Agenda item

Application Number 17/0735: Land at Chobham Adventure Farm, Bagshot Road, Chobham

Minutes:

The application was for the siting of store, container store and hard standing, and use of land for car washing facility (Sui Generis) (retrospective). (Additional Information - Rec'd 18/10/2017) (Amended plans recv'd 6/11/17).

 

This application would normally be determined under the Council’s Scheme of Delegation, however, it had been called in for determination by the Planning Applications Committee at the request of Cllr Pat Tedder.

 

A site visit had taken place prior to the meeting.

 

Members were advised of the following updates:

 

“The applicant has responded to the officer report and their comments are summarised below:

 

·       Details of drainage (Reason 2) have not been previously requested;

·       The existing drainage details include a specifically designed wash bay, silt trap, three stage interceptor (which separates oils, petrols, etc.), and a storage tank for the pollutants (that can be removed and disposed off-site) [See Drainage Engineer comments below]

·       The application is for one container (the remainder being owned by the landowner) [Officer comment: The application includes the container and a store as well as hardstanding none of which currently have lawful consent]

 

The Council’s Drainage Engineer has raised no objections to the proposal subject to condition [Officer comment: On this basis, it is proposed to delete refusal reason 2]

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

Delete refusal reason 2.”

 

The recommendation to refuse the application was proposed by Councillor Victoria Wheeler, seconded by Councillor Pat Tedder and put to the vote and carried.

 

RESOLVED that application 17/0735 be refused as amended for the reasons (excluding refusal reason 2) as set out in the report of the Executive Head – Regulatory.

 

Note 1

It was noted for the record that:

 

                        I.             The Chairman, Councillor Edward Hawkins, declared that all Committee Members had received a letter on the application on behalf of the applicant.

                        II.          Councillor Wheeler declared that she received a letter from the neighbours of the application site.

                        III.         Councillor Pat Tedder declared that she knew the resident to the neighbouring property of the site.

                      IV.          Councillor Katia Malcaus Cooper declared that her friend was an employee of Chobham Adventure Farm.

Note 2

In accordance with Part 4, Section D, paragraph 18 of the Constitution, the voting in relation to the application was as follows:

 

Voting in favour of the recommendation to refuse the application as amended:

 

Councillors Nick Chambers, Colin Dougan, Surinder Gandhum, Edward Hawkins, Katia Malcaus Cooper, Max Nelson, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Ian Sams, Pat Tedder, Victoria Wheeler, Valerie White and John Winterton.

 

 

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