Planning Committee - 17 December 2019

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth on Tuesday 17 December 2019 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Planning Committee:-

Councillors:-

Sarah Nelmes (Chairman)

Sara Bedford

Marilyn Butler

Steve Drury

Peter Getkahn

Raj Khiroya

Keith Martin (Vice-Chairman)

Chris Lloyd

Stephen King

Debbie Morris

Michael Revan

David Hill, Interim Chief Executive

6 December 2019

The Planning Committee welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on agenda items.   Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that, in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Planning Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part I business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council’s meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance. This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Legislation and the laws of libel and defamation.

1.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE 2.         MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 14 November 2019.

3.         NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

4.         DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

Where a member of this Planning Committee is also a member of a Parish Council he/she is entitled to take part in any debate at this Committee on an application within that Parish area provided that the Councillor

• has an open mind about the application
• is not bound by the views of the Parish Planning Committee and
• can deal with the application fairly and on its merits at Committee
• Subject to the above the Councillor will declare a registrable non-pecuniary interest in the item as a member of the Parish Council and will be entitled to stay speak and vote.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The following applications (agenda items 5 to 11) are submitted for the Committee’s decision and, unless otherwise stated, staffing, financial and legal implications are not applicable. Environmental implications are dealt with in the individual reports.

5.  19/1880/RSP - Detached timber outbuilding to rear at 143 NEW ROAD, CROXLEY GREEN, WD3 3EN

6.  19/1949/FUL - Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 16/1218/FUL (Demolition of existing care home and construction of replacement three storey care home with additional basement, associated parking and landscaping) to allow for changes to the design including increase in ridge height, alterations to the depth and width, alterations to fenestration detail, alterations to internal layout to provide for larger bedrooms and alterations to amenity space at BURFORD HOUSE, RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, CHORLEYWOOD, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 5SQ

7.  19/1953/FUL - Extension to existing car park to create 8 additional car parking spaces and re-siting of existing containers at WILLIAM PENN LEISURE CENTRE, SHEPHERDS LANE, MILL END, WD3 8JN

8.  19/1998/RSP - Retrospective: Erection of gates and fence fronting Windmill Drive at THE WINDMILL, 34 WINDMILL DRIVE, CROXLEY GREEN, WD3 3FD

9.  19/2002/RSP – Retrospective: Provision of earth bunds at OXHEY PARK GOLF CENTRE, PRESTWICK ROAD, SOUTH OXHEY, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD19 7EX

10.  19/2142/FUL - Installation of a new multi-use games area and associated fencing at HORNHILL RECREATION GROUND (SPORTS FACILITY), CHALFONT ROAD, MAPLE CROSS

11.  19/2151/RSP - Part Retrospective: Ground floor rear extension at 22 PEVENSEY WAY, CROXLEY GREEN, WD3 3FX

12.   OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above

13.   EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraphs (1 -7) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

1.         OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under item 3 above.

Background Papers (used when compiling the above reports but they do not form part of the agenda)

• Application file(s) referenced above
• Three Rivers Core Strategy (adopted October 2011)
• Development Management Policies LDD (adopted July 2013)
• Site Allocations Local Development Document (SALDD) (adopted November 2014)
• The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule (adopted February 2015)
• Supplementary Planning Documents and Guidance
• National Planning Policy Framework and National Planning Practice Guidance
• Government Circulars
• The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended)
• Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)
• Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
• The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
• The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010
• The Localism Act (November 2011)
• The Growth and Infrastructure Act (April 2013)
• Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
• Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
• Croxley Green Neighbourhood Plan (Referendum Version December 2018)

General Enquiries: Please contact the Committee Team at committeeteam@threerivers.gov.uk