Development and Regulation Committee Committee Room 1, Friday, 24 10:30 County Hall, February 2017 Chelmsford, Essex Quorum: 3 Membership: Councillor R Boyce Chairman Councillor J Abbott Councillor K Bobbin Councillor M Ellis Councillor A Erskine Councillor C Guglielmi Councillor J Jowers Councillor S Lissimore Councillor J Lodge Councillor M Mackrory Councillor Lady P Newton Councillor J Reeves For information about the meeting please ask for: Matthew Waldie, Committee Officer Telephone: 033301 34583 Email: [email protected] Page 1 of 86 Essex County Council and Committees Information All Council and Committee Meetings are held in public unless the business is exempt in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1972. Most meetings are held at County Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX. 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Page 2 of 86 Part 1 (During consideration of these items the meeting is likely to be open to the press and public) Pages 1 Apologies for Absence 2 Declarations of Interest To note any declarations of interest to be made by Members in accordance with the Members' Code of Conduct 3 Minutes 7 - 32 To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2017 4 Identification of Items Involving Public Speaking To note where members of the public are speaking on an agenda item. These items may be brought forward on the agenda. 5 Minerals and Waste 5.1 Highwood Quarry Little Canfield 33 - 62 To consider report DR/08/17, relating to the continuation of the winning and working of sand and gravel, erection of a concrete plant, workshop and ancillary buildings, and the importation and treatment of inert material to produce secondary aggregate and reclamation material for progressive restoration to landscaped farmland originally permitted by ESS/65/06/UTT as amended by planning permission ref. ESS/52/13/UTT without compliance with Condition 4 (Hours of operation) to allow heavy goods vehicles to travel off site between the hours 0600 and 0700 Monday to Saturday. Ref: ESS/34/16/UTT 6 County Council Development Page 3 of 86 6.1 The Chase, Newhall, Harlow 63 - 84 To consider report DR/-9/17, relating to proposed construction of a new two storey building (c.2550m² floor area) to accommodate a 2FE primary school, a 52 place early years centre/nursery with associated car, cycle and scooter parking, hard play areas, means of enclosure and landscaping and associated infrastructure on a 2.67 hectare site Ref: CC/HLW/56/16 7 Information Items 7.1 Applications, Enforcement and Appeals Statistics 85 - 86 To update Members with relevant information on planning applications, appeals and enforcements, as at the end of the previous month, plus other background information as may be requested by Committee. Report DR/10/17 8 Date of Next Meeting To note that the date of the next committee is scheduled for Friday 24 March 2017 9 Urgent Business 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. Exempt Items (During consideration of these items the meeting is not likely to be open to the press and public) To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of an agenda item on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as specified in Part I of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 or it being confidential for the purposes of Section 100A(2) of that Act. In each case, Members are asked to decide whether, in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption (and discussing the matter in private) outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Page 4 of 86 10 Urgent Exempt Business To consider in private any other matter which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered by reason of special circumstances (to be specified) as a matter of urgency. __________________ All letters of representation referred to in the reports attached to this agenda are available for inspection. Anyone wishing to see these documents should contact the Officer identified on the front page of the report prior to the date of the meeting. Page 5 of 86 Page 6 of 86 Friday, 27 January 2017 Minute 1 ______________________________________________________________________ Minutes of the meeting of the Development and Regulation Committee, held in Committee Room 1 County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex on Friday, 27 January 2017 Present : Cllr R Boyce (Chairman) Cllr J Jowers Cllr J Abbott Cllr S Lissimore Cllr S Barker Cllr J Lodge Cllr K Bobbin Cllr Mackrory Cllr M Ellis Cllr C Seagers Cllr C Guglielmi Cllr S Walsh 1 Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from Cllr A Erskine (substituted by Cllr S Barker) and Cllr Lady Newton (substituted by Cllr C Seagers). 2 Declarations of Interest Cllr Barker declared that she is the local member for Little Canfield (agenda item 5.2; Item 6 below refers) Cllr Barker declared a personal interest in agenda item 6.1, in respect of West Wood, East Thundersley, as a member of the Essex Flood Partnership Board Committee. (Item 7 below refers.) Cllr Jowers declared a personal interest in agenda item 6.1, in respect of West Wood, East Thundersley, as a member of the Regional Flood Defence Committee. (Item 7 below refers.) 3 Minutes The minutes of the meeting held on 16 December 2016 were agreed and signed by the Chairman. 4 Identification of Items Involving Public Speaking Persons to speak in accordance with the procedure were identified for the following items: 1) To consider report DR/02/17, relating to 1, an application to vary the condition of the mineral permission which restricts operating hours of an existing operation originally permitted by ESS/65/06/UTT as amended by planning permission ref. ESS/52/13/UTT; and 2, a similar application, in respect of the planning permission ref. ESS/45/14/UTT, to vary the hours of waste importation/soil washing plant permission, in order to allow HGVs to leave the site from 6am. At Highwood Quarry, Old Ipswich Road, Little Canfield, Dunmow CM6 1SL. Page 7 of 86 Friday, 27 January 2017 Minute 2 ______________________________________________________________________ References: ESS/34/16/UTT and ESS/35/16/UTT. Applicant: Sewells Reservoir Construction Limited Public Speaker: Abigail Molyneux speaking for. 2) To consider report DR/03/17, relating to the construction of a flood alleviation scheme consisting of an attenuation bund with culvert and temporary attenuation area in the event of flooding, with construction and maintenance access via an existing track off Rayleigh Road. At West Wood (Ancient Woodland), East Thundersley, Essex. Reference: CC/CPT/42/16. Applicant: Essex County Council Public Speaker: John Meehan speaking for. And Cllr Jill Reeves, speaking as local member. Minerals and Waste 5 Sandon North Void The Committee considered report DR/01/17 by the Acting Head of County Planning. Members noted the Addendum to the agenda. Policies relevant to the application were detailed in the report. Details of consultation and representations received were set out in the report. The Committee noted the key issues: • Policy Background • Amenity Impacts • Highway Impact • Nature Conservation • Bridleway provision • Interim Development Order (IDO). In response to points raised, several points were noted: • Of the approximate 300,000 tonnes of construction demolition rubble coming into the site annually, 150,000 -180,000 tonnes would go through the recycling plant, subsequently to be used off site, with the remainder filling the northern void. At this rate, it was expected to take 8½ to 9 years to fill the void • Ruderal vegetation described plants that would grow in disturbed ground, ie they were suited to these conditions and would help establish vegetative cover • Even though the establishment of a permissive bridleway was not an ideal solution to the problem identified by the consultees, it did enable the on- site bridleway to be connected to the main network Page 8 of 86 Friday, 27 January 2017 Minute 3 ______________________________________________________________________ • Scheme details were at too early a stage to say what the impact of the proposed third lane of the A12 might be on this site • With the possible impact of lighting in mind, an additional point (e) could be added to condition 31, relating to hours of operation of any lighting.