Planning and Environment

Venue : Committee Room

Agenda

Dear Councillor                                                                                 24 January 2013

 

You are invited to attend a meeting of the PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE to be held on TUESDAY 29 JANUARY 2013 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            ST CATHERINE'S - PARKING PROBLEMS (Min 164 - 04.12.12)

To receive the report of the Town Clerk (copy herewith).

 

3            WEST ROW - REQUEST TO REMOVE PEDESTRIAN ZONE

            To consider a letter dated 8 January 2013 from District Councillor Mrs Pat Hymers and an email dated 10 January 2013 from Mr R M Fanning of 7 West Row (copies herewith).

 

4                        PLANNING DECISIONS

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

 

5            PLANNING APPLICATIONS

a)     to consider any current planning applications referred to       Committee by the Chairman;

b)              to receive schedules of comments on planning applications made             by Members from 3 December 2012 to 14 January 2013 (copies             herewith).

 

 

 

 

 

Planning & Environment Committee – 29 January 2013

 

 

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 29 JANUARY 2013 at 6.30 pm in the Committee Room, Town Hall, Wimborne Minster.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT

 

Cllr D G L Packer (Chairman)

                        Cllr S K Bartlett

                        Cllr R D Cook

Cllr Mrs S A Cook

Cllr Mrs D J March

Cllr Mrs A E Roberts

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

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

 

MEMBER NOT PRESENT & APOLOGY GIVEN

                       

                        Cllr P H Bartlett (Vice-Chairman)

 

MEMBERS ALSO PRESENT

 

                        Cllr L G Harvey

                        Cllr A W Spencer

                        Cllr T F Wheeler

 

                                   

186                        ST CATHERINE'S - PARKING PROBLEMS (Min 164 - 04.12.12)

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted a report, 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.

 

                        The report set out the response to the Committee's resolution made at                         the last meeting in an attempt to assist with improving the parking                                     problems faced by some residents in St Catherine's.

 

                        The report included a detailed reply from Mr A Jowsey of Dorset                                     County Council's Traffic Management Team who, although not hopeful                         of a positive result, had agreed to carry out a review of the waiting                                     restrictions in that road in about 18 months time.

 

                        It also included, as requested by the Committee, the conditions which                         needed to be met by residents in order to qualify for a reduced rate                                     Residents' Parking Permit available from the District Council.

 

 

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                        St Catherine's and similar streets in that area were outside the defined                         boundary of the town centre and therefore did not qualify for town                                     centre parking permits.

 

                        RESOLVED that the District Council be asked to consider                                     extending the entitlement to Residents' Parking Permits to include                         the St Catherine's area in view of its narrow system of roads and                         the consequential pressure for on street parking.

 

187            WEST ROW - REQUEST TO REMOVE PEDESTRIAN ZONE

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted for information a letter dated 8 January                                     2013 from District Councillor Mrs Pat Hymers, 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.

 

                        He also submitted an email dated 10 January 2013 from Mr R Fanning                         of 7 West Row, 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.

 

                        Both correspondents had asked the Town Council to consider                                     requesting Dorset County Council to introduce alternative traffic                                     management measures to those imposed by the existing Pedestrian                                     Zone in West Row to enable residents of numbers 3, 5, 7 and 9 West                         Row to park outside their houses.

 

                        Mr Fanning attended the meeting together with other nearby                                     residents:  Mr Hart of the Old Moathouse West Row, Mr Gruitt 9 West                         Street and Mrs Thistlethwaite (who was representing her elderly mother                         Mrs Swaffield of 3 West Row), all of whom addressed the meeting.

 

                        Messrs Hart and Gruitt were against any change to the Pedestrian Zone,                         whilst Mrs Thistlethwaite supported Mr Fanning's position.

 

                        Cllr R D Cook, who was also the County Councillor, explained the                         history of the current dispute.  A copy of his notes is attached as                                     Appendix D to these Minutes.  He added that he had requested Dorset                         County Council to review the traffic management arrangements in West                         Row and the immediate area when the redevelopment of the former                         Small's site was completed.  However, this review would not be carried                         out for at least 18 months.  In the meantime, he understood that the                         original proposal to use West Row as an access for construction traffic                         had changed and that this needed to be clarified. 

                       

 

 

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                        RESOLVED

 

                                    (a)            that Dorset County Council be requested to suspend                                                 enforcement action against contraventions of the Pedestrian                                     Zone Regulations in that part of West Row to allow the                                                 occupiers of 3, 5, 7 and 9 West Row to park outside their                                     houses until the review of the traffic management                                                 arrangements has been completed;

 

                                    (b)            that the Town Clerk clarify the revised access arrangements                                     for Small's site currently being redeveloped.

 

188                        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 E to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

 

189                        PLANNING APPLICATIONS

 

                        The Town Clerk submitted for information a schedule of comments on                         planning applications from 3 December 2012 to 14 January 2013, 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 meeting closed at 6.51 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

                        Town Mayor and Chairman of the Council