Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

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No apologies had been received.

2.

Declarations of interest

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Councillor J Waters declared that he had submitted an objection in response to the planning application in Item 3 (PL/21/3151/OA) and that he wished to address the Committee in objection; he would not take part in the debate nor vote on the Item.

 

Councillor A Wheelhouse declared a personal interest under the Council’s Code of Conduct as a member of Beaconsfield Town Council who had made representation on PL/21/3151/OA.  Councillor Wheelhouse stated she was also Chair of the Beaconsfield Society.  Councillor Wheelhouse declared she had not expressed a view on the application when discussed at meetings.  She had not pre-determined the application and had an open mind, would listen to the debate and come to a decision.

 

Councillor J Ng declared that he was a member of Beaconsfield Town Council; he had not participated in discussions on application PF/21/3151/OA and had come to the meeting with an open mind.

 

Cllr Waters left the table and joined the public gallery.

3.

PL/21/3151/OA - Land adjacent to Amersham Road and Minerva Way, Beaconsfield pdf icon PDF 1 MB

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Proposal:  Outline application for the erection of residential dwellings including affordable housing (Use Class C3), new vehicular access points off Amersham Road and the Eastern Relief Road, a local centre including a community building (Use Classes E(a)(b)(c)(d)(e), F1(d)(e), F2(a)(b) and C3), a primary school and pre-school (Use Classes E(f) and F1(a)), public open space and associated infrastructure (matter to be considered at this stage: access).

 

A site visit was carried out on 23 November 2021.

 

J Fannon, Consultant Planning Officer, provided the following update since the agenda had been published:

 

  • There had been a further representation from a member of the public in support of the application.
  • Further officer comments had been received from the Highways Team regarding the assessment of the Travel Plan which was deemed to be acceptable.
  • There was a correction to the report in that paragraph 6.7 should be deleted; it did not change the overall analysis or reasons for refusal.

 

Speaking as a Buckinghamshire Councillor, Councillor Anita Cranmer.

 

Speaking as a Buckinghamshire Councillor, Councillor Jonathan Waters

 

Speaking as a representative of Beaconsfield Town Councillor, Councillor Alastair Pike, Mayor Beaconsfield.

 

Speaking as objector, Dr Les Davies.

 

Speaking as the agent on behalf of the applicant, Mr Michael Davies.

 

Following a thorough debate; it was proposed by Councillor R Newcombe and seconded by Councillor N Brown that the application be refused for the reasons listed in paragraph 8 (pages 58-60).

 

Resolved:  that the application be refused for the reasons listed in paragraph 8 of the report.

4.

Availability of members attending site visits (if required)

To confirm members’ availability to undertake site visits on xxx if required.

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Not required.