Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies from Members of the Committee.

Apologies were received from Councillor Bill Gifford, Councillor Anne Parry and Councillor Clive Rickhards

Members are required to register their disclosable pecuniary interests within 28 days of their election or appointment to the Council. A member attending a meeting where a matter arises in which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest must (unless they have a dispensation):

• Declare the interest if they have not already registered it

• Not participate in any discussion or vote

• Must leave the meeting room until the matter has been dealt with (Standing Order 39).

• Give written notice of any unregistered interest to the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of the meeting Non-pecuniary interests must still be declared in accordance with the Code of Conduct. These should be declared at the commencement of the meeting.

There were none

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the Regulatory Committee meeting held on 3 September 2019 be signed by the Chair as a true and accurate record.

Members are asked to note the applications dealt with under delegated powers since the last meeting.

The Committee noted the delegated decisions made by officers since the last meeting as laid out in the report.

Tom Evans, Senior Planning Officer, presented the report to the committee confirming that the application is for the continuation of sand and gravel extraction at an established quarry, east of the A5. 

Members of the committee were asked to note that most of the site is in Leicestershire who have also received an application from the client.  It was also noted that on 12 September 2019, Leicestershire County Council resolved to approve the application subject to conditions and an agreement in relation to S106.

Following a question from Councillor Kate Rolfe in relation to objections raised by residents, it was confirmed that concerns raised by Leicestershire residents had all been satisfactorily resolved.  There have been no objections raised from residents in Warwickshire.

It was agreed by the Committee that their job in relation to determining this application had been made easier by the very good and complete report by the planning officers; which included sensible conditions and ensuring that all concerns had been resolved.

The recommendation was proposed by Councillor John Cooke and was seconded by Councillor Mark Cargill. A vote was held, and the Committee voted unanimously in favour of the application.

Resolved

That the Regulatory Committee authorises the grant of planning permission

for the extension of sand and gravel working with restoration to agriculture,

following completion of satisfactory planning agreement with Leicestershire

County Council, subject to the conditions (with any minor amendments

approved by the Assistant Director Governance & Policy) and for the reasons contained within Appendix B of the report of the Strategic Director for Communities.

The meeting rose at 10:47am

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The Chair