Agenda, decisions and minutes

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 12 September 2023.

Resolved: That, the Minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee of 12 September 2023 be approved and signed as a correct record.

Approved Subject to Conditions.

The Principal Planning Officer outlined the information contained in the Committee Updates:

·       Change to the recommendation to ensure the satisfactory resolution of ecology. 

And added a Verbal Update to advise that interim comments had been received from ecology.  They concurred with the officer’s views that the ecology report was sufficient and subject to conditions:

o  Preparation of a Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP)                                   

o  Development to be carried out in accordance with the preliminary ecology appraisal.

o  If the development did not commence prior to the 22November 2024 a revised a protected species and habitat report should be undertaken.

o  No development should take place until a construction management had been submitted and approved by the Local Authority.

o  No external lighting in the ecological mitigation and biodiversity enhancement areas.

The Principal Planning Officer advised that, whilst the preliminary view was that ecology report was sufficient, the badger report would need to be taken into account. Therefore the amended recommendation in the late representation, to include the satisfactory resolution of ecology, remained relevant.

·       Correction to the Committee report:

o  Clarification regarding the number of objections received which included petition.

o  Verbal Update: subsequent to the publication of late representations, 4 further objections had been received. Mainly highlighted issues with highways and the impact on the village.

·       Further Highways Officer’s comments.

·       Neighbouring Hannington Parish comments had been clearly identified. 

·       Woodford cum Membris Parish Council had provided comments and included in the late representations.

·       Woolgrave Parish Council had requested a condition to prevent a right turn out of the application site.  A requirement for an Occupational Management Traffic Plan would resolve that matter.

·       2 further objections received from a member of the public.

·       7 of the conditions included in the delegated report (3,4,6,10,12,17 and 19) made reference to policy SS2 of the South Northamptonshire Local Plan.  These references would be updated to the relevant policy in the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) For Daventry.

·       Proposed additional conditions:

o  Occupational Management Traffic Plan to include: tracking of the largest vehicles to be used at both the site entrance and the A43 Red House Lane cross roads junction; and a routing schedule for the Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV’s).

o  Condition 26 removal of permitted development rights.

o  Condition 27 removal of temporary use of the land.

o  Ecology condition to be added

o  Wording of Condition 16 to be amended to allow the use of the site by Traveller and Show Persons.

o  Maximum storage height Condition of 5 metres.

The Principal Planning Officer outlined the information in the report and provided a presentation which included maps, plans, site layout and photographs from various viewpoints to provide contextual information.

An aerial view of the site occupied by the applicant in Woodford Halse was provided.  The residential development surrounding the area limited the opportunity to expand the existing site to accommodate 4 generations of family, size and numbers of vehicles and fairground equipment. The existing site no longer met the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 145.