Meeting documents

To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 21 August 2019 and the amended minutes of the Planning Committee on 5 June 2019.

The minutes of the Planning Committee held on 21 August 2019 were approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record.  The amended minutes of the Planning Committee held on 5 June 2019 were approved and signed by the Chairman as a correct record. The Amendment corrected Councillor Jordan’s declaration of interest in application 17/01763/OUT by inserting "wife of" into the declaration. The declaration shall now read "as a close personal friend of the wife of….".

Councillor Dr W Matthews declared a Personal Interest under the Council’s Code of Conduct as a Member and current Chairman of Iver Parish Council who have made representations about applications PL/18/4490/FA, PL/18/4491/FA and PL/19/1497/FA.  Councillor Dr W Matthews explained that she had not expressed a view on any of these applications when they had been discussed at meetings of Iver Parish Council and had not pre-determined the applications.

Councillor J Jordan declared a Personal Interest under the Council’s Code of Conduct in application PL/19/2062/VRC as she had in the past socialised with the applicant.  Councillor J Jordan left the room whilst the application was being considered.

The files for each application are available for public inspection at the Council Offices.

(A)     COMMITTEE DECISION REQUIRED FOLLOWING A SITE VISIT AND/OR

        PUBLIC SPEAKING:

To consider the report of the Head of Planning and Economic Development on the objection the Tree Preservation Order in accordance with the agreed procedure attached in Appendix 6.

The Committee considered a report setting out the objections raised to the Tree Preservation Order No 0003 of 2019.

The objections were dealt with following the Procedure for Confirming Tree Preservation Orders adopted by the Committee on 27 February 2018.  In accordance with this procedure the objectors had been invited to attend and address the meeting but the Committee noted that none of the objectors was in attendance and that neither a deferral nor a site visit had been requested.

The Councils Arboriculturalist addressed the meeting explaining why the Tree Preservation Order should be confirmed without modifications.

Following a discussion the Committee

RESOLVED that the South Bucks District Council Tree Preservation Order No 0003 of 2019 be confirmed without modifications.

For information

The Committee received for information a progress report which set out the up-to-date position relating to Planning Public Inquiries, Hearings and Court Dates.

RESOLVED that the report be noted

To receive a verbal update.

The Committee received a verbal report which updated the Committee on the position relating to Enforcement, including

·        Recent recruitments which had taken place within the Enforcement Team including the appointment of  a 6 month temporary CIL/s106 Officer to assist with back office setup in advance of the Council’s implementing a CIL charging schedule;

·        The number of enforcement notices which had been issued in last three months and the number which were currently being processed;

·        Enforcement issues relating to Airport Parking Sites; and

·        With regards to section 106, over £800,000 of income had been received in the past 2 months; and

·        237 cases had been logged for South Bucks District Council compared to 271 cases in Chiltern District Council.

The Committee thanked the Enforcement Manager and the Enforcement Team for their excellent work.