To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies received from Councillor Samantha Rayner.

To receive any declarations of interest.

Cllr Alexander -  Declared a personal interest in item 16/01031 as his granddaughter attended The Windsor Girls School; he also declared a personal interest in item 16/01033 as his grandson attends The Windsor Boys School; and he Declared a personal interest in item 16/01788 as he is a Member of The Windsor, Eton and Ascot Town Partnership Board but he was not present during the discussions of this item. Cllr Alexander stated he had come to Panel with an open mind.

Cllr Bowden – Declared a personal interest in item 16/01788 as he was a Member of the Windsor, Eton and Ascot Town Partnership Board but was not present when this item was discussed. He stated he had come to Panel with an open mind.

Cllr Shelim -  Declared a personal interest in item16/01033 as his son attended The Windsor Boys School. He also declared an interest in item 16/01788 as he was a Member of the Windsor, Eton and Ascot Town Partnership Board but was not present when this item was discussed. He stated he had come to Panel with an open mind.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the minutes of the meeting of the Windsor Urban Development Control Panel held on 15 June 2016 be approved.

To consider the Head of Planning & Property/Development Control Manager’s report on planning applications received.

·         Items 16/01097 and 10/01098 (109 High Street, Eton) has been WITHDRAWN from the agenda

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/pam/search.jsp or from Democratic Services on 01628 796251 or  democratic.services@rbwm.gov.uk

15/02248*      BMW (UK) Trustees Limited: Construction of 5 storey building with associated car parking (including provision for public use at specific times), access and landscaping works following demolition of existing office building at Thames Court, 1 Victoria Street, Windsor SL4 1YB – a motion to approve planning permission was put forward by Cllr Quick and seconded by the Vice-Chairman. Three Councillors voted for the motion (Cllrs Bicknell, Collins and Quick), and five Councillors voted against the motion (Cllrs Airey, Alexander, Bowden, Grey and Shelim), therefore, the motion fell away. A second motion was put forward by The Chairman and seconded by Cllr Bowden for refusal of the application – THE PANEL VOTED to REFUSE the application in accordance with the Borough Planning Manager’s recommendations

                        Five Councillors voted for the motion (Cllrs Airey, Alexander, Bowden, Grey and Shelim), and three Councillors voted against the motion (Cllrs Bicknell, Collins and Quick).      

(The Panel was addressed by Catherine Hill in objection and Will Kelly, Legal and General and Tim Price, Savills in favour of the motion. A statement from Councillor Jack Rankin was read out by the Legal Officer in support of the application).

15/03135*      Howarth Homes Plc: Construction of 9 dwellings: 2 x two beds, 2 x three beds and 5 x four beds following demolition of existing dwelling. Associated landscaping and parking at Datchet Mead Cottage, 145a Slough Road, Datchet, Slough SL3 9AE – THE PANEL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to DEFER and DELEGATE APPROVAL for the application to Officers in accordance with the Borough planning Manager’s recommendations to grant planning permission subject to demonstrating that there will be no unacceptable impacts on protected wildlife that cannot be properly mitigated and on the satisfactory completion of an undertaking to secure affordable housing and the retention of boundary hedges necessary to retain the rural edge character of the site, and with the conditions listed in Section 9 of the Main Report.

16/03465*      Medina Property Limited: Erection of residential development of 93 dwellings including 2 x 2 bed, 4 x 3 bed houses, 25 x 1 bed, 57 x 2 bed and 5 x 3 bed flats, refuse and cycle stores, with new road and pavements/cycleways with parking (surface and underground) and amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, ancillary works following demolition of all existing commercial buildings at Street Record, Shirley Avenue, Windsor SL4 5LH– THE PANEL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY to REFUSE the application in accordance with the Borough Planning Managers recommendations to refuse planning permission for the full reasons as listed in Section 10 of the Main report and with an additional reason for refusal relating to the development not passing the ‘Exceptions Test’, as set out in Section 3 of the Panel Update Report as listed below:

·         Additional reason for refusal: The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the scheme will result in wider sustainability benefits to the community that outweigh the flood risk and as such the development cannot pass the Exceptions Test. The proposal is contrary to paragraph 102 of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

To consider the Essential Monitoring reports.

Details of Planning Appeals Received and the Appeal Decision Report were noted.