REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER
To update Members on appeals lodged and any decisions made.
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Decision:
The Development and Conservation Manager provided an update on Planning Appeals.
Minutes:
Audio recording –2 hours 38 minutes 37 seconds
The Development and Conservation Manager presented the report entitled Planning Appeals and informed the Committee:
· 8 appeals had been lodged since the last report.
· One of the appeals lodged had been through the hearing procedure and related to 6 dwellings east of Ashmill Poultry Farm, Barkway, where permission was refused by the Committee in March 2024. This hearing would take place on 21 January 2025.
· A further hearing was arranged for site BA4, which was refused by the Committee in March 2024, as the allocation of affordable housing was not felt adequate. A public hearing was to be held at 9.30am on Thursday 21 November at the Council Offices and consultants had been appointed to defend the decision of the Council.
· Since April there had been 9 appeals dismissed and 2 had been allowed.
RESOLVED: That the Committee noted the report.