Agenda and minutes

Maidenhead Development Management Panel - expired May 2019 - Wednesday 24 October 2018 7.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall - Maidenhead

Contact: Shilpa Manek  01628 796310

Items
No. Item

112.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Sharp, Stretton and Walters.

113.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 218 KB

To receive any declarations of interest.

Minutes:

Councillor Hunt declared a pecuniary interest in item 4 as she owned a property near the application site. She stated she would not take part in the discussions or vote on the item. Councillor Hunt also declared a personal interest in item 5 as she was a member of the Planning and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Panel, where the item had been discussed previously. She stated she was attending Panel with an open mind.

 

Councillor Kellaway declared a personal interest in items 1 and 2 as he lived near to the application site, and stated that he had taken legal advice and been informed that he would be able to participate in the discussions as he did not live sufficiently close enough to be affected by the application. Councillor Kellaway also declared a personal interest in item 5 as he was Chairman of the Planning and Housing Overview and Scrutiny Panel, which had discussed the item previously. He stated that he was attending Panel with an open mind.

 

Councillors Love and Wilson declared a personal interest in item 5 as they had both attended the Maidenhead Town Forum the previous evening, where parking provision in Maidenhead was discussed and Vicus Way was mentioned. Councillors Love and Wilson both confirmed that they were attending Panel with an open mind.

114.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 75 KB

To confirm the part I minutes of the meeting of 26 September 2018.

Minutes:

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the minutes of the meeting held on September 26th 2018 be approved as a true and accurate record.

115.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS (DECISION) pdf icon PDF 52 KB

To consider the Head of Planning’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 at http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/pam/search.jsp.

 

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 planning applications marked with an asterisk.

 

The Panel unanimously voted to change the order of the agenda and hear item 5 first due to the number of people who had attended the meeting for this item.

 

*Item 1

 

18/01579/FULL

 

The Chequers

Dean Lane

Cookham

Maidenhead

SL6 9BQ

Single storey extension with glazed link and alterations to fenestration on existing outbuilding. Change of use

of extended outbuilding to cookery school (D1).

 

Councillor Smith proposed a motion to APPROVE the application, subject to an additional condition requiring landscaping to reduce the visual impact of the patio doors on properties opposite the site, as per the officer recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Love. A separate motion to REFUSE the application was proposed by Councillor Kellaway but this was not seconded and the motion fell. Four Councillors (Bullock, Love, Smith and Wilson) voted in favour of the motion to approve, Councillor Kellaway voted against the motion and Councillor Hunt abstained.

 

The Panel VOTED to APPROVE the application, as per the officer recommendation, subject to the conditions listed in section 9 of the main report and subject to the additional condition requiring landscaping to reduce the visual impact of the patio doors to the properties opposite.

 

The Panel was addressed by Daniel Lightwood and Susan Ferguson, objectors, and by Dick Scarff on behalf of the Cookham Society.

Item 2

 

18/01580/LBC

 

The Chequers

Dean Lane

Cookham

Maidenhead

SL6 9BQ

 

Consent for a single storey extension with glazed link for new cookery school and alterations to fenestration on existing outbuilding.

 

Councillor Smith proposed a motion to APPROVE the application, as per the officer recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor Love. A separate motion to REFUSE the application was proposed by Councillor Kellaway but this was not seconded and the motion fell. Four Councillors (Bullock, Love, Smith and Wilson) voted in favour of the motion to approve, Councillor Kellaway voted against the motion and Councillor Hunt abstained.

 

The Panel VOTED to APPROVE the granting of listed building consent , as per the officer recommendation, subject to the conditions listed in section 9 of the main report.

 

The Panel was addressed by Daniel Lightwood and Susan Ferguson, objectors, and by Dick Scarff on behalf of the Cookham Society

*Item 3

 

18/01601/VAR

 

49 Switchback Road North

Maidenhead

SL6 7QX

Variation of condition 3 (hard and soft landscaping), condition 4 (access), condition 6 (parking and turning), condition 7 (pedestrian visibility), condition 8 (visibility splays) and condition 11 (approved plans) of planning permission 17/03904/VAR to provide amended access to plot 2.

 

Councillor Smith proposed a motion to APPROVE the application as per the officer’s recommendation, as amended by the submission of an amended landscaping plan and consequent amendment to proposed condition 2 as set out in the Panel Update. This was seconded by Councillor Love.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 115.

116.

ESSENTIAL MONITORING REPORTS (MONITORING) pdf icon PDF 135 KB

To consider the Appeals Decision Report and Planning Appeals Received.

Minutes:

The Panel noted the appeal decisions.