Issue - meetings

Cllr Uttley declared an interest and will not be participating in the discussion or voting on this application.  Cllr Riddick declared an interest in that he called-in this application and confirmed he was approaching this with an open mind and would be participating.

The Case Officer, JMiller introduced the report to Members and said that the application had been referred to the Committee as it was called in by Councillor Riddick.

David Lomas spoke in objection to the application.

Ward Councillor Graham Barrett spoke in objection to the application.

Lewis Davenport spoke in support of the application.

It was proposed by Cllr GSutton and seconded by Councillor RSutton to GRANT the application.

Vote:

For:  3              Against: 6                    Abstained: 1

Cllr Hobson proposed to REFUSE the application, seconded by Cllr Wyatt Lowe, on the grounds of the impact on the openness of the greenbelt due to the size of the building.

Vote:

For: 6               Against: 3                    Abstained: 1

Resolved: That planning permission beREFUSED owing to its overall scale and size, the proposed development would fail to preserve the openness of the Green Belt, contrary to paragraph 145 (b) of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Policy CS5 of the Core Strategy.