Public Document Pack James Ellis Head of Legal and Democratic Services MEETING : DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE VENUE : ONLINE ZOOM MEETING - LIVESTREAMED DATE : WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH 2021 TIME : 7.00 PM PLEASE NOTE TIME AND VENUE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Councillor B Deering (Chairman) Councillors D Andrews, T Beckett, R Buckmaster, B Crystall, R Fernando, J Kaye, I Kemp, T Page, C Redfern, P Ruffles and T Stowe (Vice-Chairman) Substitutes Conservative Group: Councillors S Bull, I Devonshire and S Newton Liberal Democrat Group: Councillor J Dumont Labour: Councillor M Brady Green: Councillor J Frecknall (Note: Substitution arrangements must be notified by the absent Member to the Committee Chairman or the Executive Member for Planning and Growth, who, in turn, will notify the Committee service at least 7 hours before commencement of the meeting.) 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(Note: The criminal penalties available to a court are to impose a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and disqualification from being a councillor for up to 5 years.) Public Attendance East Herts Council provides for public attendance at its virtual meetings and will livestream and record this meeting. The livestream will be available during the meeting on the East Herts District YouTube channel (available from YouTube and then searching for the channel) or at this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/EastHertsDistrict/live. If you would like further information, email [email protected] or call the Council on 01279 655261 and ask to speak to Democratic Services. Accessing the Agenda Pack To obtain a copy of the agenda, please note the Council does not generally print agendas, as it now has a paperless policy for meetings. You can view the public version of the agenda for this meeting on the Council’s website in the section relating to meetings of Committees. You can also use the ModGov app to access the agenda pack on a mobile device. The app can be downloaded from your usual app store. Implementing paperless meetings will save East Herts Council approximately £50,000 each year in printing and distribution costs of agenda packs for Councillors and Officers. You can use the mod.gov app to access, annotate and keep all committee paperwork on your mobile device. Visit https://www.eastherts.gov.uk/article/35542/Political- Structure for details. AGENDA 1. Apologies To receive apologies for absence. 2. Chairman's Announcements 3. Declarations of Interest To receive any Members' declarations of interest. 4. Minutes - 3 February 2021 (Pages 7 - 26) To confirm the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on Wednesday 3 February 2021. 5. Planning Applications for Consideration by the Committee (Pages 27 - 30) (A) 3/20/2285/FUL - Retention and refurbishment of the auditorium and back of house facilities, demolition of ancillary and supporting areas, and redevelopment to provide new performance, cinema and ancillary facilities. Provision of cycle parking and ancillary landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works at Hertford Theatre (Pages 31 - 62) Recommended for Approval (B) 3/20/0113/FUL - Creation of a 29 bedroomed hotel with ancillary parking, landscaping and a new vehicle access at Woodlands Lodge, Dunmow Road, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5QX (Pages 63 - 96) Recommended for Approval 6. Items for Reporting and Noting (Pages 97 - 152) (A) Appeals against refusal of Planning Permission/ non-determination. (B) Planning Appeals Lodged. (C) Planning Appeals: Inquiry and Informal Hearing Dates. (D) Planning Statistics. 7. Urgent Business To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman of the meeting, is of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration and is not likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information. Agenda Item 4 DM DM MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE HELD AS AN ONLINE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2021, AT 7.00 PM PRESENT: Councillor B Deering (Chairman) Councillors D Andrews, T Beckett, R Buckmaster, B Crystall, R Fernando, J Kaye, I Kemp, T Page, C Redfern, P Ruffles and T Stowe ALSO PRESENT: Councillors R Bolton and J Goodeve OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE: Rachael Collard - Principal Planning Officer Ciaran MacCullagh - Conservation and Urban Design Officer Peter Mannings - Democratic Services Officer Femi Nwanze - Service Manager (Quality Places) Sara Saunders - Head of Planning and Building Control David Snell - Service Manager (Development Management) William Troop - Democratic Page 7 DM DM Services Officer Victoria Wilders - Legal Services Manager 335 APOLOGIES There were no apologies for absence. 336 CHAIRMAN'S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chairman welcomed any members of the public who were watching the meeting on youtube. He wished Members and Officers a happy new year as this was the first meeting of the Committee in 2021. The Chairman said that the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 came into force on Saturday 4 April 2020 to enable councils to hold remote committee meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic period. This was to ensure local authorities could conduct business during this current public health emergency. This meeting of the Development Management Committee was being held remotely under these regulations, via the Zoom application and was being recorded and live streamed on YouTube. The Chairman said that the Committee would be changing the order of the agenda and application 3/19/0033/NMA would be considered before application 3/20/0897/FUL. Page 8 DM DM 337 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest. 338 MINUTES - 2 DECEMBER 2020 Councillor Ruffles proposed and Councillor Beckett seconded, a motion that the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2020 be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. After being put to the meeting and a vote taken, this motion was declared CARRIED. RESOLVED – that the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 December 2020, be confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. 339 3/19/0033/NMA - NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO 3/17/2588/OUT - RELOCATION OF ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION FROM WESTERN ELEVATION TO NORTHERN ELEVATION UNDER BLOCK A2 TOGETHER WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO BLOCKS A1- A3 INCLUDING INTERNAL RE CONFIGURATION OF CAR PARK, INTRODUCTION OF CANTILEVERED SUPPORT TO NE ELEVATION AND MODIFICATION TO ROOF FORM AND BUILDING HEIGHT AT BISHOP’S STORTFORD GOODS YARD, STATION ROAD, BISHOP’S STORTFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, CM23 3BL The Head of Planning and Building Control recommended that in respect of application 3/19/0033/NMA, the non-material amendment to planning permission 3/17/2588/OUT be granted. Page 9 DM DM The Service Manager (Quality Places) said that the scheme was a non-material amendment to an application that had been granted for the redevelopment of the Bishop’s Stortford Goods yard. Members were advised that this planning decision needed to be taken in the context of the planning permission for the entire site. The Committee was advised that non-material amendment applications were a mechanism that enabled developers to make minor changes without have to repeat the process of applying for planning permission. The Service Manager said that this was not an opportunity to revisit all of the issues on what had been a controversial application. She presented a slide show that set out the non-material amendments to phase 1d of the development, which comprised residential and commercial floor space and a multi storey car park that had already been constructed. Members were advised that the main change was the relocation of the plant to the left of the site next to the hotel to enable a more joined up use of the plant by both sites. The Service Manager said a consequence of this was some internal reconfiguration of the car park and changes to the entrance to satisfy the concerns of the Secured by Design Officer in terms of security for residents.