Planning Committee - 25 February 2021 (7pm)

PLANNING COMMITTEE

VIRTUAL MEETING

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a virtual/remote meeting to be held on Thursday 25 February 2021 at 7.00pm

Members of the Planning Committee:-

Councillors:-

Chris Lloyd (Chair)

Sara Bedford

Marilyn Butler

Steve Drury

Peter Getkahn

Raj Khiroya (Vice-Chair)

Keith Martin

Stephen King

Debbie Morris

David Raw

Alison Scarth

Joanne Wagstaffe, Chief Executive

16 February 2021

“The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 made under the Coronavirus Act 2020 enable Council/Committee meetings to be held in a virtual format and enables remote attendance.

The meeting will start at 7.00pm and will be virtual/remote, in that they will be conducted at no specific location and all participants are at various locations, communicating via audio and online.

The Council welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items at Planning Committee meetings.  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 Committee.  Details of the procedure are provided below:

Members of the public wishing to speak will be entitled to register and identify which application(s) they wish to speak on from the published agenda for the remote meeting.  Those who wish to register to speak must do so by notifying the Committee team by e-mail ( CommitteeTeam@threerivers.gov.uk ) 48 hours before the meeting. The first 2 people to register on any application (1 for and 1 against) will be sent a link so that they can join the meeting to exercise that right.  This will also allow the Committee Team to prepare the speaker sheet in advance of the remote meeting to forward to the Chair of the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part 1 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.

Please note that the meeting is being held virtually. The business of the meeting will be live streamed at (Link archived)

The Planning Committee virtual meeting protocol can be viewed below:

1.    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.    MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 21 January 2021.

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 Chair 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

TREE PRESERVATION ORDER/PLANNING APPLICATIONS

The following applications (agenda items 5 to 17) 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.   20/2246/TPO - TPO 922 – 8 Dugdales, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth WD3 3JW

6.  20/1858/AOD - Approval of Details: Demolition of existing college building and redevelopment for a residential development of up to 65 flats in a five storey building (Submission of Reserved Matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for consideration pursuant to Condition 1 of Outline Planning Permission 18/1034/OUT) at WEST HERTS COLLEGE, HOME PARK MILL LINK ROAD, KINGS LANGLEY

7.  20/1881/FUL - Demolition of existing buildings for residential development comprising two-storey houses and three-storey blocks of flats (160 dwellings in total), together with car parking, landscaping, and other associated works at KILLINGDOWN FARM, LITTLE GREEN LANE, CROXLEY GREEN, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 3JJ

8.   20/2132/FUL - District Council Application: Refurbishment of existing play area including the installation of new play equipment, soft landscaping and seating at RECREATION GROUND, PRIMROSE HILL, KINGS LANGLEY, HERTFORDSHIRE

9.   20/2236/FUL - Installation of two new staircases, including all associated platforms, handrails, alighting points, access point in to and on to the theatre and associated fencing at WATERSMEET THEATRE, HIGH STREET, RICKMANSWORTH WD3 1EH

10.   20/2314/OUT – Outline Application: Construction of twenty flats (Appearance, Landscaping and Scale reserved) at CEDARS HOUSE, SANDY LANE, NORTHWOOD, HA6 3EZ

11.   20/2563/FUL - Single storey rear extension, first floor side extension and alterations to fenestration at 10 HEDGES WAY, CROXLEY GREEN, WD3 3FA

This application has been withdrawn.

12.   20/2594/FUL - Demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of replacement two storey dwelling with loft and basement level accommodation and associated hard and soft landscaping works including land level alterations at YOGI BHUVAN, CHORLEYWOOD ROAD, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD3 4ER

13.   20/2667/FUL - Temporary change of use of land for the purposes of external film production, construction of internal access track and associated works for a period of 2 years at WARNER BROS. STUDIOS LEAVESDEN, WARNER DRIVE, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD25 7LP

14.   20/2747/FUL - Two storey rear extension and alterations at 31 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY WD5 0AA

15.   20/2754/FUL and 20/2755/LBC - Single storey rear extension and internal alterations at ground floor level together with new terrace and steps up to existing rear garden including new boundary fence at rear between 23 and 25 at 23 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY WD5 0AA

16.   20/2757/LBC - Internal alterations and repairs to brickwork at 25 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY, WD5 0AA

17.   20/2763/FUL - Demolition of outbuildings together with erection of covered parking area and creation of parking area with ancillary hard/soft landscaping, fencing and bin stores at land adjacent at 31 HIGH STREET, ABBOTS LANGLEY WD5 0AA

18.   OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under Item 3 above

19.   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)
• Chorleywood Neighbourhood Development Plan (Referendum Version August 2020)

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