Agenda and minutes

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It was proposed, and seconded "That Mr. J. McDonald CC be appointed Chairman".

RESOLVED:

That Mr. J. McDonald CC be appointed Chairman of the Development Control and Regulatory Board until the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2026.

Mr. J. McDonald CC - in the Chair.

It was proposed, and seconded "That Mr. D. Grimley CC be appointed Vice-Chairman".

It was proposed, and seconded “That Mr. B. Piper CC be appointed Vice-Chairman”.

In accordance with Standing Order 27(4) a secret ballot took place. The Chief Executive announced the results of the ballot, as follows: 7 votes for Mr. Grimley CC and 6 votes for Mr. Piper CC.

RESOLVED:

That Mr. D. Grimley CC be appointed Vice-Chairman of the Development Control and Regulatory Board until the date of the Annual Meeting of the County Council in 2026.

The minutes of the meeting held on 3 April 2025 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.

With regards to agenda item 9: Sutton Lodge Farm Mr. B. Piper CC declared that he was the local member for the division and lived in the area.

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 9’, is filed with these minutes.

In accordance with the procedures for making representations to the Board, Dave Webb (Chair, Frolesworth Parish Meeting) and Philip Sullivan (local resident) spoke in objection to the application and Mark Lovatt (landowner) spoke in support of the application.

The Chief Executive reported that Mrs. R. Page CC who represented the adjoining division was unable to attend the meeting but had asked for some comments to be read out. Mrs Page had submitted that major changes to the original proposal had been made and they were so significant that a new planning application should have been submitted.

The local member Mr. B. Piper CC also suggested that a whole new planning application should be submitted given the changes to the proposal since permission was originally granted. Mr Piper CC also raised concerns about increased HGV movements.

In response to the comments from Mrs. Page CC and Mr. Piper CC the Chief Executive referred to paragraphs 130-132 of the report which explained that there was no statutory limit on the degree of change permissible to conditions under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, but the change must only relate to conditions and not to the operative part of the permission. The nature and description of the development e.g. ‘the operative part’ would not change as a result of the proposed amendments to conditions, therefore there was no need for a new application.

RESOLVED:

That the application be permitted subject to the conditions nos. 1-34 as set out in the appendix to the report.

The Chairman advised that the next meeting of the Board would take place on Thursday 3 July 2025 at 2.00pm.