Agenda and minutes

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The minutes of the meeting held on 23 July 2020 were taken as read, confirmed and signed.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 35.

The Chief Executive reported that no questions had been received under Standing Order 7(3) and 7(5).

There were no urgent items for consideration.

The Chairman invited members who wished to do so to declare any interest in respect of items on the agenda for the meeting.

It was noted that all members who were members of a Parish, Town or District Council, or Liaison Committee would have personal interests in applications which related to areas covered by those authorities.

No declarations were made.

The Chief Executive reported that no petitions had been received under Standing Order 36.

The Board considered a report of the Chief Executive, a copy of which, marked ‘agenda item 7’, is filed with these minutes.

In response to a question from a member, the Director of Law and Governance clarified that the existing legal agreement which precluded any applications for mineral extraction, bound the land on which the application was sited and the current landowner was subject to the terms of the agreement. This provision had been included at the request of Cotesbach Parish Council. However, circumstances and minerals policies changed over time and it was now appropriate for the legal agreement to be updated so that mineral extraction could be permitted. Cotesbach Parish Council had been consulted on the planning application.

RESOLVED:

(a)        That the application be permitted subject to the conditions nos. 1-31 as set out in the Appendix to the report and the prior completion of a legal agreement to modify the previously imposed obligations affecting the area provided that a report setting out the results of archaeological trial trenching has first been submitted for approval by the Minerals Planning Authority;

(b)        That the imposition of planning condition(s) relating to the requirement for control over archaeological matters be delegated to the Chief Executive;

(c)        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.

The Board considered a report of the Chief Executive, which set out the Delegated Decisions issued in the period 1 April 2020 to 31 June 2020, a copy of which, marked ‘agenda item 8’, is filed with these minutes.

RESOLVED:

That the contents of the report be noted.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Environment and Transport, which set out the delegated Tree Preservation Order decisions issued in the period 1 January 2020 to 31 June 2020, a copy of which, marked ‘Agenda Item 9’, is filed with these minutes.

RESOLVED:

That the contents of the report be noted.

The Chairman announced that there were no delegated enforcement notices issued between 1 April 2020 and 31 June 2020.