Agenda item

Redevelopment of the site to create a new multifunctional Parish Centre with cafe, day nursery building, replacement rectory with detached garage, 2 outbuildings to provide prayer room and substation/bin and bicycle store, associated parking and landscaping.

Following a full debate, members voted in favour of the motion to refuse planning permission.

It was proposed by Councillor S Wilson and seconded by Councillor G Harris.

Resolved: That the application be refused on the basis that the site falls within the Chiltern Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation (SAC) zone of influence. There is likely significant effect on the SAC given the scale and intended use of the site.

Only members who were present at the planning committee meeting on October 17, 2023, where the application was first presented, were eligible to vote on this deferred item. Therefore, Councillor M Flys, Councillor J MacBean, Councillor J Rush, and Councillor L Walsh took part in the debate but did not vote on the application.