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PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA Tuesday, 09 October 2018 at 07:15 PM Council Chamber, Braintree District Council, Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree, CM7 9HB THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Please note this meeting will be webcast and audio recorded) www.braintree.gov.uk Members of the Planning Committee are requested to attend this meeting to transact the business set out in the Agenda. Membership:- Councillor K Bowers Councillor Lady Newton Councillor Mrs L Bowers-Flint Councillor Mrs I Parker Councillor T Cunningham Councillor F Ricci Councillor P Horner Councillor Mrs W Scattergood Councillor H Johnson Councillor Mrs G Spray Councillor S Kirby Vacancy Councillor D Mann Members unable to attend the meeting are requested to forward their apologies for absence to the Governance and Members Team on 01376 552525 or email [email protected] by 3pm on the day of the meeting. A WRIGHT Chief Executive Page 1 of 74 Chief Executive INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS - DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS Declarations of Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (DPI), Other Pecuniary Interest (OPI) or Non- Pecuniary Interest (NPI) Any member with a DPI, OPI or NPI must declare the nature of their interest in accordance with the Code of Conduct. Members must not participate in any discussion of the matter in which they have declared a DPI or OPI or participate in any vote, or further vote, taken on the matter at the meeting. In addition, the Member must withdraw from the Chamber where the meeting considering the business is being held unless the Member has received a dispensation from the Monitoring Officer. Public Question Time – Registration and Speaking on a Planning Application/Agenda Item Anyone wishing to speak are requested to register by contacting the Governance and Members Team on 01376 552525 or email [email protected] no later than 2 clear working days before the day of the meeting. The Council reserves the right to decline any requests to register to speak if they are received after this time. Registered speakers will be invited to speak immediately prior to the relevant application/item. Registered speakers wishing to address the Committee on non-Agenda items will be invited to speak at Public Question Time. All registered speakers will have 3 minutes each to make a statement. The order in which registered speakers will be invited to speak is: members of the public, Parish Councils/County Councillors/District Councillors, Applicant/Agent. The Chairman of the Planning Committee has discretion to extend the time allocated to registered speakers and the order in which they may speak. Documents: There is limited availability of printed Agendas at the meeting. Agendas, Reports and Minutes can be accessed via www.braintree.gov.uk WiFi: Public Wi-Fi (called BDC Visitor) is available in the Council Chamber; users are required to register when connecting. Health and Safety: Anyone attending meetings are asked to make themselves aware of the nearest available fire exit. In the event of an alarm you must evacuate the building immediately and follow all instructions provided by staff. You will be directed to the nearest designated assembly point until it is safe to return to the building. Mobile Phones: Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched to silent during the meeting in order to prevent disturbances. Webcast and Audio Recording: Please note that this meeting will be webcast and audio recorded. 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If you have any suggestions regarding the meeting you have attended, you can send these to [email protected] Page 2 of 74 PUBLIC SESSION Page 1 Apologies for Absence 2 Declarations of Interest To declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, other Pecuniary Interest, or Non-Pecuniary Interest relating to Items on the Agenda having regard to the Code of Conduct for Members and having taken appropriate advice where necessary before the meeting. 3 Minutes of the Previous Meeting To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 11th September 2018 (copy to follow). 4 Public Question Time (See paragraph above) 5 Planning Applications To consider the following planning applications and to agree whether any of the more minor applications listed under Part B should be determined “en bloc” without debate. Where it has been agreed that the applications listed under Part B will be taken “en bloc” without debate, these applications may be dealt with before those applications listed under Part A. PART A Planning Applications:- 5a Application No. 18 00042 FUL - Great Notley Country Park 5 - 17 and Discovery Centre, Great Notley Garden Village, GREAT NOTLEY 5b Application No. 18 00451 FUL - Gate House Farm, Ambridge 18 - 28 Road, COGGESHALL 5c Application No. 18 01343 FUL - Land rear of Four Elms, 29 - 40 Bardfield Road, BARDFIELD SALING 5d Application No. 18 01385 VAR - Boydells Farm Nursery, 41 - 48 Braintree Road, WETHERSFIELD Page 3 of 74 PART B Minor Planning Applications:- 5e Application No. 18 00951 FUL - The Cart Lodge, West Street, 49 - 57 COGGESHALL 5f Application No. 18 01282 FUL - Roman Originals, 1-2 58 - 65 Newlands Precinct, WITHAM 5g Application No. 18 01283 ADV - Roman Originals, 1-2 66 - 74 Newlands Precinct, WITHAM 6 Urgent Business - Public Session To consider any matter which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered in public by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency. 7 Exclusion of the Public and Press To agree the exclusion of the public and press for the consideration of any Items for the reasons set out in Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Local Government Act 1972. At the time of compiling this Agenda there were none. PRIVATE SESSION Page 8 Urgent Business - Private Session To consider any matter which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be considered in private by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency. Page 4 of 74 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5a PART A APPLICATION 18/00042/FUL DATE 15.01.18 NO: VALID: APPLICANT: Essex County Council Mrs Laura Boreham, County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH AGENT: Place Services Mr Jonathan Crane, County Hall, E4 Zone 3, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH, DESCRIPTION: Introduction of a double zip wire at Great Notley Country Park, this includes a tower at the take-off point and a landing area with landscaped mound. There will also be facilitating works, with new pathways and improvements to the Discovery Centre reception. LOCATION: Great Notley Country Park & Discovery Centre, Great Notley Garden Village, Great Notley, Essex For more information about this Application please contact: Lisa Page on:- 01376 551414 Ext. or by e-mail to: [email protected] Page 5 of 74 SITE HISTORY 95/00616/P Proposed Granted 24.07.95 landscaping/mounding. 99/00206/FUL Erection of three storey Granted 05.05.99 building to provide sports and leisure facilities for Great Notley Country Park with associated sports pitches and landscaping 07/01754/FUL Erection of building to Granted 01.11.07 provide an additional visitor attraction and education facility incorporating a field archaeology unit with ancillary offices, minor alterations to the Discovery Centre, relocation of existing wind turbine and provision of a car park together with associated site works 08/01972/FUL Erection of lighting columns, Granted 21.11.08 floodlights and sections of 5 metre high fencing at the proposed replacement all- weather sports pitches 09/00188/DAC Application for approval of Granted 27.11.09 details reserved by condition no. 6 of approval 08/01972/FUL 15/00398/FUL Installation of new Granted 26.05.15 sequence batch reactor (SBR) drainage plant and associated control room. Alterations to existing drain runs to feed the new SBR and connection back to the sites existing drainage system. 15/01594/ECC Consultation on Essex Objections 22.01.16 County Council application Raised CC/BTE/75/15 - Installation of a prefabricated single storey structure (7200x3200x2800 LxWXH) and associated groundworks for the provision of a disabled change facility and separate Page 6 of 74 disabled toilet 16/00190/FUL Reconfiguration/expansion Granted 10.05.16 of main car park to provide additional car parking spaces. 89/00641/P Neighbourhood Granted 12.12.91 development comprising residential development (maximum 2000 dwellings); business park (Class B1 uses up to maximum of 400,000 sq. ft.); neighbourhood supermarket and ancillary shop units; primary school site and primary school extension site; health centre; community centre; church site; public house; restaurant; hotel with conference facilities; public open space; country park including sports centre and outdoor pitches; woodland and balancing lake; associated landscaping; highways, and associated mounding and landscaping; associated and ancillary development 94/01377/FUL Proposed Belvedere (Earth Granted 16.01.95 mounding to height of 18m using spoil from construction works for A131 bypass and surface water balancing ponds) 95/00616/REM Proposed Granted 24.07.95 landscaping/mounding 96/01066/REM Landscape Planting 12.03.97 99/00206/FUL Erection of three storey Granted 05.05.99 building to provide sports and leisure facilities for Great Notley Country Park with associated sports pitches and landscaping 14/01614/FUL Construction of adventure Granted 05.02.15 ropes course 15/00544/FUL Construction of an Granted 23.06.15 adventure ropes course Page 7 of 74 (revised location) 17/00983/OUT Duel line Zip Wire 500m in Application length APPLICATION Returned WITHDRAWN AND NOT PROCEEDED WITH POLICY CONSIDERATIONS Currently the Council’s development plan consists of the Braintree District Local Plan Review (2005) and the Core Strategy (2011).