Planning Committee - 21 July 2016

21 July 2016
Planning Committee - Agenda and Reports

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Thursday 21 July 2016 at 7.30pm.

Members of the Planning Committee:-

Councillors:-      Chris Whately-Smith (Chairman)      Chris Lloyd (Vice-Chairman)

Diana Barber      David Major

Phil Brading      Debbie Morris

Marilyn Butler      Reena Ranger

Peter Getkahn      Ann Shaw OBE

Alex Hayward                                 Stephen King

Steven Halls, Chief Executive

12 July 2016

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 Act and the laws of libel and defamation.

  1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
  2. MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June June 2016.

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  1. 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.

  1. 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

5.       Consideration of Objections and Confirmation of Three Rivers (The Old Rectory, The Green, Sarratt) Tree Preservation Order 2016

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PLANNING APPLICATIONS

6.         The following applications (agenda items 7 to 12) 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.

7.         16/0854/FUL - Demolition of existing stables and barns and erection of six dwellings with associated access and landscaping works including new access at BATCHWORTH HEATH FARM AND LIVERY, BATCHWORTH HEATH, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 1QB for Mr and Mrs Eric and Diana Price

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8.       16/0901/RSP - Part Retrospective: Increase ridge height of garage roofs on nos. 1 and 3; alterations to fenestration including replacement windows with French doors; installation of access hatches to roofs , at 1-3 HOLLOWTREE MEWS, CROXLEY GREEN, HERTFORDSHIRE for Mr Ben Smith

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9.      16/1077/FUL – Part single storey and part two storey side and rear extension, internal alterations and alterations to fenestration at 98 WOLSEY ROAD, MOOR PARK, NORTHWOOD, HA6 2ED for Mr Sibtain Lalji

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10.    16/1119/FUL – Demolition of utility room and construction of a single storey rear extension, at 15 BRIDGE ROAD, HUNTON BRIDGE, WD4 8RQ, for Mr Eduado Queralto

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11.    16/1165/FUL – Demolition of no. 18 Gallows Hill Lane and construction of four detached dwellings on land to the rear with associated access, landscaping, parking and alterations to existing access at 18 GALLOWS HILL LANE, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0DA for Thorne Barton Estates Ltd.

Application withdrawn

12.  16/1168/FUL – Single storey side and rear extensions and loft conversion including increase in ridge height and insertion of front and rear dormers at BURNHAM COTTAGE, DIMMOCKS LANE, SARRATT, WD3 6AP for Mr and Mrs S Ashby

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

14.       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