YAPTON PARISH COUNCIL

PLANNING COMMITTEE

9 March 2009 – At a meeting of the Planning Committee held at Yapton & Ford Village Hall.

Present: Mr Faulkner (Chairman), Mr Andrews, Mrs Barnes and Mrs Wallbridge

Also present: Parish Councillor Mr Taft, District Councillor Mrs Neno, Mr Tansley (Clerk of the Council) and 4 members of the public.

Apologies for absence were received and accepted from Parish Councillor Mr Jones.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

6. Members were reminded to make any declarations of personal and/or prejudicial interest that they may have in relation to items on the agenda.

MINUTES

7. Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 12 January 2009 be approved as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chairman.

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

8. The attention of the Committee was drawn to a recent application for a premises licence which had been submitted to the District Council for The Barn in Hoe Lane, Flansham. The Clerk advised that the application was due to be considered by the Parish Council at its meeting later that evening.

FORD ECO-TOWN

9. A draft response to the DCLG consultation documents which had been prepared by the Chairman was approved (copy attached to minute book). The Chairman indicated that the response would need to be updated to take account of the FAVG transport assessment and the recently published financial viability study on the prospective eco-town locations. Copies of the proposed updates would be circulated to members for comments as soon as possible.

ARUN DISTRICT COUNCIL

CONSULTATION ON OPTIONS FOR GROWTH PROPOSALS

10. The Chairman reported on a meeting of the Local Strategic Partnership Stakeholders he had attended at which those present had been briefed by officers and invited to comment on and rank the three options put forward by Arun District Council for meeting the forecast demand for new homes in the future. Members agreed that the Council’s response, when drafted, should support the District Council’s preferred Option 1 of urban extensions to the towns of Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, which would be in line with the recommended regeneration proposals for these coastal towns as well as with Government policy.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

11. The Planning Committee had before them and considered the following planning applications and resolved as indicated:-

Y/83/08/	Proposed new dwelling and associated garage (Re-submission following Y/62/08)	23 Park Drive Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/6/09/L	Application for Listed Building Consent to remove existing flat roof to sun room extension. Replace with pitched roof with a flat top.	Bonhams Hoe Lane Flansham Bognor Regis NO OBJECTION
Y/7/09/TC	Fell one Goat Willow and reduce one Twisted Willow by one third within the Yapton (Main Road) Conservation Area.	1 Elm Cottages Church Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/8/09/L	Application for Listed Building Consent for proposed en-suite bathroom, new extractor fan & grill & new cast iron waste pipe.	Bonhams Hoe Lane Flansham Bognor Regis NO OBJECTION
Y/12/09/	Proposed conservatory at rear.	32 Park Drive Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/85/08/	Replace existing air conditioning plant with new 4 fan condenser unit.	Co-op Store Main Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/1/09/L	Application for Listed Building Consent to resite a satellite dish.	The Twelfth of Never Church Lane Yapton OBJECTION
Y/9/09/A	Erection of 1 no non-illuminated sign on land west of Flansham Lane.	Land at Site 6 Off Flansham Lane Bognor Regis NO OBJECTION
Y/10/09/	Re-submission following application Y/14/08/ for 1 No 4 bed detached dwelling and 2 No 3 bed semi detached dwellings.	Land rear of Wayside Burdell Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/2/09/	Two storey side extension.	Little Orchard Church Lane Yapton NO OBJECTION
FP/26/09/	Detailed planning permission for a temporary access for a period of twelve months to serve the first phase of residential development previously approved in accordance with Reserved Matters application FP/251/07/ pursuant to outline planning permission FP/92/04/. (Dual Parish with Yapton).	Site 6 Felpham OBJECTION

12. With regard to planning application Y/1/09/L, the grounds for the objection were as follows:

· The Parish Council considers the proposal to locate a satellite dish on the front of the property would be out of character with this Listed Building which was sited in a conservation area. Whilst it was appreciated that a previous satellite dish was mounted at the front of the property, it did look out of place and incongruous with the surroundings.

· The Parish Council would however raise no objection to a satellite dish being sited to the rear of the building where it would be less prominent.

13. With regard to planning application FP/26/09/, the grounds for the objection were as follows:

• The Parish Council is concerned that since initial approvals were given there have been at least two serious incidents of flooding in Hoe Lane, Flansham, following heavy rainfall which has cut off residents from the A259 road.

• Officers from WSCC Highways Department have identified the cause of the problem and have suggested either (a) a need to upgrade the drainage culvert beneath the A259 road or (b) the provision of a second culvert running alongside the existing culvert. Neither of these proposals has been implemented to date.

• A further study has also been advised to satisfy that the continuing course of the ditch on the eastern side of the A259 is adequate to take excessive storm water conditions to the Ryebank/Clymping rife.

• The Parish Council considers therefore that is essential that the developers be required to address this problem of providing extra capacity for drainage either before, or as a condition of, any approval which is given to access the site on a temporary basis. Despite what is said in the application with regard to the drainage of surface water, to do otherwise would undoubtedly exacerbate the problems of incidents of flash flooding as a result of the new development works. In turn there would be consequential and continuing adverse effects on the free flow of traffic at this critical location on the A259 road network.

• To avoid therefore continuous traffic disruption, the complete new roundabout, temporary access and culvert works should be completed concurrently before consent is given to the developer to start to use the temporary access.

CHAIRMAN