4th March 2013 PLANNING COMMITTEE - 13TH MARCH 2013 A meeting of the Planning Committee will be held at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 13th March 2013 in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Rugby. Site visit A site visit will be held at the following time and location. 4.00pm Former Ballast Pits and Railway Sidings, Lower Street, Hillmorton, Rugby Andrew Gabbitas Executive Director Note: Members are reminded that, when declaring interests, they should declare the existence and nature of their interests at the commencement of the meeting (or as soon as the interest becomes apparent). If that interest is a pecuniary interest, the Member must withdraw from the room unless one of the exceptions applies. Membership of Warwickshire County Council or any Parish Council is classed as a non-pecuniary interest under the Code of Conduct. A Member does not need to declare this interest unless the Member chooses to speak on a matter relating to their membership. If the Member does not wish to speak on the matter, the Member may still vote on the matter without making a declaration. A G E N D A PART 1 – PUBLIC BUSINESS 1. Minutes. To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 20th February 2013. 2. Apologies. To receive apologies for absence from the meeting. 3. Declarations of Interest. To receive declarations of – (a) non-pecuniary interests as defined by the Council’s Code of Conduct for Councillors; (b) pecuniary interests as defined by the Council’s Code of Conduct for Councillors; and (c) notice under Section 106 Local Government Finance Act 1992 – non- payment of Community Charge or Council Tax. 4. Applications for Consideration. 5. Diversion of part of footpath R110 Coton Park, Rugby. 6. Advance Notice of Site Visits for Planning Applications – no advance notice of site visits has been received. 7. Delegated Decisions – 8th February to 28th February 2013. PART 2 – EXEMPT INFORMATION There is no business involving exempt information to be transacted. Any additional papers for this meeting can be accessed via the website. The Reports of Officers (Ref. PLN 2012/13 – 14) are attached. Membership of the Committee:- Councillors Butlin (Chairman), Allen, Mrs Avis, G Francis, M Francis, Mrs New, Pacey-Day, Ms Robbins, Sandison, Srivastava and Helen Walton (plus one vacancy). If you have any general queries with regard to this agenda please contact Claire Waleczek, Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer (Team Leader)(01788 533524 or e-mail [email protected]). Any specific queries concerning reports should be directed to the listed contact officer. If you wish to attend the meeting and have any special requirements for access please contact the Democratic and Scrutiny Services Officer named above. AGENDA ITEM 4 R U G B Y B O R O U G H C O U N C I L PLANNING COMMITTEE – 13TH MARCH 2013 REPORT OF THE HEAD OF PLANNING AND CULTURE APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION Planning applications for consideration by Committee are set out as follows: (i) applications recommended for refusal with the reason(s) for refusal (pink pages) (ii) applications recommended for approval with suggested conditions (yellow pages). RECOMMENDATION The applications be considered and determined. 1 APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION – INDEX Recommendations for Refusal No applications recommended for refusal to be considered. Recommendations for Approval Item Application Location Site and Description Page Ref Number number 1 R12/0960 Land adjacent to the Oxford Canal, Onley 3 and land at the junction of the A45 and Onley Lane. Demolition of barn and partial demolition of second barn, construction of marina comprising 550 non-residential berths, marina services and amenities buildings and boat repair facility, with associated car parking and service areas, landscaped areas and minor works to adopted and unadopted roads (straddling the administrative boundaries of Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council as shown on drawing No. EX/01P7). 2 R10/0794 The Haywaggon, The Green, Churchover, 17 CV23 0EP Change of use from public house/restaurant to single dwelling, including erection of detached garage to front, erection of first floor extension to side, installation of dormer windows to front and other elevational alterations. 3 R12/0617 Land opposite Draycote Water, Southam 31 Road, Rugby Change of use of the land to form a centre of rural excellence to include the erection of a new two storey building, smaller ancillary buildings, caravan and camping pitches and the formation of a new vehicular access. 4 R11/0476 Former Ballast Pits & Railway Sidings, 44 Lower Street, Hillmorton, Rugby Outline planning application for up to 76 dwellings together with associated access, roads and infrastructure. 2 Reference number: R12/0960 Site address: Land adjacent to the Oxford Canal, Onley and land at the junction of the A45 and Onley Lane Description: Demolition of barn and partial demolition of second barn, construction of marina comprising 550 non-residential berths, marina services and amenities buildings and boat repair facility, with associated car parking and service areas, landscaped areas and minor works to adopted and unadopted roads (straddling the administrative boundaries of Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council as shown on drawing No. EX/01P7). Case Officer Name & Number: Richard Redford, ext 3625 The Proposal; The proposal as a whole comprises the demolition of a barn along with the partial demolition of a second barn, the construction of a marina comprising 550 non­ residential berths with associated marina services including service docks, amenities buildings and boat repair facility, with associated car parking and service areas, publically accessible landscaped areas including meadows, wetlands, woodlands and games areas as well as provision of a shop, café, restaurant and marina centre with minor works to adopted and un-adopted roads. Located across the administrative boundaries of Rugby Borough Council and Daventry District Council the lion share of the development is situated within Daventry District Councils area. The elements within Rugby Borough include 78 berths at the southern end of the south pool, amenity building, parking spaces and landscaping as well as wetland and meadow areas of public open space and highway works to the A45/Onley Lane junction. The application was presented before the Planning Committee on 7th November 2012 with a recommendation for approval subject to conditions and the applicant entering into a Section 106 Legal Agreement relating to the provision of open space. The Committee resolved to grant planning permission subject to the applicant entering into the Section 106 legal agreement and the conditions detailed in the committee report. Following this resolution further discussions have taken place between the applicant, their agent and officers from both Councils in respect of both the legal agreement and conditions resulting in changes to both the legal agreement and conditions being sought. In respect of the Section 106 agreement, Members were advised at the November Committee meeting the agreement would relate to the provision of open space of public use based on a plan contained within the Design & Access Statement that separated publically accessible areas from private areas for use by canal boat users only. The discussions subsequent to the Planning Committee resolution and production of a draft legal agreement highlighted that, as indicated in sections of the supporting text in the submission, it was intended that only the footpaths within the site would be the subject of the legal agreement for their use on a permissive basis only (excluding existing established public rights of ways). All other areas indicated on the submitted plan for public use would be done through appropriate conditions. 3 Turning to the conditions contained in the resolution by Rugby Borough Council, given the sites location across the 2 administrative boundaries the agent is seeking alterations to a number of existing conditions, the addition of a number of conditions to mirror those contained in the list of conditions attached by Daventry Council to their resolution and the removal of one condition with its inclusion within another existing condition. The re-ordering and subsequent re-numbering of the conditions is sought. A similar request has been made to Daventry District Council in respect of their involvement in the legal agreement as well as their conditions including the incorporation of conditions within Rugby Borough Councils resolution. The application is brought before your committee in order to seek authorisation for the changes indicated above to the Section 106 Legal Agreement and the conditions from those previously agreed by the Committee. Consideration; The issues for consideration relate to the proposed changes to the Section 106 legal agreement, alterations to conditions, insertion of addition conditions and the re­ organisation / re-numbering of conditions. Given that the development proposed is not being changed all matters previously considered remain valid with the proposal being acceptable subject to the legal agreement and conditions. With regards to the legal agreement, the original resolution related to a significant proportion of the site being made available to public access with the marina berth pools and areas immediately around them being for use by boat users only. The change to the legal agreement sought will provide public access to the site via a number of permissive footpaths throughout the site in