Agenda and minutes

Maidenhead Development Management Panel - expired May 2019 - Wednesday 8 June 2016 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

Contact: Shilpa Manek  01628 796310

Items
No. Item

68/15

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence received from Councillors Clark, Kellaway, Sharp and Stretton.

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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 153 KB

To receive any declarations of interest.

Minutes:

Councillor Burbage, Chairman, declared a personal interest for item 5 as he knows the proprietor of the Berkshire Health Clinic and is a member of Bray Parish Council but attends the meeting with an open mind.

 

Councillors Coppinger and Love declared a personal interest for item 5 as they know the proprietor of the Berkshire Health Clinic.

 

Councillor Smith declared a personal interest for item 5 as he knows the proprietor of the Berkshire Health Clinic and also an interest in item 8 as his wife works at Holyport College.

 

Councillor Walters declared a personal interest for item 5 as he knows the proprietor of the Berkshire Health Clinic and is a member of Bray Parish Council but attends the meeting with an open mind.

 

Councillor Wilson declared a personal interest for items 4, 5 and 7 as he is a Member of the Maidenhead Town Partnership and PRoM and also a personal interest for items 2 and 8 as he is a member of Bray Parish Council but attends the meeting with an open mind.

 

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MINUTES pdf icon PDF 68 KB

To confirm the part I minutes of the meeting of 11 May 2016.

Minutes:

RESOLVED: That the Part I minutes of the meeting of the Maidenhead Development Control Panel held on 11 May 2016 be approved.

 

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PLANNING APPLICATIONS (DECISION) pdf icon PDF 54 KB

To consider the Head of Planning and Development’s 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:

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the order of business as detailed in the agenda be varied.

 

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 planning applications marked with an asterisk.

 

*15/03284/OUT

Land Rear of 105 To 119 Whyteladyes Lane Cookham Maidenhead

Outline application with all matters reserved  for the erection of 7 affordable houses.

 

The PANEL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the application be REFUSED as per the officers panel update report.

 

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Tanya Rushbrooke, objector, Dick Scarf, Cookham Society, Councillor Andrew Nye, Cookham Parish Council and James Copas, Applicant)

*16/00325/OUT Oakland And Donne Mede Harvest Hill Road Maidenhead

Outline application  (access, layout and scale) with some matters reserved for the construction of three detached and two semi-detached dwellings following the demolition of two existing dwellings (Oakland and Donne Mede).

 

The PANEL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY that the application be DEFERRED and DELEGATED subject to secured updated ecology reports and amended conditions as below:

 

·         condition 1 to include landscaping

·         Remove conditions 15 and 16.

·         Reword condition 17 to include retention of wall along frontage

·         Condition 20 - Change to an informative (was condition 21 on panel update sheet)

·         Remove condition 21 (was condition 22 on panel update sheet)

 

as the Panel considered that these conditions were not necessary to make the application acceptable and failed the relevant tests.

 

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Jennifer Leverett and John Kendall, objectors and Terry Platt, Applicants Agent)

16/00552/FULL

Land Adjacent 24 South Road Maidenhead

Erection of 4 x 1bed apartments with improvements to road layout and disabled access.

 

The PANEL VOTED that the application be PERMITTED as per the officers panel report. The Application was approved subject to the amended conditions as agreed by the Panel and as below:

 

·         Amend condition 5 to ensure obscure to glazing level 3.

·         Remove conditions 4 and 6

 

as the Panel considered that these conditions were not necessary to make the application acceptable and failed the relevant tests.

 

(Seven Councillors  voted in favour of the motion to permit the application (Councillors Bullock, Burbage, Coppinger, Love, Smith, Walters and Wilson). Councillor Hunt abstained from voting.)

 

(Speakers: The Panel was addressed by Kris Collett, Applicants Agent)

*16/00560/FULL

Diwa 2 Norfolk Road Maidenhead SL6 7EE

Construction of 10 dwellings 3 x 1 bed units and 7 x 2 bed units, with associated parking and amenity provision following demolition of property including outbuilding.

 

The PANEL VOTED that the application be REFUSED against the officers recommendation and be DELEGATED to the Borough Planning Manager to agree conditions in consultation with the Chairman of the Panel.

 

The Panel considered that this proposal overcame the Inspectors concerns as the building was now set further back. On balance  the development would have an acceptable impact in the street scene given the surrounding context, was in a sustainable location and contributed towards housing.

 

(Four Councillors  ...  view the full minutes text for item 71/15

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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.

 

The Panel noted the planning appeals received.