Agenda and draft minutes

Southern Area Planning Committee - Tuesday 3 September 2024 5.30 pm

Venue: Main Hall, Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey

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

Items
No. Item

171.

Apologies

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Dunleavey.

172.

Public Participation

Minutes:

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

 

Agenda Item No.

Page No.

Application

Speaker

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23/02942/FULLS

Parish Councillor Phil Lomax

  (Nursling and Rownhams Parish Council)

Martin Clayton (Objector)

  (On behalf of Station Road and Mill Lane

  residents)

Nick Whittington (Applicant’s Agent)

Councillor Terese Swain (Ward Councillor)

 

173.

Declarations of Interest

Minutes:

Councillor Bundy wished it to be noted that he knew the speaker on application 23/02942/FULLS, but that it did not constitute an interest. He remained in the room and spoke and voted thereon.

174.

Urgent Items

Minutes:

There were no urgent items to be considered.

175.

Minutes of previous meeting pdf icon PDF 109 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 13 August 2024.

 

Minutes:

Councillor A Dowden proposed and Councillor Bailey seconded the motion that the minutes of the previous meeting were an accurate record.  Upon being put to the vote, the motion was carried.

 

Resolved:

 

That the minutes of the meeting held on 13 August 2024 were signed as a correct record.

176.

23/02942/FULLS pdf icon PDF 217 KB

(OFFICER RECOMMENDATION: PERMISSION)

SITE: Butts Field, Mill Lane, Nursling, NURSLING AND ROWNHAMS

CASE OFFICER: Graham Melton

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

APPLICATION NO.

23/02942/FULLS

 

APPLICATION TYPE

FULL APPLICATION - SOUTH

 

REGISTERED

23.11.2023

 

APPLICANT

Ecotricity Generation Ltd

 

SITE

Butts Field, Mill Lane, Nursling, NURSLING AND ROWNHAMS

 

PROPOSAL

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), access from Mill Lane, landscaping, habitat enhancements and associated works

 

AMENDMENTS

Received on 28.05.2024 and 08.08.2024:

  • Amended Drainage Strategy.

Received on 08.04.2024:

  • Amended plans and supporting reports reflecting amended internal layout.

 

CASE OFFICER

Mr Graham Melton

 

The Officer’s recommendation, as per the agenda and update paper, was proposed by Councillor Cooper and seconded by Councillor A Dowden.  Upon being put to the vote, the motion was carried. 

 

 

Delegated to the Head of Planning and Building for:

  • Completion of the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) with respect to the effect of the development on the interests of the European Nature conservation sites and the receipt of satisfactory consultation response from Natural England to the HRA.
  • To agree an alternative trigger point for submission of external materials and landscaping to be submitted pursuant to conditions 7, 8 and 9 substituting “above DPC level” to a suitable equivalent with the applicant, and to amend those conditions accordingly.

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, numbers:

Site Location Plan (6727_T0030_02)

Amended Proposed Site Plan (6727_T0036_15)

Amended Auxiliary Transformers (6727_T0042_02)

Amended Battery Storage and Inverter/Transformers (6727_T0042_02)

Amended Energy Storage Control Room Plans and Elevations (6727_T0042_02)

Amended Substation and Control Room Plans and Elevations (6727_T0042_02)

Water Tank Elevations (6727_T0042_01)

CCTV and Fence Detail 1 of 2 (6727_T0044_01)

CCTV and Fence Detail 2 of 2 (6727_T0044_01)

Amended Landscape Strategy Plan (P23-0540-11F)

Amended Tree Protection Plan (23074-3)

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

 

3.

No development shall commence on site (including any works of demolition), until a Construction and Demolition Environmental Management Plan has been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. The Plan shall include the following:

(i)  loading and unloading of plant and materials;

(ii)  storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development;

(iii)  hours of construction, including deliveries;

(iv)  the erection and maintenance of security hoarding including decorative displays and facilities for public viewing, where appropriate;

(v)  details of any excavation or piling works in the event that such works are necessary;

(vi)  measures for the removal of any Japanese Knotweed onsite;

(vii)  measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during demolition and construction;

(viii)  measures for the protection of the natural environment;

(ix)  a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition and construction works; and

(x)  timeframe and method for removing all construction materials and construction compound structures.

The approved statement shall be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 176.