Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER

Outline planning permission for a residential development to provide 9 flats with associated vehicular parking and access via existing dropped kerb from King James Way with ancillary bike and refuse store.

The Chair advised that the item was deferred to the Planning Control Committee meeting on Thursday 24 July 2025 as the Members who called-in the application were not present at the meeting (as required under the Members Planning Code of Good Practice), nor provided a written statement, or appointed another member to present the item, as required under 6.1 of the speaking procedure for the Planning Control Committee. This item would be considered as an urgent item of business as the matter cannot wait until the scheduled meeting of the Planning Control Committee in August, given the statutory period for the matter to be determined (26 March 2025) had already been extended (to 30 July 2025), and therefore the Council could be liable to appeal against the failure to determine the application.

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The Chair advised that the item was deferred to the Planning Control Committee meeting on Thursday 24 July 2025 as the Members who called-in the application were not present at the meeting (as required under the Members Planning Code of Good Practice), nor provided a written statement, or appointed another member to present the item, as required under 6.1 of the speaking procedure for the Planning Control Committee. This item would be considered as an urgent item of business as the matter cannot wait until the scheduled meeting of the Planning Control Committee in August, given the statutory period for the matter to be determined (26 March 2025) had already been extended (to 30 July 2025), and therefore the Council could be liable to appeal against the failure to determine the application.