Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Chief Executive, a copy of which, marked ‘Agenda Item 10’, is filed with these minutes.

The local member Mr. B. Crooks CC raised concerns regarding the safety of pedestrians crossing Dragon Lane between the school and the park and he referred to a petition containing 710 signatures which he had received from local residents which asked for a zebra crossing to be constructed outside the school.

The Board received advice from the Director of Environment and Transport in connection with the request for a zebra crossing and it was explained that for a formal zebra or puffin crossing to be justified there needed to be sufficient numbers of pedestrians crossing the road at four different times of the day. A survey undertaken in March 2019 had indicated that the numbers of pedestrians crossing were insufficient.

The Chief Executive advised that the petition had been submitted too late to be formally considered at this meeting of the Development Control and Regulatory Board and it would be more appropriate for it to be considered at the meeting of the Environment and Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee which was taking place on 6 June 2019.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the application be permitted subject to the conditions nos. 1-14 as set out in the appendix to the report.

(b)       That the Board confirms (as required by the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) that in dealing with the application the County Council worked in a positive and proactive manner, taking account of paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework.