Agenda item

Application Number:18/0875 -154 GUILDFORD ROAD, WEST END, WOKING, GU24 9LT

Minutes:

The application was for change of use to provide two pitch gypsy site (retrospective).

This application would have normally been determined under the Council's Scheme of Delegation, however, it had been called-in by Councillor David Mansfield on the basis of the concerns raised by local residents. 

The application was first reported to the Planning Applications Committee on the 6 February 2020 with an officer recommendation to refuse. The matter was deferred to enable further information on health matters and was reported back to the Planning Applications Committee on the 18 June 2020 with a revised recommendation to grant with a temporary permission for 5 years. The matter was again deferred for further evidence on the applicant’s personal circumstances and reported back to the Planning Applications Committee on the 17 September 2020. Members resolved to grant temporary permission subject to conditions and a legal agreement to secure Strategic Access Monitoring and Maintenance (SAMM) payment. 

Since 17 September 2020 the applicant had confirmed that they did not wish to make the Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area (TBHSPA) contribution. The applicant would have only been willing to agree to pay if granted a permanent permission. The applicant had therefore requested that the application be returned to the Committee to reconsider on a permanent basis.

 

Members were advised of the following updates on the application:

 

“The Surrey Heath Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) was updated in 2020 with a need for 32 pitches by 2040; and 23 pitches by 2025 (compared with previously defined need of 12 pitches by 2032; with 9 pitches by 2022). 

 

Update to planning history:

 

SU/16/0397

Certificate of existing lawful use for the stationing of 2 no residential caravans.

Considered to be unlawful in December 2017.  Subsequently an appeal is under consideration under the Inquiries procedure.  The Inquiry is proposed for August 2021.

 

Additional planning history:

 

20/0303/FFU

Erection of 3 no two bedroom bungalows following the demolition of existing building with the retention of existing dwelling on the site. 

Currently under consideration.

20/0919/FFU

Demolition of residential building, cessation of commercial use and the siting of one mobile home for residential occupation.

Currently under consideration. ”

 

 

The officer recommendation to refuse the application was proposed by Councillor Victoria Wheeler, seconded by Councillor Edward Hawkins and put to the vote and carried.

 

RESOLVED that application 18/0875 be refused for the reasons as per the Officer Report.

 

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:

 

Councillors Graham Alleway, Cliff Betton, Sharon Galliford, Cliff Betton, Cllr Mark Gordon, Edward Hawkins, David Lewis, David Mansfield, Robin Perry, Darryl Ratiram, Graham Tapper, Victoria Wheeler, Helen Whitcroft, Valerie White.

 

 

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