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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

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Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Noel Brown.

2.

Declarations of interest

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Councillor Jilly Jordan disclosed a personal interest in application PL/20/3179/FA as a unitary ward member for the Ivers.  Cllr Jordan advised that she had attended social functions at Pinewood Studios. No discussions regarding this application had taken place between Cllr Jordan and the applicant and Cllr Jordan had not attended any meetings concerning this application and was not pre-determined, therefore, Cllr Jordan would participate as a voting member of the Strategic Sites Committee in the determination of this item.  

 

Councillor Steve Broadbent declared a personal interest in application PL/20/3179/FA. Councillor Broadbent knew of the applicant, Mr Andrew Smith, through his capacity as a board member of the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) of which Mr Smith was Chairman. It was not a LEP application and Councillor Broadbent advised he had not attended any meetings concerning this application and was not pre-determined, and therefore, able to participate as a voting member of the Strategic Sites Committee in determining this item.

 

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To agree the minutes of the strategic sites committee meeting held on 11 February 2021.

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Councillor Richard Newcombe requested that Item 2, declarations of interest, third paragraph, line five, be amended to read “Councillor Newcombe stated he was a local member of for the Wendover, Halton and Stoke Mandeville ward.

 

The minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2021 were agreed as a correct record subject to the change mentioned above.

4.

Application PL/20/3179/FA - Construction of 4 sound stages and a workshop building on PSDF development zone 4 and 4a at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath pdf icon PDF 958 KB

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Proposal:  Construction of 4 sound stages and a workshop building on PSDF development zone 4 and 4a at Phase 3, Pinewood Studios, Pinewood Road,

Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, SL0 0NH.

 

Speaking as local unitary ward member, Councillor Ray Sangster.

 

Speaking as local unitary ward member, Councillor Paul Griffin.

 

A written statement was read out by the Democratic Services Officer on behalf of local unitary ward member, Councillor Luisa Sullivan.

 

Speaking as representative of Iver Parish Council, Councillor Carol Gibson.

 

Speaking as applicant, Mr Andrew Smith.

 

It was proposed by Councillor Charlie Clare, seconded by Councillor Peter Jones and agreed by vote that the application be deferred and delegated to the Director of Planning and Environment as per the amended recommendation set out on page 4-5 of the corrigenda, as well as the additional condition as proposed by the committee. 

 

Resolved:

 

To defer and delegate the application to the Director of Planning and Environment to grant planning permission subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State (SoS), there being no new substantive, material planning matters being raised following statutory publicity for the development proposed being a potential ‘Departure from the Development Plan’ and in broad accordance with the conditions set out in this report and any others which he considers appropriate and satisfactory.  An additional condition was agreed:

 

  • To delegate to officers that an appropriate condition to ensure compliance to Core Policy 12 (promote and encourage energy efficiency and renewable/low carbon energy efficiency and renewable/low carbon energy in all new development through a range of measures in order to contribute towards meeting national targets for reducing CO2 emissions) be added.

 

Members agreed that the concerns raised be considered at a meeting of the Pinewood Committee Liaison Group.