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CITY AND COUNTY OF SWANSEA NOTICE OF MEETING You are invited to attend a Meeting of the AREA 2 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE At: Council Chamber, Civic Centre, SWANSEA On: Tuesday 27th September 2011 Time: 2.00p.m. Members are asked to contact John Lock (Planning Control Manager) on 635731 or Phil Baxter on 635733 should they wish to have submitted plans and other images of any of the applications on this agenda to be available for display at the Committee meeting. AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence. 2. Declarations of Interest To receive Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests from Members in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea. (NOTE: Members are requested to identify the Agenda Item /minute number/ planning application number and subject matter that their interest relates). 3. To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Area 2 Development Control Committee held on 30th August 2011. FOR DECISION 4. Town and Country Planning - Planning Applications:- (a) Items for deferral/withdrawal. (b) Requests for Site Visits. (c) Determination of Planning Applications. Patrick Arran Head of Legal, Democratic Services & Procurement 20th September 2011 Contact: Democratic Services 01792 636820 ACCESS TO INFORMATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (SECTION 100) (AS AMENDED) (NOTE: The documents and files used in the preparation of this Schedule of Planning Applications are identified in the ‘Background Information’ Section of each report. The Application files will be available in the committee room for half an hour before the start of the meeting, to enable Members to inspect the contents) Item No. 2 Disclosures of Personal Interest from Members To receive Disclosures of Personal Interest from Members in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea. You must disclose orally to the meeting the existence and nature of that interest. NOTE: You are requested to identify the Agenda Item / Minute No. / Planning Application No. and Subject Matter to which that interest relates and to enter all declared interests on the sheet provided for that purpose at the meeting. 1. If you have a Personal Interest as set out in Paragraph 10 of the Code, you MAY STAY, SPEAK AND VOTE unless it is also a Prejudicial Interest. 2. If you have a Personal Interest which is also a Prejudicial Interest as set out in Paragraph 12 of the Code, then subject to point 3 below, you MUST WITHDRAW from the meeting (unless you have obtained a dispensation from the Authority’s Standards Committee) 3. Where you have a Prejudicial Interest you may attend the meeting but only for the purpose of making representations, answering questions or giving evidence relating to the business, provided that the public are also allowed to attend the meeting for the same purpose, whether under a statutory right or otherwise. In such a case, you must withdraw from the meeting immediately after the period for making representations, answering questions, or giving evidence relating to the business has ended, and in any event before further consideration of the business begins, whether or not the public are allowed to remain in attendance for such consideration (Paragraph 14 of the Code). 4. Where you have agreement from the Monitoring Officer that the information relating to your Personal Interest is sensitive information, as set out in Paragraph 16 of the Code of Conduct, your obligation to disclose such information is replaced with an obligation to disclose the existence of a personal interest and to confirm that the Monitoring Officer has agreed that the nature of such personal interest is sensitive information. 5. If you are relying on a grant of a dispensation by the Standards Committee, you must, before the matter is under consideration: (i) disclose orally both the interest concerned and the existence of the dispensation; and (ii) before or immediately after the close of the meeting give written notification to the Authority containing - - details of the prejudicial interest; - details of the business to which the prejudicial interest relates; - details of, and the date on which, the dispensation was granted; and - your signature Z:\Committees\A Agenda Pack\Cttees\Area 2\2008-09\08jun24\02 - Disclosures of Personal Interest.doc Item No. 3 CITY AND COUNTY OF SWANSEA MINUTES OF THE AREA 2 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMITTEE HELD AT THE CIVIC CENTRE, SWANSEA ON TUESDAY 30th AUGUST 2011 AT 2.00 P.M. PRESENT: Councillor D P Tucker (Chairman) presided Councillor(s): Councillor(s): Councillor(s): M C Child R D Lewis C L Philpott A C S Colburn K E Marsh J C Richards W Evans P M Matthews G Seabourne E W Fitzgerald P M Meara M Smith N A Holley W K Morgan R J Stanton D I E Jones J Newbury C M R W D Thomas J W Jones B G Owen D W W Thomas S M Jones 30. APOLOGIES Apologies for absence were received from Councillors J E Burtonshaw, A M Day, B J Hynes, M H Jones, E T Kirchner, R J Lloyd, D Price and C Thomas. 31. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST In accordance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct adopted by the City and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared: Councillor M C Child - personal - Item 5 (2011/0570) - applicant is Member of the Labour Party. Councillor D W W Thomas - personal - Item No. 5 (2011/0570) - applicant is member of Labour Party. 32. MINUTES RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Area 2 Development Control Committee held on 2nd August 2011 be agreed as a correct record. 33. ITEMS FOR DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL RESOLVED that the undermentioned planning application BE DEFERRED for the applicant to consider in detail possible alternative sites for the sports building and to also further address the drainage and water quality reason for refusal. They will also look at some of the design details as well as the affordable housing and education requirements: Minutes of the Area 2 Development Control Committee (30.08.11) Cont’d (Item 1) Application No 2007/2097 Construction of 209 dwellings, indoor sports barn, two outdoor sports pitches, new vehicular access off Loughor Road and associated parking, open space and landscaping works (amended plans and elevation for indoor sports barn) on land at Cae Duke, Loughor Road, Loughor. 34. ITEMS DEFERRED FOR SITE VISITS RESOLVED that the undermentioned planning applications BE DEFERRED for SITE VISITS for the reasons outlined below: (Item 7) Application No 2010/1387 Three detached dwellings with integral garages on land to the rear of 2 Gowerton Road, Penclawdd. Reason To consider whether the development gives rise to a harmful overbearing impact on neighbouring residents. (NOTE: Mrs Reynolds addressed the Committee objecting to this proposal after receiving legal advice regarding speaking rights.) (Item 8) Application No. 2011/0092 Construction for 4 no. retail units at Cross Marble and Stone Ltd, Gorseinon Road, Gorseinon. Reason To consider the impact of developing the site given that it is currently an eyesore and to assess the highway access implications of the proposal. (Item 9) Application No. 2011/0825 Two storey rear extension, single storey side extension and glazed link extension at Oaklea, Llangennith. Minutes of the Area 2 Development Control Committee (30.08.11) Cont’d Reason To assess the impact of the development on the surrounding area and neighbouring residents. (Item 10) Application No. 2011/0243 Conversion of existing garage to living accommodation (variation of condition 1 of planning permission 2005/0146 granted on 19th July 2005), increase in height of front gable with timber cladding and two storey rear extension to existing garage, part single storey, part two storey glazed link extension between house and garage raised decked areas to front elevation, new chimney and single storey side extension with balcony to main dwelling at 21 East Cliff, Pennard. Reason To consider the impact of the development given the planning history of the site. 35. SCHEDULE OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 The Planning Control Manager submitted a schedule of outline applications, reserved matters and planning applications. Amendments to this schedule were reported and are indicated below by (#). RESOLVED that: (1) the undermentioned planning applications BE APPROVED subject to the applicant entering into a Section 106 Obligations in respect of a contribution of £200,000 towards offsite affordable housing provision and subject to the conditions in the report: (Item 4) Application No. 2011/0364 Four detached dwellings with detached garages (outline) at Morfryn, St Annes Close, Langland. (NOTE: A visual presentation was given) (2) the undermentioned planning applications BE REFUSED for the reasons indicated in the report: Minutes of the Area 2 Development Control Committee (30.08.11) Cont’d (Item 2) Application No. 2010/0092 Detached dwelling with integral garage at Plot 1, Plenty Farm, Llangennith. (NOTE: Mr H Jenkins (agent) addressed the Committee.) (NOTE: A visual presentation was given) # (Item 3) Application No. 2011/0309 Change of use of retail unit (Class A1) to hot food takeaway (Class A3) at Unit 1, 908 Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach. (NOTE: A late letter of objection was reported.) (NOTE: A visual presentation was given) (Item 5) Application No. 2011/0570 Variation of condition 6 of planning permission 77/0743 granted 25th August 1977 to allow 12 months occupancy at 4, Longcliffe Park, Mumbles. (NOTE: The applicant and Mr H Jenkins (agent) addressed the Committee.) (NOTE: The Planning Task and Finish Group were requested to consider the policy in respect of 12 months occupancy of chalets.) (NOTE: A visual presentation was given) (3) the Committee BEING MINDED TO APPROVE the undermentioned planning application it BE REFERRED to PLANNING COMMITTEE with a recommendation of approval on the basis that Members considered that due to the unit being vacant for a considerable period of time it is in the wider interest of the District Centre to have such units occupied.