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 any personal or prejudicial interests they might have in the business on the agenda.  No interests were declared.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting of the West & City Centre Area Planning Sub-Committee held on 2^nd October 2007.

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee held on 2 October 2007 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 5pm the working day before the meeting. 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 on general issues within the remit of the Sub-Committee.

Members will consider a schedule of reports of the Assistant Director (Planning and Sustainable Development), relating to planning applications with an outline the proposals and relevant policy considerations and the views and advice of consultees and officers.

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

Change of use of agricultural buildings to tyre shredding facility (Class B2) including the siting of a caravan for use as office/amenity facility [Rural West York Ward].

Members considered a full application submitted by Mr E Swiers and Mrs R Grainger for a change of use of agricultural buildings to a tyre shredding facility (Class B2), including the siting of a caravan for use as an office / amenity facility.

Officers provided an update at the meeting, recommending an amendment to Condition 4 at paragraph 6 of the report and the addition of a further condition that the proposed caravan be used only as an office and not for residential purposes.

Representations were received from the Chair of Rufforth and Knapton Parish Council, objecting to the application on the grounds that it would damage the local environment and, as an industrial rather than agricultural use, should not be permitted within the green belt.  Representations were also received from the applicant in support of the application.

In order to address concerns raised by the Parish Council, Members sought a reduction to the hours of delivery and operation set out in Conditions 7 and 8 in the report, additional conditions to limit the use of the site to a tyre shredding facility only and to ensure the clearance of any tyres deposited unlawfully in the vicinity of the premises, and an informative to encourage access to the site via the Ring Road rather than through the village.

RESOLVED: That the application be approved, subject to the conditions outlined in the report and the following amended and additional conditions and Informative:

Amended Condition 4:Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (or any Order revoking or re-enacting that Order), development of the type described in Classes A, B and C of Schedule 2, Part 6 of that Order shall not be carried out on the land forming the Woodhouse Farm agricultural holding without the prior written consent of the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In the interests of the amenities of the adjoining residents and the amenity of the green belt, the Local Planning Authority considers that it should exercise control over any future development which, without this condition, may have been carried out as ‘permitted development’ under the above classes of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

Amended Condition 5:Notwithstanding the submitted plans there shall be no tyres or other materials stacked or stored outside any building on the site.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity in this prominent open countryside and Green Belt location.

Amended Condition 7:All deliveries to and from the site shall be confined to the following hours:

Monday to Friday:08:00 – 17:00

Saturday: 08:00 – 12:00

Sunday, Bank and Public Holidays:Not at all

Reason: To protect the amenity of the local residents from noise.

Amended Condition 8:The hours of operation permitted shall be confined to the following hours:

Monday to Friday:08:00 – 18:00

Saturday: 08:00 – 12:00

Sunday, Bank and Public Holidays:Not at all

Reason: To protect the amenity of the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 52a