Budleigh Salterton Town Council

BUDLEIGH SALTERTON TOWN COUNCIL MINUTES of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held in the Council Chamber on Monday 28 July 2014 at 7.00pm.

PRESENT Cllr A J Dent (Chairman) Cllr Mrs C A Sismore Hunt (Town Mayor) Cllr A N Gooding Cllr D J Harrison Cllr M C Hilliar Cllr A L Jones (Non-Voting Member) Cllr C A Kitson Cllr T D Wright

Clerical Assistant: Mrs K A Harrison

Others Present: Four members of the public

14.135 Public Speaking Time Miss S Tickle spoke about application number 14/1695/TCA. She explained that her property in Victoria Place borders the application site. She said that there are some dead trees but there are two full sized live conifers. The trees formed a screen between her property and Redcliff Court. As far as she was concerned they formed part of the planning consent granted in 1979 to preserve privacy and they should not be removed. Miss Tickle asked that her written notes be passed onto the relevant Tree warden. Cllr A J Dent explained that the Town Council defers its decisions on trees to David Colman, District Council Tree Officer and as such it would be him that would be making a decision on this as Councillors do not feel qualified to comment on such matters.

14.136 Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from the Deputy Town Mayor, Cllr C Richards (holiday), Cllr Mrs L D Evans (family commitments), Cllr S Hall (working) and Cllr R S Mitchell.

14.137 Declarations of Interests in Items on the Agenda Town Mayor, Cllr Mrs C A Sismore-Hunt declared a personal interest in Min 14.140 (14/1658/FUL) – the applicant is a personal friend.

14.138 Minutes The Minutes of the Meeting of the Planning Committee held on 14 July 2014 had been circulated prior to the Meeting. It was unanimously agreed they be signed as a true record.

14.139 Declaration by District Councillors It was formally noted that the participation of Cllr A J Dent and Cllr T D Wright, who are also Members of the East Devon District Council, in both the debate and subsequent vote, was on the basis that the views expressed were their preliminary views taking account of the information presently made available to the Town Council. They reserved their final views on the applications until they were in full possession of all the relevant arguments for and against.

1 14.140 Planning Applications Application No: 14/1538/FUL Applicant: Mrs C Allen Location: 1 Ottervale Road Proposal: Two storey side extension including balcony covered decking area to rear of property (alternative proposal to 13/2608/FUL with revised window details) Letters Received: None at the time the observations were made Observations: This Council supports the application. Members are comfortable that there is no loss of privacy

Application No: 14/1724/FUL Applicant: Mr P Govier Location: 36 Shortwood Close Proposal: Construction of two storey side extension Letters Received: None at the time the observations were made Observations: This Council supports the application

Application No: 14/1658/FUL Applicant: Ms C Cuthbert Location: The Flat, 32 High Street Proposal: Installation of replacement windows to front of flat (resubmission of application 14/0742/FUL) Letters Received: None at the time the observations were made Observations: This Council supports the application. Members felt that the proposed windows will be a great improvement.

Application No: 14/1653/FUL Applicant: Mr P Griffin Location: 16 Vision Hill Road Proposal: Construction of replacement rear conservatory extension Letters Received: None at the time the observations were made Observations: This Council supports the application

14.141 East Devon District Council: Planning Decisions – Approvals Application No: 14/0909/TCA Applicant: Mr G Boswell Location: 7 Victoria Place Proposal: T1 – unidentified deciduous tree: Fell

Application No: 14/0899/TCA Applicant: Mr M Briggs Location: 7 Cliff Terrace Proposal: T1 and T2 species not specified – pruning T3 Holly – reduce all limbs T4 Cupressus – reduce height by 2ft and clip crown to a more compact shape

Application No: 14/1081/FUL Applicant: S M Prior and Son Location: 1 Ocean House, 10 Fore Street Proposal: Extension to existing retail floorspace to include change of use of one residential flat to retail and demolition of existing workshops and flat and construction of replacement retail floorspace

2 Application No: 14/1137/FUL Applicant: Mr R Connell Location: Larkhall, 1a Arden Close Proposal: Construction of garden shed

Application No: 14/1344/FUL Applicant: Ms D Hughes Location: 6 Knowle Village, Knowle Proposal: Partial demolition of existing and construction of replacement single storey rear extension

Application No: 14/1320/FUL Applicant: Mr R Hayward Location: Flat 2, 10 Copplestone Road Proposal: Extension and alteration to rear seating area and fire escape stairs and installation of Velux window

14.142 East Devon District Council: Notification of Planning Appeal Appeal by: Mr H Carter Application No: 13/2757/FUL Location: The Old Smithy (land adj), Dalditch Lane Development: Construction of two bedroomed dwelling The Appeal is being dealt with on the basis of written representations. Three copies of any further written representations should be forwarded to Sarah Hardy, The Planning Inspectorate, 3/09 Kite Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN quoting reference number: APP/U1105/A/14/2222000 by 21 August 2014.

14.143 Any other Business at the Chairman’s Discretion No other business was raised.

There being no further business, the Meeting closed at 7.16pm.

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