Agenda and minutes

            The Minutes of the meeting held on 14^th August 2006 having been printed and circulated, were taken and signed as a correct record.

            RESOLVED: That the minutes be noted.

            The Committee considered the following applications for planning permission and, in accordance with its powers and duties, made the decisions described.

(i)         Plan No. 06/00436/FUL

Proposed erection of 10 No. courtyard houses to the land at Dawsons Dance Centre, Lunts Heath Road, Widnes.

            The consultation procedure undertaken was outlined in the report together with background information in respect of the site.  It was noted that no representations had been received to date.

            The Committee was advised that the Council’s Environmental Health Officer had submitted a full report on the existing buildings, it was noted that all the buildings were constructed of asbestos cement and were likely to deteriorate. The owners had indicated they could not afford to complete significant repair work.  It was reported that the very special circumstances in the removal of the asbestos cement buildings were to be weighed against the thought that new housing in principal would be an inappropriate development in the Green Belt and was therefore contrary to local and national policy.

            Members discussed highway safety and the access to and from the development and it was noted that land at the side of the current entrance/exit road had been bought in order to widen the road therefore making two-way traffic.  This would increase visibility when leaving the junction.

            RESOLVED: That the application be approved subject to the application not being called in by the Secretary of State following its referral under Green Belt direction and to the following conditions:

1.            Standard condition relating to timescale and duration of the permission;

2.         Wheel wash condition required for construction phase (BE1).

3.            Parking conditions (2 separate conditions) to ensure access and parking is provided and maintained at all times. The use of the premises shall not commence until the vehicle access and parking has been laid out (TP12).

4.            Landscaping condition is required to ensure comprehensive details are provided prior to the commencement of development (BE2).

5.            Boundary treatment condition is required to ensure details are provided prior to the commencement of development (BE2).

6.            Drainage condition, requiring the submission and approval of drainage details (BE1).

7.            Construction hours to be adhered to throughout the course of the development (BE1).

8.            Delivery hours to be adhered to throughout the course of the development (BE1).

9.            Materials condition, requiring the submission and approval of the materials to be used (BE2).

10.       Site investigation, including mitigation to be submitted and approved in writing (PR14).

11.       A condition and removing permitted developments from the property including extension, porches and roof alterations (BE1).

12.       An agreed schedule for the removal of the existing buildings act contaminated materials.

Additional conditions to be added were as follows:

(i)                       Details of right turning lane to be submitted to, agreed and constructed prior to commencement;

(ii)                     Prior to the commencement of development details of existing site levels and finished floor levels to be submitted and agreed; and

(iii)                   Boundary treatments and hard surfacing to be removed as part of the condition removing permitted development  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

1)                 Appeals had been received following the Council’s refusal of the following applications:-

04/01099/OUT Outline application for two storey residential development consisting of a two storey block of 6 No. flats  and associated vehicle parking at Ditton Church Hall, Liverpool Road, Widnes, Cheshire.

06/00460/FUL Proposed two storey detached house with basement area and detached garage at Original Site Of Hale Village Nursery, Cocklade Lane, Hale Village, Liverpool, L24 4BB.

06/00504/FUL Proposed conversion of existing stable building and erection of 9 No. apartments to provide 11 No. accommodation  units at 35 Irwell Lane, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1RX.

06/00511/FUL Proposed erection of 1 No. two storey detached dwellings at Land Adjacent To 248 Moorfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 3HG.

06/00512/FUL Proposed single storey workshop building to the rear of existing warehouse with two storey amenity block to one end at Albion Chemicals Limited, Pickerings Road, Widnes, Cheshire, WA8 8XW.

06/00531/FUL Proposed conservatory to rear of 1 Swindon Close, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 6NF.

2) The following application had been returned :-

06/00529/FUL Conversion of garage to study/w.c. at 6 Kildare Close, Liverpool, Hale Village, Merseyside, L24 5SA

3) The following petitions had been received:-

05/00957/FUL Proposed erection of 5 no. four bedroom detached dwellings at Lawson House, Moughland Lane/Campbell Avenue.

The petition contained 23 signatures where the objections were:

1)     There had been no consultation on the outline plan for the whole of the Lawson House site;

2)     The site density and type of dwellings proposed is totally out of character with existing housing in the area;

3)     The partial development initially proposed effectively cuts off any access to the remainder of the site. The access may be required at a later date if a series of planning applications are made by Morris Homes;

4)     Earlier planning applications for 4 executive style houses on the south side of the site was not pursued by the previous owners due to access problems near to the bend in Moughland Lane. A tenfold increase in traffic on the site with access in the same vicinity would cause even more problems;

5)     Overloading of the suspect main drainage with additional drainage from such a high density development; and

6)     Access problems for Emergency and Environmental vehicles.