Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Moore and Councillor Kennedy-Lount. Councillor Haq was present as substitute for Councillor Kennedy-Lount.

Members will be asked to confirm that the minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Development Control Committee held on 23 August 2023 and 4 October 2023 are a correct record.

RESOLVED:

That the minutes of the meetings of the Planning and Development Control Committee held on 23 August 2023 and 4 October 2023  be confirmed as a correct record.

Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in the business to be discussed on the Agenda.

Members will be aware of the Code of Practice for Member involvement in Development Control decisions. They are also asked to declare any interest they might have in any matter on the committee agenda and/or contact with applicants, agents or third parties. The Chair, acting on advice from the Monitoring Officer, will then determine whether the interest disclosed is such to require the Member to withdraw from the committee during consideration of the relevant officer report.

Members who are not on the committee but who are attending to make representations in accordance with the Code of Practice are also required to declare any interest.  The Chair, acting on advice from the Monitoring Officer, will determine whether the interest disclosed is such that the Member is not able to make representations.  Members requiring guidance should contact the Monitoring Officer or the Committee's legal adviser prior to the committee meeting.

Members were asked to declare any interests they had in the business on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Committee is asked to consider the recommendations of the Director, Planning, Development and Transportation contained in the attached reports, within the categories identified in the index appended with the reports.

The Chair introduced the process of how each application would be heard and noted that applications would be considered in a different order to the agenda with the Uppingham Road application being considered first.

Ward: Thurncourt

Proposal: Construction of x2 two storey dwellinghouses (2 x 4 bed) (Class

C3); associated parking and landscaping (amended plans

28/3/2023)

Applicant: Easy Property Group

Councillor Aldred stepped down from the Committee as she was making representations on the application.

The Planning Officer presented the report.

Aftab Yasin addressed the Committee and spoke in opposition to the application.

Councillor Aldred as Ward Councillor addressed the Committee and spoke in opposition to the application.

Members of the Committee considered the application and Officers responded to questions and queries raised by the Committee.

The Chair summarised the application and points raised by Committee Members and moved that in accordance with the Officer recommendation, the application be approved. This was seconded by Councillor Bonham and upon being put to the vote, the motion was REJECTED.

The Committee at this point received advice on the options available to them.

Councillor Mohammed moved that on the grounds of highways safety, the application be rejected. This motion fell for lack of a seconder.

Councillor Haq moved that the application be deferred to a future meeting so that a site visit could be conducted. This was seconded by Councillor Surti and upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED.

RESOLVED: the application was deferred so that a site visit could be conducted

Ward: Knighton

Proposal: Demolition of house; construction of replacement two storey dwelling (Class C3) (amended plans received 07/09/2023)

Applicant: Ms S Kaur

At this point Councillor Aldred resumed her place on the Committee.

The Planning Officer presented the report and drew Members attention to the addendum report.

Sukhi Kaur, the application, addressed the Committee and spoke in support of the application.

Peter Sharpe addressed the Committee and spoke in objection to the application.

Councillor Whittle, as Ward Councillor addressed the Committee and spoke in objection to the application.

Members of the Committee considered the application and Officers responded to questions and queries raised by the Committee.

The Chair summarised the application and moved that in accordance with the Officer recommendation and the addendum report, the application be approved. This was seconded by Councillor Mohammed and upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED.

RESOLVED: permission was granted subject to conditions

              CONDITIONS

1.           The development shall be begun within three years from the date of this permission. (To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.)

2.           Prior to any work above ground level, the materials to be used on all external elevations and roofs shall be provided on site and approved by the City Council as local planning authority. The details shall include:

              •           beige stonework sample

              •           grey roof tile sample

              •           Wienerberger 65mm Bellbrook red multi F2 brick sample or of similar quality

              The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. (To ensure the that the details are agreed in time to be incorporated into the development and in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area, and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS03).

3.           Notwithstanding the boundary treatment shown on the approved plans, the height of the close board fencing beyond the front of the front elevation shall be no higher than 1m, installed prior to occupation of the approved dwelling and retained as such thereafter. Prior to the occupation of the approved dwelling, the boundary treatment to the side and rear of the property shall be installed in full accordance with these approved details and retained as such thereafter. (In the interests of neighbouring amenity, visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area, and in accordance saved policy PS10 of the City of Leicester Local Plan and Core Strategy policy CS03).

4.           The second floor loft space shall not be used as living accommodation and only used for storage purposes and shall be retained as such (In the interests of the amenity of occupiers of the approved dwelling and in accordance with saved policy PS10 of the City of Leicester Local Plan).

5.           The development shall not commence until a detailed landscape and ecological management plan (LEMP) showing the treatment and maintenance of all parts of the site which will remain unbuilt upon shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the City Council as local planning authority.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 31.

Ward: Knighton

Proposal: Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to day nursery (Class E); installation of two 1m high gates to existing access at front; alterations (amended plans received 21/09/2023)

Applicant: Nursery Rhymes Learning Ltd

The Planning Officer presented the report and drew Members attention to the addendum report.

Matthew Leedham, the applicant, addressed the Committee and spoke in support of the application.

Shobhna Singh and Emma-Leigh Norton addressed the Committee and spoke in opposition to the application.

Councillor Whittle as Ward Councillor addressed the Committee and spoke in opposition to the application,

Members of the Committee considered the application and Officers responded to questions and queries raised by the Committee.

The Chair summarised the application and points raised by Committee Members and moved that in accordance with the Officer recommendation and the addendum report, the application be approved. This was seconded by Councillor Mohammed and upon being put to the vote, the motion was CARRIED.

RESOLVED: permission was granted subject to conditions

              CONDITIONS

1.           The development shall be begun within three years from the date of this permission. (To comply with Section 91 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990.)

2.           The external wall of converted garage shall be constructed using facing bricks to match those existing and retained as such. (In the interests of visual amenity, and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS3.)

3.           The approved metal gates shall be powder coated in black colour and installed in accordance with the approved plans and retained as such (In the interests of visual amenity, and in accordance with Core Strategy policy CS03.)

4.           Traffic flow within the site shall be managed by a one-way system with vehicular access to the site from a different entrance to the vehicular egress from the site and shall be operated as such for the lifetime of the development. (In the interests of the satisfactory development of the site and in accordance with policies AM01, AM02 and AM11 of the City of Leicester Local Plan).

5.           No part of the development shall be occupied until four secure and covered cycle parking spaces have been provided in accordance with the approved plans and retained thereafter. (In the interests of the satisfactory development of the site and in accordance with policies AM02 and AM11 of the City of Leicester Local Plan).

6.           No part of the development shall be occupied until all parking areas are surfaced and marked out in accordance with details shown on the approved plans and shall be retained for parking and not used for any other purpose. (To ensure that parking can take place in a satisfactory manner, in the interest of highway safety, and in accordance with policies AM01 and AM11 of the City of Leicester Local Plan and Core Strategy policy CS03)

7.           The development be carried out in accordance with the Travel Plan received on 10/08/2023. The Travel Plan shall be carried out in accordance with the timetable contained within the Travel Plan. The monitoring of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 32.

There being no further business, the meeting closed at 8.23pm.