Agenda and minutes

Southern Area Planning Committee - Tuesday 17 October 2023 5.30 pm

Venue: Main Hall, Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8GL

Contact: Caroline Lovelock - 01264 368000  Email: clovelock@testvalley.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

261.

Apologies

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Councillors Bailey, Bundy and Ford.

262.

Public Participation

Minutes:

In accordance with the Council’s scheme of Public Participation, the following spoke on the application indicated.

 

Agenda Item No.

Page No.

Application

Speaker

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18-63

23/00847/FULLS

Ms Cook (Sherfield Parish Council)

Ms Gooding (Objector)

Mr Arnison Newgass (Objector)

Ms Trillo (Supporter)

Mr Barry (Applicant’s Agent)

 

 

263.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

264.

Urgent Items

Minutes:

There were no urgent items to consider.

265.

Minutes of previous meeting pdf icon PDF 123 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 26 September 2023.

 

Minutes:

Councillor Cooper reported that there were some inaccuracies in the minutes of the 26 September.  He proposed that the minutes be accepted as a correct record subject to the following amendment under application 23/01560/FULLS

13. Requirement for a Construction and Environmental Management plan (CEMP);
14. Ensure the Package treatment plant is installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and maintained in perpetuity in accordance with the methodology approved as part of the Habitats Regulation Assessment; then PERMISSION subject to those conditions. 

Councillor A Dowden seconded the motion.

 

Resolved:

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 26 September be confirmed and signed as a correct record subject to the amendment set out above.

266.

Schedule of Development Applications

Minutes:

Resolved:

 

That the applications for development, as set out below, be determined as indicated.

267.

23/00847/FULLS - 11.04.2023 pdf icon PDF 238 KB

(OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: PERMISSION)

SITE: Hill Farm Park, Branches Lane, Sherfield English, SO51 6FH SHERFIELD ENGLISH

CASE OFFICER: Graham Melton

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

APPLICATION NO.

23/00847/FULLS

 

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

 

REGISTERED

11.04.2023

 

APPLICANT

Mr G Billett

 

SITE

Hill Farm Park, Branches Lane, Sherfield English, SO51 6FH,  SHERFIELD ENGLISH

 

PROPOSAL

Use land for the siting of holiday lodges (static caravans), access and parking, landscape planting and associated infrastructure; to replace existing touring caravan, camping pitches and caravan storage areas

 

AMENDMENTS

Received on 14.07.2023:

·  Applicant’s nutrient budget assessment.

Received on 25.05.2023:

·  Preliminary Ecological Appraisal and Preliminary Roost Assessment.

 

 

CASE OFFICER

Mr Graham Melton

 

Delegate to the Head of Planning and Building for the following:

·  Receipt of a satisfactory consultation response from Natural England

·  Completion of a legal agreement to secure the following restrictions:

·  Replicate the restrictions relating to The Holiday Park, as defined by the previous legal agreement completed under 11/00308/OBLS.

·  Secure the phasing of the development in accordance with the submitted phasing plan.

·  Secure an obligation preventing occupation of the holiday lodges the subject of this application during the calendar month of January.

·  Secure an obligation to ensure that the holiday lodges occupying the pitches are not occupied as a persons’ sole or main place of residence.

Then PERMISSION subject to:

1.

The development hereby permitted shall be begun within three years from the date of this permission.

Reason: To comply with the provision of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended by Section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

2.

The development hereby permitted shall not be carried out except in complete accordance with the details shown on the submitted plans: Site Location Plan (102 D)

Landscape Masterplan (Figure 9 P8)

Soft Landscape Details Sheet 1 of 2 (501 D)

Soft Landscape Details Sheet 2 of 2 (502 D)

Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

3.

The development hereby permitted shall only be occupied by units qualifying as caravans, as defined by the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act (1960) and the Caravan Site Act (1968) as amended.

Reason: To accord with the terms of the application and to ensure satisfactory planning of the area.

4.

The pitches hereby permitted shall only be occupied by a maximum of 68 units at any one time.

Reason: To accord with the terms of the application and to ensure satisfactory planning of the area.

5.

The owners/operators of the site shall maintain an up-to-date register of the names of all owners/occupiers of individual caravans/log cabins/chalets on the site, and of their main home addresses, and shall make such information available at all reasonable times to the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: The application site is in a position where the Local Planning Authority, having regard to the reasonable standards of residential amenity, access, and planning policies pertaining to the area, would not permit permanent residential accommodation having regard to Policies COM2 and LE18 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

6.

The development hereby permitted shall be undertaken in full accordance with the provisions set out  ...  view the full minutes text for item 267.

268.

23/00266/OUTS - 01.02.2023 pdf icon PDF 943 KB

(OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: PERMISSION)

SITE: Agricultural Barn, at Bunny Lane, Bunny Lane, Sherfield English SHERFIELD ENGLISH

CASE OFFICER: Nathan Glasgow

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

APPLICATION NO.

23/00266/OUTS

 

APPLICATION TYPE

OUTLINE APPLICATION - SOUTH

 

REGISTERED

01.02.2023

 

APPLICANT

Mr L Singh

 

SITE

Agricultural Barn at Bunny Lane, Bunny Lane, Sherfield English, SHERFIELD ENGLISH

 

PROPOSAL

Outline application for demolition of barn and construction of dwelling, residential caravan and structures (outline application - all matters reserved)

 

AMENDMENTS

Amended / reduced location plan – 30.08.2023

 

CASE OFFICER

Mr Nathan Glasgow

 

 

Delegate to Head of Planning and Building for:

·  Completion of satisfactory consultation with Natural England with respect to the impact of the development on European sites (together with any appropriate conditions/and or Obligations as required), and

·  The completion of a legal agreement to secure:

·  New Forest SPA contribution; and

·  Extinguish the rights established by application 21/02220/CLES – Certificate of lawful existing use for the use of the land for the stationing of 1 caravan for residential purposes.

then PERMISSION subject to:

1.

Applications for the approval of all the reserved matters referred to herein shall be made within a period of three years from the date of this permission. The development to which the permission relates shall be begun not later than whichever is the later of the following dates:

i)  five years from the date of this permission: or

ii)  two years from the final approval of the said reserved matters, or, in the case of approval on different dates, the  final approval of the last such matter to be approved.

Reason: To comply with the provision of S.92 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.

2.

Approval of the details of the layout, scale and appearance of the building, the means of access thereto and the landscaping of the site (herein after called "the reserved matters") shall be obtained from the Local Planning Authority in writing before the development is commenced.

Reason: To comply with the Town and Country Planning (General

Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (or any order

revoking and re-enacting that Order).

3.

Development shall proceed in accordance with the measures set out in Section 4 of the Land at Bunny Lane, Sherfield English, Romsey SO51 6FQ Preliminary Roost Assessment (Arbtech).  Thereafter, mitigation and enhancement features shall be permanently maintained and retained in accordance with the approved details.

Reason: To ensure the favourable conservation status of bats in accordance with Policy E5 of the Test Valley Borough Revised Local Plan (2016).

4.

The development hereby approved shall be designed and built to meet Regulation 36 2 (b) requirement of 110 litres/person/day water efficiency set out in part G2 of Building Regulations 2015.

Reason: In the interests of improving water usage efficiency in

accordance with policy E7 of the Test Valley Borough Revised

Local Plan 2016.

5.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (or any order amending, revoking or re-enacting that Order), no building, structure, walls or fences of any kind shall be erected without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason:  In order that the Local Planning Authority can exercise control in the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 268.