Agenda and draft minutes

Planning Committee - Wednesday, 12th December, 2018 10.00 am

Venue: Barnstaple Rugby Club Main Room - Barnstaple Rugby Club. View directions

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Items
No.	Item
68.	Apologies for absence Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Edmunds and Yabsley. Councillor Mackie had been appointed as a Substitute Member for Councillor Edmunds.
69.	To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 14th November 2018. Minutes: RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 14^th November 2018 (circulated previously) be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
70.	Declaration of Interests (Please complete the form provided at the meeting or telephone the Corporate and Community Services Team to prepare a form for your signature before the meeting. Items must be re-declared when the item is called, and Councillors must leave the room if necessary) Minutes: Item 7: Councillor Lane declared a Disclosable Pecuniary and Prejudicial interest in the above application and left the meeting.
71.	65497: CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING TO FORM LIVE/WORK UNIT (PART RETROSPECTIVE), DEER HAVEN, GREEN LANE, SWIMBRIDGE, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 0FF. PDF 2 MB Minutes: The Committee considered a report by the Head of Place (circulated previously – now appended). Maria Bailey (agent), Steve Bird (applicant) and Tamar Venner (applicant’s partner) addressed the Committee. Councillor Luggar (Ward Member) addressed the Committee. In response to a question, the Lead Planning Officer explained how the judgements had been reached against each criteria within policies ST10, DM05, DM14 and DM27 of the adopted Local Plan. She confirmed that no enforcement action had been taken on the unauthorised change of use from an agricultural building to an industrial use pending the result of the part retrospective planning application. RESOLVED (unanimous) that the application be REFUSED as recommended by the Head of Place.
72.	65685: ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, LAND OFF BIRCH ROAD, LANDKEY. View the declarations of interest for item 72. (Pages 19 – 26). Minutes: Councillor Lane declared a Disclosable Pecuniary and Prejudicial interest in the above application and left the meeting. The Committee considered a report by the Head of Place (circulated previously – now appended). In response to a question, the Lead Planning Officer advised that as the site was located within 25 metres from a classified road, it was a full planning application and there would be no permitted development rights. RESOLVED (unanimous) that the application be APPROVED as recommended by the Head of Place.