Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence had been received from Councillors Mohammad Fayyaz, Jackson Ng, Neil Marshall and Trevor Egleton.  Councillor Paul Bass attended as a substitute for Councillor Ng.

To agree the minutes of the Strategic Sites Committee meeting held on 9 June 2022.

Councillor Richard Newcombe requested an amendment to Item 4, Declarations of Interest, fourth line.  It should read, ‘….some of Councillor Newcombe’s comments throughout the meeting may be relevant to the role. 

Resolved:  The minutes of the meeting held on 9 June 2022 were agreed as an accurate record and were signed by the Chairman subject to the amendment mentioned above.

Councillor Newcombe declared a personal interest in application 22/01/01750/APP as he represented Buckinghamshire Council on the Chilterns Conservation Board (CCB).  Councillor Newcombe stated that he had had no part in any discussions in the CCB related to the application and felt able to take full part in the meeting and he was not, in any way, pre-determined.

During item 4, Councillor Newcombe declared a personal interest in that he was a local ward member for Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville and wanted to put on record that the local members had been briefed with regard to the South East Aylesbury Link Road in general terms.  Councillor Newcombe had also been present at a number of briefings and confirmed he had not made any comments in relation to the road in general or this application and was not pre-determined.

Proposal:  Diversion of overhead cables.

Sue Pilcher, Principal Planner, referred to the update report which set out matters in respect of the Equalities Act and Human Rights Act and the receipt of the Construction Environmental Management Plan and a Construction Traffic Management Plan which had resulted in the proposed conditions 4 and 5 being updated.  Heritage had confirmed that the proposal would not cause any harm to Hall End Farm House. 

Speaking as the agent or on behalf of the applicant, Alan Owen, Matthew Stopforth and Rob Dumelow.

Resolved:

It was proposed by Councillor Patrick Fealey and seconded by Councillor Ashley Bond and agreed unanimously that the application be deferred and delegated to the Director of Planning and Environment for APPROVAL (with an informative imposed on the decision notice that the Local Planning Authority expected local residents, businesses and Stoke Mandeville Hospital to receive advance notice informing them of any proposed power outages) subject to the receipt of the NatureSpace report in respect of Great Crested Newts and the agreement to the use of the District Licence, subject to the receipt of no new material representations, and the conditions as proposed and any others considered appropriate by Officers, or if this is not achieved for the application to be refused.