Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed all to the meeting.

Councillor Chris James, Maldwyn Lewis, Sian Maehrlein and Mark Strong apologised for their inability to attend the meeting.

Councillor Cerys Jones declared a personal and prejudicial interest in

Application A210686

Ms Elin Prysor, Monitoring Officer declared a personal and prejudicial

interest in Application A220060. (During consideration of this item,

Mrs Ffion Lloyd attended the meeting on behalf of the Monitoring

Officer)

Mr Russell Hughes- Pickering declared a personal and prejudicial

interest in Application A220208

It was RESOLVED to confirm as a true record the Minutes of the Meeting of the 10 August 2022.

Matters arising

None.

Consideration was given to the Report of the Corporate Lead Officer – Economy and Regeneration on the following planning applications which had been considered at a previous meeting and which required further consideration by the Committee:-

A210091 Retrospective planning application for agricultural implement

and storage shed and improvements to existing vehicular access, Land opposite Tan Yr Allt, Coxhead, Tregaron

To DEFER determination of the application in accordance with Option 4 of the Operational Procedures of the Development Management Committee, as additional planning information was brought to the attention of the members or planning officer post publication of the Development Management Committee agenda and papers.

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A210982 Proposed 3 no. glamping pods, alterations to existing access and installation of package treatment plant, Pendre, Llanfihangel-y-creuddyn, Aberystwyth

To APPROVE the application subject to conditions.

Members were of the opinion that the application could be approved for the following reasons:-

·       The planning service accepts that the application was within policy, they were only against the location of the proposed pods

·       The location of the pods were not prominent on the landscape

·       This location was more acceptable than other locations as the applicant did not own the land adjacent, other land on the farm was used for their pumpkin business, and was near to a listed building

·       There would be improvement to road safety 

·       The Site Inspection Panel had carried out their work by visiting the site and agreeing that the proposed site was acceptable

Consideration was given to the Report of the Corporate Lead

Officer Economy and Regeneration upon development,

advertisement; local authority and statutory planning

Applications:-

A210686 Erection of a rural enterprise dwelling to include storage and workshop building, installation of package treatment plant and modifications to existing gated access.

To DEFER determination of the application in accordance with Option 4 of the Operational Procedures of the Development Management Committee, as additional planning information was brought to the attention of the members or planning officer post publication of the Development Management Committee agenda and papers.

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Mr M Rees (applicant) and Mrs G Jenkins (agent) addressed

the Committee in accordance with the temporary addendum to

the Operational procedure for Members of the Public addressing the Development Control Committee in response to Covid-19

A220060 Residential Development, Brynawelon, Caerwedros, Llandysul

To APPROVE the application subject to conditions and subject to a Section 106 Planning Obligation, in order to secure two out of the five dwellings as affordable homes, as offered as part of the proposal (and not 20% of the development as stated in policy). The S.106 Obligation would also include a mechanism for the future management & maintenance of the open space as required by policy LU24 of the LDP.

The planning permission is to be subject to conditions, including conditions that would:- restrict the number of units to a maximum of 5, that would ensure that the development is commenced within 18 months of the outline permission (or 9 months from the approval of the reserved matters, whichever is the later), that the floorspace of the affordable dwellings be restricted to 137sqm in size, that the dwellings are connected to the public sewer and that the proposed open space provision be included as part of the subsequent application for the approval of reserved matters, as per the requirements of policy LU24. 

Members did not agree with the recommendation of the Officers and were of the opinion that the application could be approved for the following reasons:-

·       Caerwedros was a suitable location as New Quay did not have currently any potential for development and developments had been coming forwards in Caerwedros

·       LDP allows Caerwedros to come forward for development, and this would be an extension to an existing site which was a suitable site located in the village

·       These dwellings would provide housing for local people together with an affordable element and there was an existing need

·       This application was within a link settlement and had essential services such as the hall opposite

·       The application complies with S04 and S05 as the Affordable housing provision being proposed exceeds policy requirement and therefore was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

It was RESOLVED to note the schedule of planning applications dealt with the Report of the Corporate Lead Officer – Economy and Regeneration.

It was AGREED to note the planning appeals received.

None.