Agenda

Planning Control Committee - Thursday, 2nd July, 2026 7.00 pm

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Items
No.	Item
1.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Members are required to notify any substitutions by midday on the day of the meeting. Late substitutions will not be accepted and Members attending as a substitute without having given the due notice will not be able to take part in the meeting.
2.	MINUTES - 4 JUNE 2026 PDF 279 KB To take as read and approve as a true record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on the 4 June 2026.
3.	NOTIFICATION OF OTHER BUSINESS Members should notify the Chair of other business which they wish to be discussed at the end of either Part I or Part II business set out in the agenda. They must state the circumstances which they consider justify the business being considered as a matter of urgency. The Chair will decide whether any item(s) raised will be considered.
4.	CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda. Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.
5.	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION To receive petitions, comments and questions from the public.
6.	25/01766/OP LAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, COWARDS LANE, CODICOTE, HERTFORDSHIRE PDF 261 KB View the background to item 6. REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER Outline application with means of access for residential development of up to 30 dwellings (including affordable housing); following demolition of all existing structures; associated landscaping, drainage, car parking; infrastructure and all ancillary and enabling works (all matters reserved except means of access) Additional documents: Appendix A , item 6. PDF 517 KB Plan , item 6. PDF 2 MB
7.	INFORMATION NOTE - NATIONAL SCHEME OF DELEGATION PDF 163 KB INFORMATION NOTE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER This report is prepared to provide a briefing on the National Scheme of Delegation which is expected to come into effect on 31 October 2026.
8.	INFORMATION NOTE - SECRETARY OF STATE DIRECTION PDF 86 KB INFORMATION NOTE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION MANAGER This report is prepared to provide a briefing of a Government Direction which requires that the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government be consulted when a local planning authority intends to refuse planning permission for a housing scheme of 150 dwellings of more.
9.	APPEALS PDF 60 KB View the background to item 9. To update Members on appeals lodged and any decisions made.