RESOLVED:
(1) That application 20/00507/FP be DEFERRED to enable the following to be undertaken:
1) Request that the applicant respond to HCC highways comments and / or request officers to organise a meeting with them to see if the Highways issues can be resolved;
2) The applicant to be requested to provide a copy of the Environment Agency water extraction licence;
3) Officers be requested to contact Herts Ecology to check whether they have any comments or advice on water extraction and the impact on ecology in that location from the wider development;
4) Request that the applicant confirm the method used to transport water from Graffam Water to the site;
5) Officers be requested to provide a legal view as to whether water extraction is a valid material planning consideration.
(2) That the Development and Conservation Manager be requested to provide the Planning Control Committee with a report regarding all of the matters in (1) above once these matters are finalised.