PITSTONE PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Parish Council Planning Committee Meeting held on 3 June 2015 
in the Meeting Room at the Memorial Hall, starting at 7.30pm and 
concluding at 8.00pm

1PC/15	ATTENDANCE AND APOLOGIES
	
PLANNING COMMITTEE PRESENT:  Cllr Mrs Crutchfield (Chair), Cllr Starling, Cllr Blunt, Cllr Nicholls and Cllr Mrs J Groom

As a large application was under consideration, all members of the Parish Council had been invited to attend the meeting rather than just the Planning Committee members.

OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:  Cllr Saintey, Cllr Weber, Cllr Mrs Arney and
Cllr Mrs Stack.    

OTHERS PRESENT:  Clerk: Laurie Eagling.  Members of the public:  Martin London, Alison Hawkins and Karen Groom (Chair of Ivinghoe Parish Council).
	
APOLOGIES:  Cllr Mattey

2PC/15	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST ON MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING

	Cllr Blunt declared a standing interest as Chair of Governors for Brookmead School.   
Cllrs Weber, Starling, Crutchfield & Groom declared interests as members of NDP Steering Group and therefore acquainted with the applicant for 10 Church Road.
Cllr Groom declared herself as the next door neighbour of 4 Queen Street.  

3PC/15	PLANNING MATTERS

1)	Applications: 

a)	Land off Station Road, Ivinghoe (affecting rear of Rushendon Furlong), 15/01491/AOP, outline application with access to be considered and all matters reserved for the erection of up to 60 residential units and associated infrastructure.  Gladman option number 2.  

It was RESOLVED to permit Karen Groom, Chair of Ivinghoe Parish Council, to update the planning committee about the outcome of their consideration into this application the previous evening.   Both Ivinghoe Parish Council and Ivinghoe Together would continue to oppose all development on this site.

Mrs K Groom also advised the Parish Council that the Ivinghoe Conservation Area Review would go before AVDC Committee for approval on 16/6/15.  If successful, the extended area would come into immediate effect.

No objections had been submitted directly to Pitstone Parish Council regarding this application but numerous objections had been lodged on the AVDC planning portal, primarily from Ivinghoe residents.

It was noted that Gladman had reduced the number of proposed houses to 60 (from 70) and made the area of the application site that falls within Pitstone entirely as public open space (which is now in line with the NDP proposals).   However, the other data submitted had not been revised from the previous planning application, including the SUDS).

It was therefore RESOLVED to advise AVDC that the Parish Council opposed the application on the same grounds as the previous application:

i.	Spoiling the view from the Conservation Area
ii.	Lack of sustainability including poor bus service, no public transport or foot/cycle path to the train station
iii.	Highways and volume of traffic concerns
iv.	The primary and pre-school provision capacity issues needing to be resolved by BCC (as they stipulated in the Vicarage Road application comments)
v.	The lack of a sustainable SUDS (the scheme requires an electric pump)

It was RESOLVED to submit no comments relating to the improvements within the Pitstone parish.

b)	4 Queen Street, 15/01634/APP, single storey rear and front extensions.    One resident had written to the Parish Council regarding this application to say that they would be in support of the application if the householder could then accommodate two cars off road.   No other objections had been received from neighbouring properties.  The proposed works are similar to that carried out by other homeowners in the street.  It was RESOLVED to advise AVDC that the Parish Council had no objections to the application.

c)	10 Church Street, 15/01620/APP, first floor side extension and single storey rear extension.  No objections had been received from the immediate residents.  Mr London, present at the meeting, queried whether the property had already exceeded its permitted extension capacity.    It was RESOLVED to advise AVDC that the Parish Council had no objection to the application but to request AVDC check the capacity fell within permitted guidelines.

d)	14 Durham Road, 15/01709/APP, two storey side extension (replaces withdrawn planning permission 15/00977/APP for two storey side extension and conversion of garage into habitable room).  The Parish Council received one objection from a neighbour concerned with over-development given the dense nature of the road.  The council were pleased to note that the conversion of the garage had been removed, thus eliminating the parking related concerns.  Council agreed that Durham Road falls within the last phase of the Castlemead development which is the most densely built area of Pitstone.  Council was undecided however, whether the application breached the technical guidelines related to over-development of the site and therefore RESOLVED to defer to the AVDC officers.

2)	Decisions: 

a)	42 Glebe Close, 15/01340/APP, part single and part two storey rear extension: permitted (PPC tendered no objections).

b)	28 Albion Road, 15/01254/APP, single storey rear extension and new pitched roofs to side and rear of existing flat roofed areas: permitted (PPC tendered no objections).

3)	Other: 

a)	Land off Station Road (affecting rear of Rushendon Furlong), 14/02002/AOP, (Gladman 1st application), Submission of arguments for inquiry by 22/9/15.  Inquiry commences 20/10/15 and estimated to last 6 days.   
Mrs K Groom, Chair of Ivinghoe Parish Council, confirmed that both Ivinghoe Parish Council and Ivinghoe Together would be in attendance and would speak at the inquiry.

4PC/15	NEXT MEETING

Land at Vicarage Road, 15/00139/AOP, application with all matters reserved except access – it was noted that the commissioned Transport Assessment and Geophysical Surveys had now been made available.  Comments due to AVDC before 29 June 2015.  Therefore, this additional material will appear on the next agenda.

Date of the next meeting to be advised. 

5PC/15	CLOSURE OF MEETING

	There being no further business to be transacted, the Chairman closed the meeting at 8pm.

Signed:			Date:	________________
	 Chairman