Planning and Environment

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Dear Councillor     29 November 2012

You are invited to attend a meeting of the PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE to be held on TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2012 at 6.30 pm in the Committee Room at the Town Hall, West Borough, WIMBORNE MINSTER.

Members of the public are advised that they may speak at the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman, if notification is given to the Clerk prior to the meeting.

Yours sincerely

Town Clerk

A G E N D A

1 Apologies for absence.

2 SCHOOL LANE (Min 110 - 09.10.12)

To receive a copy letter dated 18 October 2012 from Dorset County Council (DCC) to Annette Brooke, MP and a letter dated 15 November 2012 from John Turner of DCC (copies herewith).

3 ST CATHERINE'S PARKING PROBLEMS

To consider a letter dated 5 November 2012 from District Cllr Mrs P A Hymers and the report of the Town Clerk (copies herewith).

4 CHRISTCHURCH & EAST DORSET CORE STRATEGY 2013-2028 - PROPOSED CHANGES (Min 29 - 12.06.12)

To consider a letter dated 31 October 2012 from the District Council's Head of Community & Economy and a schedule of changes proposed for Wimborne Minster (copies herewith).

5 PLANNING APPEALS

To note for the record the decision of the Planning Inspector in respect of land adjoining 11 Melverley Gardens (copy previously circulated by email on 16 November 2012).

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6 PLANNING DECISIONS 

To receive a schedule of recent planning decisions by East Dorset District Council (copy herewith).

7 PLANNING APPLICATIONS

1. Committee by the Chairman;

b)  to receive schedules of comments on planning applications made by Members from 15 October to 19 November 2012 (copy herewith).

MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE

Cllr D G L Packer (Chairman)

Cllr P H Bartlett (Vice-Chairman)

Cllr S K Bartlett

Cllr R D Cook Cllr Mrs D J March

Cllr Mrs S A Cook Cllr Mrs A E Roberts

Ex-Officio – Chairman & Vice-Chairman of the Council

(Members are reminded of the importance of letting the office know of non-attendance by noon on the day of the meeting)

LOCALISM ACT 2011 and CODE of CONDUCT

Members are reminded to comply with those elements of the Localism Act and the Town Council's Code of Conduct in respect of disclosable pecuniary interests.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

Members are reminded that the Council has a general duty to consider the following matters in the exercise of any of its functions: Equal Opportunities (race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status and any disability), Crime & Disorder, Health & Safety and Human Rights.

Minutes

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WIMBORNE MINSTER TOWN COUNCIL

 

MINUTES            of a meeting of the PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE held on TUESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2012 at 6.30 pm in the Committee Room, Town Hall, Wimborne Minster.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT

 

Cllr D G L Packer (Chairman)

                        Cllr P H Bartlett (Vice-Chairman)

Cllr S K Bartlett

Cllr Mrs D J March

Cllr Mrs A E Roberts

Cllr J Burden – Ex-Officio – Chairman of the Council

                       

MEMBERS NOT PRESENT & APOLOGIES GIVEN

                       

                        Cllr R D Cook

                        Cllr Mrs S A Cook

Cllr A J Hampton – Ex-Officio – Vice-Chairman of the Council

 

                                   

164            ST CATHERINES - PARKING PROBLEMS

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted a letter dated 5 November 2012 from District Cllr Mrs P A Hymers, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix A to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

                        Cllr Mrs Hymers had asked whether the Town Council would support a request to Dorset County Council to change the waiting restrictions in St Catherines to improve the availability of parking for residents.

 

                        The Town Clerk also submitted a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix B to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

                        The report set out details of a consultation exercise with residents undertaken by the Town Council in 2005 on traffic problems at that time.

 

                        Although parking issues were then also a priority for residents there was no action that could be taken to solve their problems.

 

                        Mrs Vicki Banfield of 26 St Catherines attended the meeting and made the following points in support of the residents' request for help with improving the parking for householders:

 

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                        (i)            until recently, residents had been able to park in St Catherines or             adjoining roads during the working day, but were no longer             able to now;

 

                        (ii)            only house numbers from 24-33 St Catherines were affected -             other residents could park outside their houses;

 

                        (iii)            residents of St Catherines apparently were not eligible for the             discounted parking permits from the District Council to park in             car parks;

 

                        (iv)            with the redevelopment of Shamrock Court, the existing waiting             restrictions, particularly in Stevenson Close, were not necessary.

 

                        District Cllr Mrs Hymers also attended the meeting in support of the residents and reiterated the comments made in her letter.

 

                        RESOLVED

 

                        (a)            that Dorset County Council be asked to review the waiting             restrictions in St Catherines on the lines suggested by Cllr

                                    Mrs Hymers with a view to making on street parking by             residents easier;

 

                        (b)            that the Town Clerk report back on the options available to             residents for parking in District Council car parks, together             with details of the policy for residents parking permits;

 

                        (c)            that the Town Clerk report back on the likelihood of the             County Council introducing a residents' parking scheme for             those householders referred to in Mrs Banfield's point (ii)             above.

                       

165                        SCHOOL LANE (Min 110 - 09.10.12)

The Town Clerk submitted for information a copy letter dated 18 October 2012 from Andrew Brown of Dorset County Council to the local MP, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix C to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

He also submitted for information a letter dated 15 November 2012 from John Turner of Dorset County Council, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix D to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Both letters set out the action being taken to improve road safety in School Lane.

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166            CHRISTCHURCH & EAST DORSET CORE STRATEGY 2013-2028 - PROPOSED CHANGES (Min 29 - 12.06.12)

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted a letter dated 31 October 2012 from the Head of Community and Economy, Christchurch & East Dorset Partnership, together with relevant extracts from the schedule of proposed changes to the Pre-Submission Document/Infrastructure Delivery Plan, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix E to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

                        The Town Council had been invited to comment on the proposed changes by 21 December 2012.

 

                        RECOMMENDED that the following comments be made to the District Council regarding the proposed changes:

                       

                        (a)            on page 63 - the first paragraph under "Environment" - the             Town Council would question whether there is sufficient car             parking to service Wimborne Minster properly;

 

                        (b)            on page 68 - Policy WMC3 Cuthbury Allotments - the Town             Council wishes to raise concerns about the defined flood             plain which will guide this development in view of recent             flooding experience;

 

                        (c)            on page 102 - Policy WMC7 - the Town Council as owner of             Leigh Park Playing Field is disappointed to see any             reference to this land in the Core Strategy and it should be             removed in its entirety;

 

                        (d)            on pages 116-121 - Policy LN3 - the Town Council strongly             supports the proposals for affordable housing in the hope             that there can be early provision of such accommodation for             the benefit of local young people who badly need homes.

167                        PLANNING APPEAL - LAND ADJOINING 11 MELVERLEY                         GARDENS

                       

                        The Committee noted, for the record, the decision of the Planning                                     Inspector in respect of this site, a copy of which had been circulated to                         each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix F to these                         Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

                        The appeal had been dismissed.

 

 

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168                        PLANNING DECISIONS           

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted for information a schedule of planning                                     decisions made by East Dorset District Council, a copy of which had                         been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as                                     Appendix G to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

169                        PLANNING APPLICATIONS

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted for information a schedule of comments on                         planning applications from 15 October to 19 November 2012, a copy of                         which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears                         as Appendix H to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

 

                       

 

 

                        The meeting closed at 7.19 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signed …………………………………… Dated ……………………..

                        Town Mayor and Chairman of the Council