Agenda and minutes

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

At this point in the meeting, Members were asked to declare any personal or prejudicial interests that they might have had in the agenda.

No interests were declared.

(To follow).

RESOLVED:       That the minutes of the meeting of the East Area Planning Sub-Committee held on Thursday 12 April 2012 be signed and approved as a correct record by the Chair subject to the following amendments;

·        That Councillors Firth and Hyman were not present for Minute Items 54a, 55 and 56.

·        That Councillor Wiseman declared a personal non prejudicial interest in Minute Item 54f as a member of Earswick Parish Council. She added that in this role she did not review planning applications and did not make comments on these.

At this point in the meeting members of the public who have registered their wish to speak regarding an item on the agenda or an issue within the Sub-Committee’s remit can do so. Anyone who wishes to register or requires further information is requestedto contact the Democracy Officer on the contact details listed at the foot of this agenda. The deadline for registering is Wednesday 2 May 2012 at 5.00 pm.

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

Members considered a schedule of reports of the Assistant Director (Planning and Sustainable Development), relating to the following planning applications, outlining the proposals and relevant policy considerations and setting out the views and advice of consultees and officers.

This full major application is for the erection of 32 dwellings, 1no retail unit and 1no veterinary surgery following the demolition of existing buildings.

This application was deferred at the April meeting of the Committee due to concerns over highway safety, to seek clarification on the ownership of the land to the north east of the site and issues of landscaping and site drainage. [Heworth]

Members considered a full major application by Andy Cramer and Jeremy Binnian of Linden Homes Yorvale for the erection of 32 dwellings, 1no retail unit and 1no veterinary surgery following demolition of existing buildings. This application was deferred at the Committee’s April meeting where concerns were raised from Members over highway safety and clarification was sought over the ownership of the land to the northeast of the side of the site, landscaping and site drainage.

In their update to Members, Officers informed the Committee that the Parish Council had restated their previous concerns over parking problems. It was also reported that the Yorkshire Ambulance Service were satisfied with the two way traffic that would occur as a result of the development.

Some Members highlighted that the area of public open space at the far end of the site, which was owned by the Council might be prone to vandalism as the land’s future ownership had yet to be decided. One Member suggested that it might be worth asking whether the applicant wished to purchase the land following approval.

Representations in support were received from the agent for the applicant. He spoke about how the applicant would retain the ash and oak tree and that the poplars on site would be replaced, Additionally the applicant was happy for bat boxes to be installed, and would be content to buy the area of open land to extend the properties’ gardens.

Members asked a series of questions to the agent including;

·        Whether the road would be shared by residents, ambulances and users of the veterinary surgery.

·        Whether the hours of delivery to the retail unit could be altered to make the hours more sociable given the proximity to plots 4, 5 and 6 which would be used for housing.

·        At which point the hours of operation for the retail unit could be conditioned.

The agent responded that the road would be adopted, with the width increased to 5.8 metres and that only one car would access a property opposite the entrance to the ambulance station. Some Members felt that the parking for plot 18 was sufficient as long as it did not encourage parking on the road opposite the ambulance station.

Further discussion took place between Members on the opening hours and delivery hours on Monday to Friday and Sundays and Bank Holidays for the proposed retail unit. Some Members felt that the size of the delivery vehicles were too large, and would block the road. Some Members proposed that the delivery hours would be;

·        Monday- Saturday 8 am to 6pm with Sundays and Bank Holidays 10 am to 6pm.

It was suggested that the retail unit would also open from 7 am to 10 pm throughout the week.

Councillor Warters asked that his vote against the application was recorded on the grounds that the proposals would cause problems for the ambulance service in the future.

RESOLVED:       That the application be approved subject to the following amended condition;

·        The hours of delivery to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 60a

This full application is for the extension of an existing bay window on the front elevation of the property at 98 Eastfield Avenue.

This application is being determined by the Committee as the applicant has been a former employee of the Council within the last four years.[Haxby and Wigginton]

Members considered a full application by Mr Graham Tissiman for a bay window to the front of the property at 98 Eastfield Avenue.

RESOLVED:       That the application be approved.

REASON:           In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority the proposal, subject to the conditions listed in the Officer’s report, would not cause undue harm to interests of acknowledged importance, with particular reference to the impact on the residential amenity of neighbours and the effect on the character and appearance of the area. As such the proposal complies with Policies H7 and GP1 of the City of York Local Plan Deposit Draft.

The Committee wished to record their best wishes to Councillors Hyman and Firth as the Lord Mayor elect and Sheriff elect for the 2012-13 Municipal Year.