YAPTON PARISH COUNCIL

PLANNING COMMITTEE

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

Present: Mr Faulkner (Chairman), Mr Andrews, Mrs Barnes, Mr Jones and Mr D Mills.

Also present: District Councillors Mr English and Mr Holman and Mr Tansley (Clerk of the Council).

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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

44. Mrs Barnes and Mr Faulkner both declared a personal interest in Planning Application Y/65/09/ relating to Church House, Church Road, Yapton, and took no part in the discussion/decision making on this item.

MINUTES

45. Resolved – That the minutes of the meeting held on 14 September 2009 be approved as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chairman.

MATTERS ARISING

Breach of Planning Control – Murrayfield, Bilsham Road. Yapton (minute 36/2009)

46. The Clerk reported that it was evident that the breach of planning control was continuing. Further contact would be made with the District Council’s enforcement team to establish the current position.

Arun District Council – Draft Compliance Strategy (minutes 37-38/2009)

47. The Clerk reported that the District Council had incorporated the Committee’s proposed amendment into its approved Compliance Strategy.

PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

48. District Councillors Paul English and John Holman referred to Planning Application Y/68/09/ which related to the Policy Site 6 development and they outlined the concerns they had over the proposed siting, security and the lack of external lighting for the sports changing facility and the associated pitches.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

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

Y/51/09/TC	Pruning of 1 no. Copper Beech, 1 no. Copper Acer & 1 no. Laburnum within the Yapton (Church Road) Conservation Area.	The Old Forge Church Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/53/09/	Extension and alterations to existing house, new detached garage and new vehicle access.	2 Gladstone Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/57/09/	Single storey rear extension, replacement conservatory and internal alterations.	6 Downview Way Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/61/09/	Single storey extension.	Nones Bilsham Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/65/09/	Amendments to previously approved planning application Y/29/07 for single detached house and garage - Modification of ground floor layout to rear & alterations to front entrance door & garage doors.	Church House Church Road Yapton NO OBJECTION
Y/68/09/	Reserved matters application pursuant to outline permission FP/92/04 Condition 1(j) and (l) (part) relating to details of the sports changing facilities, layout of sports pitches, safety fencing.	Land North of Felpham Bognor Regis OBJECTION

50. With reference to Planning Application Y/68/09/, the grounds for the objection were as follows:

i) the Committee considered that it was desirable and would improve site security if the sports changing facilities and pitches were located closer to the housing development. To this end the Committee recommended that the siting of the community sports facilities be transposed with that proposed for the primary school;

ii) the Committee noted that two hard play pitches were proposed in the Section 106 agreement but these are not identified as such on the plans. This omission should be addressed;

iii) the Committee considers that it is important, in consultation with the police, for the plans to specify the provision of appropriate security external lighting for the community sports facilities.

CHAIRMAN