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RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL please ask for: OLWEN HEAP Council Offices direct line: 01200 414408 Church Walk CLITHEROE e-mail: [email protected] Lancashire BB7 2RA my ref: OH/CMS Switchboard: 01200 425111 your ref: Fax: 01200 414488 date: 7 August 2012 DX: Clitheroe 15157 www.ribblevalley.gov.uk Dear Councillor The next meeting of the PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE is at 6.30pm on THURSDAY, 16 AUGUST 2012 at the TOWN HALL, CHURCH STREET, CLITHEROE. I do hope you can be there. Yours sincerely CHIEF EXECUTIVE To: Committee Members (copy for information to all other members of the Council) Directors Press Parish Councils (copy for information) AGENDA Part I – items of business to be discussed in public 1. Apologies for absence. 2. To approve the minutes of the last meeting held on 19 July 2012 – copy enclosed. 3. Declarations of Interest (if any). 4. Public Participation (if any). DECISION ITEMS 5. Planning Applications – report of Director of Community Services – copy enclosed. 6. Ribble Valley Core Strategy – report of Chief Executive – copy enclosed. Chief Executive: Marshal Scott CPFA Directors: John Heap B.Eng. C. Eng. MICE, Jane Pearson CPFA INFORMATION ITEMS 7. Housing Land Availability – report of Chief Executive – copy enclosed. 8. Revenue Outturn 2011/12 – report of Director of Resources – copy enclosed. 9. Revenue Monitoring 2012/13 – report of Director of Resources – copy enclosed. 10. Appeals: a) 3/2011/0820/P – Development of land without complying with conditions subject to previous planning permission granted at Butchers Laithe, Knotts Lane, Tosside – appeal dismissed. 11. Report of Representatives on Outside Bodies (if any). Part II - items of business not to be discussed in public None. # INDEX OF APPLICATIONS BEING CONSIDERED MEETING DATE 16 AUGUST 2012 Application Page: Officer: Recommendation: Site: No: A APPLICATIONS REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR APPROPRIATE CONDITIONS: NONE B APPLICATIONS WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOMMENDS FOR APPROVAL: 3/2012/0535/P 1 CB AC Unit 23, Time Technology Park Blackburn Road Simonstone C APPLICATIONS WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES RECOMMENDS FOR REFUSAL: 3/2012/0053/P 5 GT R 41 Dilworth Lane Longridge 3/2012/0134/P 11 AD R 5 Hodder Court Hurst Green D APPLICATIONS UPON WHICH COMMITTEE DEFER THEIR APPROVAL SUBJECT TO WORK DELEGATED TO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BEING SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED 3/2012/0379/P 18 SW DEFER Primrose Mill Woone Lane, Clitheroe 3/2012/0455/P 24 SW DEFER Shireburn Caravan Park Edisford Road, Waddington E APPLICATIONS IN ‘OTHER’ CATEGORIES: NONE LEGEND AC Approved Conditionally JM John Macholc GT Graeme Thorpe R Refused SW Sarah Westwood MB Mark Baldry M/A Minded to Approve CS Colin Sharpe CB Claire Booth AD Adrian Dowd DECISION RIBBLE VALLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL REPORT TO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Agenda Item No meeting date: THURSDAY, 16 AUGUST 2012 title: PLANNING APPLICATIONS submitted by: DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PLANNING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990: APPLICATION NO: 3/2011/0535 (GRID REF: SD 377702, 433377) PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICES (CLASS A2) TO A TAXI OFFICE (SUI- GENERIS) AT UNIT 23 TIME TECHNOLOGY PARK, BLACKBURN ROAD, SIMONSTONE, BB12 2TY PARISH COUNCIL: No objections to the usage of the unit for taxi operations, however, they have objections to the location of the original parking area behind Railway Terrace due to potential adverse impact on residential amenity. The Parish Council proposed that the taxis be parked in either ‘Fenced Car Park (Z)’ or ‘Yard (AA) as illustrated in the Time Technology Park Site Plan, both of which are remote from residential properties, and underused. ENVIRONMENT No objections to the proposal. DIRECTORATE (COUNTY SURVEYOR): ADDITIONAL Two letters and a petition with 27 addresses (39 names) have REPRESENTATIONS: been received objecting to the proposal for the following reasons; • The residents of Railway Terrace, Bank Terrace and Tunstead Avenue will be affected by increased traffic movements, noise from car engines, voices, car doors slamming, vehicle fumes, and light pollution from headlights at unsociable hours and which would occur 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year; • Increase in the volume of traffic on an already over used country lane, a busy main road and the entry/ exit is close to a major road junction; • A taxi company of the proposed size would be better located close to a town centre rather than what is supposed to be a rural village; • There are already two taxi companies operating in Simonstone and Padiham who employ local people. Allowing this company to operate could have a detrimental effect on these businesses; • Devaluation of nearby properties; and, • The nature of the business could attract persons to loiter within the neighbouring area which could lead to vandalism/ theft. 1 Due to the proximity of the car park, as initially submitted, to the rear of Railway Terrace, the applicant has proposed to use a different car park within the Time Technology Park. An amended site plan dated the 18 June 2012 has been received which proposes to use Car Park Z which is located at the opposite end of the site from Railway Terrace, at the eastern end of Time Technology Park. All surrounding businesses of the new car park as well as all the residents and businesses originally consulted have been re-consulted in June 2012 and no objections to the amended car park location have been received. Proposal The application seeks permission to use an existing unit within the Time Technology Park complex as a taxi office. Twenty parking spaces would be provided on an existing car park. The location of the car park has been moved from the north-west corner of Time Technology Park, located at the rear of Railway Terrace, to the eastern edge of the site, adjacent to the building on Time Technology Park known as Indigo House. The taxi office would run on a twenty four hour basis, seven days a week, and would employ ten full-time members of staff and ten part time members of staff. The business would be run on a shift basis starting at 7am and 7pm. Site Location The taxi office would be located in unit 23 within one of the main blocks that make up Time Technology Park. The location of the car park would be adjacent to a building on Time Technology Park known as Indigo House positioned at the eastern end of the site. Relevant History Various applications on the site but nothing directly relates to the running of a taxi office. Relevant Policies Policy G1 – Development Control Environmental, AONB, Human Rights and Other Issues The main matters for consideration in the determination of this application include highway safety and residential amenity. Access to the car park and unit will be through the main access gates to Time Technology Park and twenty parking spaces would be available for use by the taxi premises. It is thus considered that the proposal is acceptable with regard to highway considerations and consequently the Highway Authority has raised no objections to the proposal. In relation to residential amenity, at the time of the submission of the application, residents in the area raised concerns that the proposed use of the car park situated at the rear of Railway Terrace would cause noise and disturbance. Colleagues in the Environmental Health section, 2 agreed that the level of noise and disturbance would have had an unacceptable impact on the amenity of those residents. As a result of the number of objections, the applicant has liaised with the owners of Time Technology Park and has provided a plan illustrating twenty parking spaces on an alternative car park, which is located at the opposite end of the Industrial/ Business Park adjacent to a building known as Indigo House known as Car Park ‘Z’. The parking spaces will thus be located away from residential properties on Railway Terrace. The nearest dwellings are The Knotts and Norwood View positioned on Blackburn Road adjacent to Seaways Services UK Ltd, a haulage and dairy printing business, which are located approximately 80 metres away from the proposed car parking area. It is considered that the taxi business operating will not cause any noise and disturbance to neighbouring residents, however, as it is proposed to run the taxi business 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it would be reasonable to allow a temporary planning permission for two years to enable the Council to assess exactly what impact the business has on the amenities of the surrounding area. It is considered that the proposed taxi office and parking area for up to twenty cars is acceptable in this location, the proposal would have little if any affect on residential amenity, therefore, the proposal is considered to be acceptable providing suitable conditions are attached. SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR APPROVAL The proposal has no significant detrimental impact on nearby residential amenity, nor would it have an adverse visual impact or be to the detriment of highway safety. RECOMMENDATION: That planning permission be GRANTED subject to the following conditions: 1. The use hereby permitted shall cease and any associated plants, materials, and equipment shall be removed on or before 16 August 2014 and the site restored to its former condition to the full satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority unless a renewal of this planning permission has been granted by the Authority. REASON: This temporary consent has been granted to enable the Local Planning Authority to assess and review the impact of the development against the requirements of Policy G1 of the Ribble Valley Districtwide Local Plan. 2. The licensed private hire vehicles associated with the proposal shall be parked on the designated parking area as shown on the amended location plan dated 18 June 2012 and this area shall be kept available for that purpose at all times.

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