Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

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Items
No. Item

65.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence received from Councillors Kellaway, Stretton and Walters. Councillor Saunders was substituting at Panel.

66.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 223 KB

To receive any declarations of interest.

Minutes:

Councillor Hunt declared a personal interest for item 2 as she owns a property close to the application address. She was attending the Panel with an open mind.

 

Councillor Hunt also declared a pecuniary interest for item 5 so would leave the room during this discussion and voting.

 

Councillors Love and D Wilson declared a personal interest in items 2 and 5 as they represented the Council on PRoM and MTP.

 

Councillor Saunders declared a personal interest for item 3 as he was a member of Cookham Parish Council and was the Chairman for the Cookham Planning Committee.

 

Councillor Smith declared a pecuniary interest for item 1 as his wife worked at Holyport College. He would not participate during the discussions and the voting.

 

Councillor D Wilson also declared a personal interest as he was a member of Bray Parish Council.

67.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 70 KB

To confirm the part I minutes of the meeting of 14/02/2018.

Minutes:

The minutes of the last meeting on 14 February 2018 were Unanimously Agreed to be a true record.

68.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS (DECISION) pdf icon PDF 50 KB

To consider the Borough Planning Managers report on planning applications received.

 

Full details on all planning applications (including application forms, site plans, objections received, correspondence etc.) can be found by accessing the Planning Applications Public Access Module by selecting the following link. http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/dc_public_apps.htm

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Panel considered the Head of Planning and Development’s report on planning applications and received updates in relation to a number of applications, following the publication of the Agenda.

 

NB: * Updates were received in relation to the planning applications marked with an asterisk.

 

*Item 1

 

17/03011/FULL

 

Holyport College

Ascot Road

Holyport

Maidenhead

SL6 3LE

 

Proposed infill extension to create two new science labs.

 

Councillor Love put forward a motion to APPROVE the application as per Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Sharp.

 

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation.

 

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Ben McCarey, Acting Head at Holyport College, the applicant)

Item 2

 

17/0346/FULL

 

94 – 96 High Street

Maidenhead

 

Erection of a three storey building, including 4 No. front dormers and 4 No. rear dormers to facilitate accommodation within the roofspace, comprsing retail and 12x1 bed apartments, following demolition of existing retail units.

 

Councillor Love put forward a motion to APPROVE the application as per Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Smith.

 

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation.

 

Item 3

 

17/03477/FULL

 

Site of Former Sewage Works

Terrys Lane

Cookham

Maidenhead

 

 

Construction of a new dwelling following removal of redundant sewerage works and associated infrastructure.

 

Councillor Hunt put forward a motion to defer the application for two cycles for the following reasons:

·         To seek information on whether this proposal comprises an innovative design.

·         To give the applicants the opportunity to amend the overall size of the building and its location in the landscape.

·         To explore the existence of a pipe in The Strand and any issues surrounding this (raised by Maidenhead Waterways).

This was seconded by Councillor Saunders.

 

Councillor Sharp put forward a motion to refuse the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor D Wilson.

 

A named vote was carried out for the first motion for deferral. Four Councillors (Hunt, Love, Saunders and Smith) voted to defer the application for two cycles and three councillors (Bullock, Sharp and Wilson) voted against the motion.

 

The Panel voted that the application be DEFERRED for two cycles.

 

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Dick Scarf of the Cookham Society, Councillor Eileen Bune, Cookham Parish Council and Wayne Richards, applicant)

 

Item 4

 

17/03828/FULL

 

Land Adjacent 24 South Road

Maidenhead

Construction of 7x one bedroom apartments (approved under 16/00552)

 

Councillor Love put forward a motion to APPROVE the application as per Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor D Wilson.

 

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation.

 

 

Item 5

 

18/00028/FULL

 

Waterside Plaza

Crown Lane

Maidenhead

Lowering of the hard invert under the eastern arch of the Chapel Arches road bridge.

 

Councillor Saunders put forward a motion to APPROVE the application as per Officer’s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor D Wilson.

 

The Panel VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to APPROVE the application, as per the Officer’s recommendation.

 

 

 

69.

ESSENTIAL MONITORING REPORTS (MONITORING) pdf icon PDF 128 KB

To consider the Appeals Decision Report and Planning Appeals Received.

Minutes:

The Panel noted the appeal decisions.