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:

Councillor Bellamy substituted for Councillor D Firth.

 

Councillor Sokhal substituted for Councillor Kane.

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 167 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 6 October 2016.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Approved as a correct record.

3.

Interests and Lobbying pdf icon PDF 27 KB

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:

No interests or lobbying were declared.

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 considered 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.

Decision:

The Committee received a deputation from Chris Marsden on behalf of the Huddersfield Civic Society.

6.

Public Question Time

The Committee will hear any questions from the general public.

Decision:

The Committee received questions from Chris Marsden on behalf of the Huddersfield Civic Society in regards to the process relating to the notification of Committee agendas following planning enforcement requests and a request to speak on an item that required prior registration.

 

The Chair and the Planning Development Management Group Leader responded to the questions.

 

Public Question Time

7.

Site Visit - Application 2016/92029 and 2016/92030

Erection of extension to existing Kingsgate Shopping Centre to form a new leisure development including new cinema and restaurants and demolition of existing buildings on the site including 20-22 Cross Church Street (partly within a conservation area).  Proposed development site comprising, 20-22 Cross Church Street, Fleece Yard, Sun Inn Yard and White Lion Yard, Huddersfield.

 

Estimated time of arrival at site  11.40am.

 

Contact: Louise Bearcroft, Planning Officer

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

8.

Planning Applications pdf icon PDF 755 KB

The Strategic Planning Committee will consider the attached schedule of Planning Applications.

Please note that any members of the public who wish to speak at the meeting must register to speak by no later than 5.00pm (for phone requests) or 11:59pm (for email requests) on Monday 31 October 2016.                .

 

To pre-register, please contact richard.dunne@kirklees.gov.uk or phone Richard Dunne on 01484 221000 (Extension 74995)

Additional documents:

Decision:

Application 2016/91074 – Application withdrawn.

 

Application 2016/92122 – Grant extension of time to outline application.

 

Application 2016/92029 = The Committee noted the contents of the report and provided comments to the questions outlined in the submitted report.