Agenda and decisions

Venue: Council Chamber - Town Hall, Huddersfield. View directions

Contact: Richard Dunne  Email: richard.dunne@kirklees.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Membership of the Committee

This is where Councillors who are attending as substitutes will say for whom they are attending.

Decision:

No substitutes were declared.

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 53 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 2 July 2015.

Decision:

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 2 July 2015 be approved as a correct record.

3.

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The Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the Agenda about which they might have been lobbied. The Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have disclosable pecuniary interests, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the items or participating in any vote upon the items, or any other interests.

Decision:

Members declared interests and identified Planning Applications on which they had been lobbied, details of the applications will be contained in the Minutes of the meeting.

4.

Admission of the Public

Most debates take place in public. This only changes when there is a need to consider certain issues, for instance, commercially sensitive information or details concerning an individual. You will be told at this point whether there are any items on the Agenda which are to be discussed in private.

Decision:

All items on the Agenda were taken in public session.

5.

Deputations/Petitions

The Committee will receive any petitions and hear any deputations from members of the public. A deputation is where up to five people can attend the meeting and make a presentation on some particular issue of concern. A member of the public can also hand in a petition at the meeting but that petition should relate to something on which the body has powers and responsibilities.

 

Any Member of the Public wishing to make a deputation is required to give notice in writing to the Assistant Director – Legal, Governance and Monitoring at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.

 

Decision:

No deputations or petitions were received.

6.

Public Question Time

The Committee will hear any questions from the general public.

Decision:

No questions were asked.

7.

Site Visit - Application 2014/91282

Erection of 135 residential properties with associated access, parking and landscaping and the creation of a car park to serve Crossley Fields Junior and Infant School at land off, Woodward Court/Hepworth Lane, Mirfield

 

Estimated time of arrival at site: 10.25am

 

Contact: Steve Hopwood, Planning Services

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

8.

Site Visit - Application 2015/90022

Erection of 23 dwellings at Cleckheaton Bowling Club, Park View, Cleckheaton

 

Estimated time of arrival as site: 11.00am

 

Contact: Jonathan Ainley, Planning Services

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

9.

Site Visit - Application 2014/93039

Outline application for residential development at land at, Ainley Top, Yew Tree Road and Burn Road, Huddersfield

 

Estimated time of arrival at site: 11.25am

 

Contact: Steve Hopwood, Planning Services

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

10.

Site Visit - Application 2015/90580

Outline application for erection of 7 dwellings and formation of 2 site access points at land to rear of 8, Miry Lane and between St Mary's Rise and St Mary's Way, Netherthong, Holmfirth

 

Estimated time of arrival at site: 12.05pm

 

Contact: Farzana Tabasum, Planning Services

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

11.

Site Visit - Application 2014/92413

Outline application for erection of 2 dwellings at land to rear of 191 Huddersfield Road, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth

 

Estimated time of arrival at site: 12.25pm

 

Contact: Farzana Tabasum, Planning Services

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

12.

Planning Applications (Part One)

The Strategic Planning Committee will consider the following application during part one of the meeting that will commence at 10.00am. Details of the application are included in the attached schedule.

 

(1) Application 2014/93039 - Ainley Top, Yew Tree Road and Burn Road, Huddersfield

 

Contact: Simon Taylor, Head of Development Management

Please note that any members of the public who wish to speak at the meeting must register to speak by 5.00pm (for phone requests) or 11:59pm (for email requests) by no later than Monday 27 July 2015. To pre-register, please contact richard.dunne@kirklees.gov.uk or phone Richard Dunne on 01484 221000 (ask for extension - 74995).

Decision:

Application 2014/93039 - Conditional outline planning permission.

13.

Planning Applications (Part Two)

The Strategic Planning Committee will consider the following applications during part two of the meeting that will commence at 1.00pm.

 

Details of the applications are included in the attached schedule.

 

(1) Application 2014/91282 - Land off, Woodward Court/Hepworth Lane, Mirfield

 

(2) Application 2015/90022 - Cleckheaton Bowling Club, Park View, Cleckheaton

 

(3) Application 2013/93721 - Wood Nook, Denby Dale, Huddersfield

 

(4) Application 2014/92737 - Miry Lane, Netherthong, Holmfirth

 

(5) Application 2015/90580 - Land to rear of 8, Miry Lane and between St Mary's Rise and St Mary's Way, Netherthong, Holmfirth

 

(6) Application 2014/92413 - Land to rear of 191 Huddersfield Road, Thongsbridge, Holmfirth

Decision:

Application 2014/91282 - Application withdrawn

 

Application 2015/90022 - Conditional full permission

 

Application 2013/93721 - Conditional full permission

 

Application 2014/92737 - Refused

 

Application 2015/90580 - Conditional outline planning permission

 

Application 2014/92413 - Refused

14.

Exclusion of the Public

To resolve that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Decision:

All discussions were held in public.

 

The Committee determined that there was no requirement to discuss in further detail the private appendices included in items 15 and 16.

15.

Application 2015/90022 - Cleckheaton Bowling Club, Park View, Cleckheaton

Private appendix in relation to Application 2015/90022 included in Agenda Item 13.

 

This information is to be taken in private because it contains commercially sensitive information, including information about a third party.

 

The public interest in maintaining the exemption which, would protect the interests of the Council and the company concerned, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information and providing greater openness in the Council's decision making.

 

Contact: Steve Hopwood, Planning Services

Decision:

The Committee determined that there was no requirement to discuss in further detail the private information included in item 15.

 

16.

Application 2013/93721 - Wood Nook, Denby Dale, Huddersfield

Private appendix in relation to Application 2013/93721 included in Agenda Item 13.

 

This information is to be taken in private because it contains commercially sensitive information, including information about a third party.

 

The public interest in maintaining the exemption which, would protect the interests of the Council and the company concerned, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information and providing greater openness in the Council's decision making.

 

Contact: Steve Hopwood, Planning Services

Decision:

The Committee determined that there was no requirement to discuss in further detail the private information included in item 16.