Agenda and minutes

The following site was inspected before the meeting:

At this point, members are asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have in the business on this agenda.

Members were invited to declare at this point in the meeting any personal or prejudicial interest they might have in the business on the agenda.

Councillor Gillies declared a personal non prejudicial interest in relation to Plans list item 4a (Proposed Site for Poppleton Bar Park and Ride, Northfield Lane, Upper Poppleton, York) as two of the speakers were known to him and he had previous knowledge of the proposals through his Ward work and as he had attending Parish Council meetings.

Councillor Moore declared a personal non prejudicial interest in relation to Plans list item 4a (Proposed Site for Poppleton Bar Park and Ride, Northfield Lane, Upper Poppleton, York) in relation to matters relating to Clifton Moor, as one of the speakers was known to him as they were both Directors of the Clifton Moor Business Association.

Councillor Reid declared a personal non prejudicial interest in relation to Plans list item 4a (Proposed Site for Poppleton Bar Park and Ride, Northfield Lane, Upper Poppleton, York) as the Executive Member who had promoted the bid for the Access to York schemes. She stated that legal advice had confirmed that as no particular site had been earmarked at the time of the bid that she had no prejudicial  interest to declare. 

To approve and sign minutes of meetings of the Planning Committee held on 3 and 17 February 2010.

The Chair reported that Network Management had stated that there were still some technical details to sort out in relation to the Section 106 agreement related to the planning application for the Terrys Factory site on Bishopthorpe Road. In view of this it had been suggested that approval of the minutes of the 3 February 2010 meeting of the Planning Committee be deferred until the April meeting to allow Officers to confirm the details and amend the minutes accordingly.

Also in relation to these minutes Cllr D’Agorne referred to his reference to the need for provision to be made for cycle movements across Bishopthorpe Road and for its inclusion in the minutes. Cllr D’Agorne was asked to liaise with Officers in relation to the inclusion of this information. 

RESOLVED:      i) That further consideration of the minutes of the 3 February 2010 meeting of the Committee be deferred to allow Officers to include full details of the Section 106 agreement.

ii)        That the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 17 February 2010, be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

It is at this point in the meeting that members of the public who have registered their wish to speak can do so. The deadline for registering is by 5.00pm on Wednesday 24 March 2010. Members of the public can speak on specific planning applications or on other agenda items or matters within the remit of the committee.

To register please contact the Democracy Officer for the meeting, on the details at the foot of this agenda.

It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.

This item invites Members to determine the following planning application:

Members considered a report of the Assistant Director (Planning and Sustainable Development) relating to the following planning application, outlining the proposals and relevant planning considerations and setting out the views of consultees and Officers.

Construction of park and ride facility with up to 1250 parking spaces, associated access, passenger terminal building, wind turbine and landscaped bund [Rural West York Ward] [Site Visit]

Members considered a major full application, submitted by Mr Paul Thackray, for the construction of a park and ride facility with up to 1250 car parking spaces, associated access, passenger terminal building, wind turbine and landscaped bund.

Officers circulated the following updates and plans at the meeting:

• Revised Landscaping Conditions

Condition 5 should be amended to read:-No development shall take place until there has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority a detailed landscape scheme (including details for the living roof of the terminal building) which shall include the species, species mixes, density (spacing) and position of trees, shrubs and other plants, means of protection from rabbits, seeding mix and sowing rate. This scheme shall be implemented within a period of six months of substantive completion of phase 1 of the development. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the implementation of the landscape scheme, die are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority otherwise agrees in writing.

Reason: So the Local Planning Authority may be satisfied with the variety, suitability and disposition of species within the entire site, since the landscape scheme is central to the amenity of the development and to secure compliance with Policy GB1 of the York Development Control Local Plan.

A further condition proposed in relation to the landscaping of phase 2 with the following wording:- No development comprising any element of phase 2 of the proposal hereby approved as outlined in application drawing ref: - CBHAEM500/02 F shall be commenced until a detailed landscape scheme in respect of phase 2 has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Such scheme shall include full details of species, species mixes, density (spacing), and position of trees, shrubs and other plants, means of protection from rabbits, seeding mix and sowing rate. The scheme shall be implemented within a period of six months of substantive completion of phase 2 of the development. Any trees or plants which within a period of five years from the implementation of the landscape scheme, die are removed or become seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the next planting season with others of a similar size and species, unless the Local Planning Authority otherwise agrees in writing.

Reason: So the Local Planning Authority may be satisfied with the variety, suitability and disposition of species within the entire site, since the landscape scheme is central to the amenity of the development and to secure compliance with Policy GB1 of the York Development Control Local Plan.

• The wording of Condition 22 should be amended to read:- Notwithstanding the application details hereby approved full details of the proposed wind turbine apparatus including height, colouring, design, location and mode of connection to the National Grid shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before work  ...  view the full minutes text for item 43a