow car parking for village hall, land rear of  Eastern/Western cottages, High Street, Hemingford Abbots - 08/02995/FUL

  (Councillor I C Bates, Ward Councillor, Councillor J Peters, Hemingford Abbots Parish Council and Mr D Perrott, applicant, addressed the Panel on the application).

  that the Head of Planning Services be authorised to approve the application subject to further discussions with the applicant to achieve a revised layout for the car park which would seek to preserve and enhance the Conservation Area and conditions to include landscaping, widening of the footway and access road to improve visibility and surfacing of the access road to minimise noise disturbance.

  (b)  Extension to dwelling, Holmeswood, Main Street, Old Weston - 08/03175/FUL

  that the application be approved subject to conditions to be determined by the Head of Planning Services to include those listed in paragraph 8 of the report now submitted;

  (c)  Residential development, St. Ives Caravans, Old Ramsey Road, St. Ives - 08/02417/OUT

  (Mr A Campbell, agent, addressed the Panel on the application).

  that the application be refused for the following reasons -

¨  the site is in open countryside beyond the built-up area of St. Ives where new residential development is restricted to that which has a requirement to be in a rural area.  No such justification exists in this case and the development would be detrimental to the open character of the countryside and unsustainable.  The proposal is contrary to policies H23 and En17 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan 1995, HL2 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan Alteration, 2002 and CS2 and CS3 of the Submission Core Strategy, 2008;

¨  the site is in the open countryside and its development for housing in the urban manner proposed would be detrimental to the character and appearance of the countryside and would result in unacceptable loss of trees.  The proposal is contrary to policies ENV7 of the East of England Plan, 2008, En18 and En25 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan, 1995, HL5 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan Alteration, 2002 and B1, G2 and G3 of the Huntingdonshire Interim Planning Policy Statement; and

¨  in the absence of a planning obligation securing a contribution to the St. Ives Market Town Transport Strategy, the development would be contrary to policies OB1 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan Alteration, 2002 and CS10 of the Submission Core Strategy. 

  (d)  Retention of six metre high posts and safety netting, recreation ground, Daimler Avenue, Yaxley - 08/03212/FUL

  (Councillor D Youles, Yaxley Parish Council and Messrs A Bartle, C Bolton and G Mold, objectors addressed the Panel on the application).

  that the application be approved subject to conditions to be determined by the Head of Planning Services to include those listed in paragraph 8 of the report now submitted and additionally to provide for the removal of the nets and posts in the close football season and for the lowering of the netting when the pitches are not in use.

  (e)  Development of 480 place prison (Class C2A), external visitor centre, parking and landscaping, Littlehey Prison, Crow Spinney Lane, Perry - 08/03163/FUL

  (See Minute No. 55 for Members' interests).

  (Councillor P J Downes, Ward Councillor, Councillor Mrs V E Razzell, Perry Parish Council and Mr L Manton, applicant addressed the Panel on the application).

  (i)  that the Director of Central Services be authorised to enter into an Agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to secure a contribution of £250,000 to upgrade the cycle route in Perry and the continuation, for a minimum of five years, of an extension to the existing mini-bus service for visitors from Huntingdon Railway Station to the prison; and

  (ii)  that the application be approved, subject to the completion of the Agreement referred to in resolution (i) above and to conditions to be determined by the Head of Planning Services to include those listed in paragraph 8 of the report now submitted.

  (f)  Erection of timber framed shelter, Duncombe Arms, Eltisley Road, Waresley - 08/02266/FUL

  that the application be refused for the following reason:-

  the proposed timber framed shelter due to the design, siting and use of materials would be detrimental to the character and setting of the listed building and the character and appearance of the Conservation Area contrary to policies ENV7 of the East of England Plan - Revision to the Regional Spatial Strategy, May 2008; En2, En5, En6, En25 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan 1995, B1, B7 and B8 of the Huntingdonshire Interim Planning Policy Statement, 2007 and CS1 of the Huntingdonshire Local Development Framework Submission Core Strategy, 2008.

  (g)  Erection of dwelling, land adjacent 15 White Hart Lane, Godmanchester - 08/02594/FUL

  (See Minute No. 55 for Members' interests).

  that the application be refused for the following reason:-

  the proposed dwelling, with a frontage of approximately 9.1 metres and a lower ridge line than No. 15 is of an inappropriate scale and proportion, having regard to the existing semi-detached dwellings in the locality.  The proposed dwelling would not appear well integrated with neighbouring buildings, fails to harmonise with its surroundings and would not make a positive contribution to the area.  The proposal is therefore contrary to Planning Policy Statement Nos. 1 and 3, policy ENV7 of the Regional Spatial Strategy, East of England Plan, Policy HL5 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan Alteration, 2002, policies H32 and En25 of the Huntingdonshire Local Plan, 1995, policy CS1 of the Submission Core Strategy, policy B1 of the Huntingdonshire Interim Planning Policy Statement, 2007 and the Huntingdonshire Design Guide, 2007.