23 May 2018 Minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee South Staffordshire Council held in the Council Chamber Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, South Staffordshire, WV8 1PX on Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at 18:30 Present:- Councillor Jeff Ashley, Councillor Meg Barrow, Councillor Len Bates, Councillor Joyce Bolton, Councillor Barry Bond, Councillor Mary Bond, Councillor Anthony Bourke, Councillor Val Chapman, Councillor David Clifft, Councillor Bob Cope, Councillor Brian Cox, Councillor Lisa Emery, Councillor Matt Ewart, Councillor Paul Fieldhouse, Councillor Rita Heseltine, Councillor Alan Hinton, Councillor Diane Holmes, Councillor Keith James, Councillor Janet Johnson, Councillor Michael Lawrence, Councillor Roger Lees, Councillor Peter Lever, Councillor Henryk Lobuczek, Councillor Dave Lockley, Councillor Terry Mason, Councillor Robert McCardle, Councillor Roy Moreton, Councillor Kath Perry, Councillor Christine Raven, Councillor John Raven, Councillor Robert Reade, Councillor Robert Spencer, Councillor Wendy Sutton, Councillor Ken Upton, Councillor Bernard Williams, Councillor Kath Williams, Councillor Reg Williams OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE Andy Johnson, Manjit Dhillon, Sue Frith, Matt Hurley and Phil Spruce (County Highways) 1 MINUTES RESOLVED: that the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on the 17 April 2018 be approved and signed by the Chairman 2 APOLOGIES Apologies for non-attendance were submitted on behalf of Councillors J Chapman, B Edwards, I Ford, L Hingley, S Hollis, R Perry and H Williams 3 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST There were no declarations of interest 4 DETERMINATION OF PLANNING APPLICATIONS The Committee received the report of the Chief Planning Officer, together with information and details received after the agenda was prepared. 17/00584/FUL - 19 SIX ASHES ROAD, BOBBINGTON, STOURBRIDGE, DY7 5BZ – APPLICANT – MRS MURIEL TAYLER – PARISH - BOBBINGTON Janice Stanton spoke against the application. Michael Harris spoke for the application. Councillor McCardle motioned that the application be refused on the grounds that he did not agree that the site was in the village, as stated in the officers report at para 5.3.5, he quoted para 6 of appeal decision that the scheme did not fall within the exception of limited infilling in villages and was therefore inappropriate development in the Green Belt, contrary to para 89 of NPPF. The motion was seconded by Councillor Reade. 23 May 2018 RESOLVED: that the application be overturned and refused on the following grounds: The proposed development is within the Green Belt where there is a presumption against inappropriate development. The proposal for infilling is inappropriate development and harmful by definition, as it is not within a village and therefore does not comply with paragraph 89 of the NPPF. No very special circumstances exist to outweigh the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness. 17/01140/FUL - HALFPENNY GREEN, GOLF CLUB, KARTER FARM, NEW ROAD, SWINDON, DUDLEY DY3 4PP - APPLICANT MR J CHATHA - PARISH - BOBBINGTON RESOLVED: that the application be approved as recommended, subject to an amendment to condition 5: 5. The extensions hereby approved shall only be used for purposes ancillary to the use of the Golf Club and for the purposes of clarity, this shall not include residential accommodation. 18/00104/FUL – BREWOOD PARK FARM, BREWOOD ROAD, COVEN, WOLVERHAMPTON WV0 5BW – APPLICANT - MRS K ROBINSON – PARISH - BREWOOD & COVEN Kathryn Robinson spoke for the application. RESOLVED: that the application be approved as recommended. 5 PLANNING COMMITTEE ACTION PLAN 2017/18 - QUARTER 4 REPORT The Committee received the joint report of the Chairman of the Planning Committee and Chief Planning Officer setting out the Planning Committee’s performance against the measures contained within the Planning Committee Action Plan 2017/18. RESOLVED that the performance in Quarter 4 of the Action Plan 2017-18 be noted The Meeting ended at: 19:15 CHAIRMAN .