Agenda item

Proposal:  Mineral extraction and provision of access to facilitate the development of the Colne Valley Services and associated works proposed under planning application ref (PL/20/4332/OA).

A site visit was carried on 22 November 2022.

Speaking as local ward member, Councillor Luisa Sullivan.

A statement was read out on behalf of Councillor Julie Cook, Iver Parish Council, by Sally Taylor, Senior Democratic Services Officer.

Speaking as an objector, Chris Jarvis.

Speaking on behalf of the applicant, Tom Jeremiah.

It was proposed by Councillor J Waters and seconded by Councillor J Ng and agreed at a vote.

Resolved:

1.             That the decision be delegated to the Director of Planning and Environment for APPROVAL subject to:

A) The granting of satisfactory consent by the Secretary of State pursuant to the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (as amended).

B) The completion of an Agreement under s111 Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) securing a further Agreement under s106 Town & Country Planning Act 1990 to secure planning obligations broadly in accordance with the details set out in the main body of the report (and any update sheet); and

C) The imposition of planning conditions broadly in accordance with the details set out in the report (and any update sheet) as considered appropriate by the Director of Planning and Environment;

2.                 If 1. above cannot be achieved, for the application to be REFUSED for such reasons as the Director of Planning and Environment considers appropriate. OR

3. The application shall be referred back to the Strategic Sites Committee in the event that:

(i) there has been no decision to approve any Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (as amended) consent application within 4 months of the date of this resolution; or

(ii) there has been no confirmation, within 4 months of the date of this resolution, that consent has been sought from the Secretary of State for any necessary alienation of Buckinghamshire Council’s interest in the land or for the land to be released from all of the restrictions contained in the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938 (as amended); or

(iii) within 4 months of the date of this resolution, the Director of Planning and Environment considers that new material considerations have arisen;

In the event of any changes being needed to the wording of this resolution (such as to delete, vary or add conditions/informatives/planning obligations or reasons for approval/refusal) prior to the decision being issued, the Director of Planning and Environment has delegated authority to do so in consultation with the Chairman, provided that the changes do not exceed the substantive nature of the Strategic Sites Committee’s resolution.

And subject to an additional condition to state that once the new slip roads have been constructed and available for use to access the mineral extract site there will be no access to the site for staff onto/from Slough Road during the works, all access thereafter will be via the M25.