YAPTON PARISH COUNCIL
PLANNING COMMITTEE
13 July 2009 – At a meeting of the Planning Committee held at
Yapton & Ford Village Hall.
Present: Mr Andrews, Mrs Barnes, Mr Faulkner, Mr Jones and Mr Mills.
Also present: Mr Tansley (Clerk of the Council) and 2 members of the
public.
CHAIRMAN
21. Resolved – That Mr
Faulkner be re-elected as Chairman of the Planning Committee for the ensuing
year.
VICE-CHAIRMAN
22. The Committee decided not to appoint a
Vice-Chairman. Instead it was agreed
that in the absence of the Chairman, a member would be appointed to chair that particular
meeting.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
23. Members were reminded to make any
declarations of personal and/or prejudicial interest that they may have in
relation to items on the agenda.
24. There were
no declarations of interest.
MINUTES
25. Resolved – That the minutes of the
meeting held on 27 April 2009 be approved as a correct
record and that they be signed by the Chairman.
FORD ECO-TOWN
26. With reference
to minute 18/2009, it was noted that a decision from the Government on the eco-town
programme was expected before the parliamentary
recess on 22 July 2009. The Chairman
commented that the recent proposal from the Environment Agency to “do nothing”
to improve sea defences at Clymping
and protect the area from flooding could well have an impact on the decision
for Ford.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS
27. The Planning Committee had before them and
considered the following planning applications and resolved as indicated:-
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Y/23/09/ |
Replacement garage with gymnasium over. |
Magnolias Church Lane Yapton NO OBJECTION |
|
Y/25/09/ |
Mobile Live/Work transportable unit for stockman. Steel storage building for secure storage of light goods vehicle/farm machinery/feed. |
Maggie’s Meadow Hoe Lane Flansham Bognor Regis OBJECTION |
|
Y/30/09/ |
Single storey rear extension to form conservatory. |
Chimneys Bilsham Road Yapton NO OBJECTION |
With reference to
Planning Application Y/25/09/, the grounds for the objection were as follows:
i) The south eastern corner of the proposed
development abuts residential property;
ii) On site residential accommodation for the number of animals proposed
would seem to be unnecessary and would change the nature and character of the
field;
iii) Re-location of the storage shed to the north west of the land to be utilised for the development would eliminate the need for
additional access in the south east corner on to Hoe Lane thus preserving trees
and hedgerows that form the present boundary;
iv) The land at this location is subject to flooding and is therefore
unsuitable for keeping pigs;
v) The present narrow road is unsuitable for the passage of large vehicles
that would be used to support the proposed business activities. There are no
pavements along Hoe Lane which gives cause for concern for the safety of
present users of this quiet rural road particularly pedestrians including young
children, cyclists and horse-riders.
PLANNING APPLICATION No WSCC/014/09/CM
ENVIROWASTE (SOUTHERN) LTD
28. Resolved – That the action taken by the
Clerk in consultation with the Chairman to register an objection with WSCC to
the proposal to site a waste recycling facility at Northwood Farm, be
endorsed.
BREACH OF PLANNING CONTROL
MURRAYFIELD (FORMERLY K/A TWO HOOTS), BILSHAM ROAD, YAPTON
29. Members
were concerned that despite the Section 215 Notice obtained by the District
Council at the Worthing Magistrates Court on 27 April
2009, it was evident that more than 4 vehicles were still being parked in the
demarcated area at the front of the property and this appeared to be in breach
of the Court Order. The Clerk had
already submitted photographic evidence to the Planning Enforcement Team at
Arun District Council. The Chairman
suggested that members should take the opportunity to similarly take digital
photographs and forward these to the Clerk when they were in the area as
additional evidence.
30. It was
agreed that the District Council should be urged to take appropriate action without
delay to resolve the apparent ongoing breach of planning control.
CHAIRMAN