Agenda and decisions

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Contact: Andrea Woodside  Email: andrea.woodside@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:

All Committee Members were present.

2.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 83 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 8 March 2018.

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:

All Committee Members declared that they had been lobbied on Applications 2018/90074 and 2018/90163.

 

Councillor Pattison declared an ‘other’ interest in Application 2018/90340 on the grounds that family members attend Ashbrow School.

 

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:

It was noted that exempt information had been submitted in respect of Application 2017/93886.

 

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.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10 (2), Members of the Public should provide at least 24 hours’ notice of presenting a deputation.  

 

Decision:

None received.

 

6.

Site Visit - Application No: 2018/90242

Change of use from stone yard to tree/log storage yard The Old Stone Yard, Near Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 9:35 am)

 

Contact Officer: Louise Bearcroft, Planning Services

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

7.

Site Visit - Application No: 2018/90340

Change of use and alterations to extend existing car park Ashbrow School, Ash Meadow Close, Sheepridge, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10:25 am)

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

8.

Site Visit - Application No: 2018/90586

Erection of 160 residential units, including a 50 unit extra care facility (C3), provision of public open space and engineering operations Land to the west of Ashbrow Infant and Nursery School, Ashbrow Road, Ashbrow, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10:25 am)

 

Contact Officer: Matthew Woodward

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

9.

Site Visit - Application No: 2018/90074

Erection of motor vehicle dealership comprising car showrooms, workshops and MOT, ancillary offices, car parking and display, new vehicular access and egress to A643 and landscaping Land Off, Lindley Moor Road, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 11:05 am)

 

Contact Officer: Bill Topping

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

10.

Site Visit - Application No: 2017/93886

Erection of extensions and alterations to convert existing building to student accommodation (within a Conservation Area) Co-op Building, 103, New Street, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 11:30 am)

 

Contact Officer: Matthew Woodward

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

11.

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93886 pdf icon PDF 262 KB

Erection of extensions and alterations to convert existing building to student accommodation (within a Conservation Area) Co-op Building, 103, New Street, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Matthew Woodward

 

Decision:

Approval (delegated).

 

12.

Planning Application - Application No: 2018/90586 pdf icon PDF 385 KB

Erection of 160 residential units, including a 50 unit extra care facility (C3), provision of public open space and engineering operations Land to the west of Ashbrow Infant and Nursery School, Ashbrow Road, Ashbrow, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Matthew Woodward

Decision:

Deferred.

 

13.

Planning Application - Application No: 2018/90340 pdf icon PDF 151 KB

Change of use and alterations to extend existing car park Ashbrow School, Ash Meadow Close, Sheepridge, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Approval (delegated).

 

14.

Planning Application - Application No: 2018/90074 pdf icon PDF 255 KB

Erection of motor vehicle dealership comprising car showrooms, workshops and MOT, ancillary offices, car parking and display, new vehicular access and egress to A643 and landscaping Land Off, Lindley Moor Road, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Bill Topping

 

Decision:

Deferred.

 

15.

Planning Application - Application No: 2018/90242 pdf icon PDF 143 KB

Change of use from stone yard to tree/log storage yard The Old Stone Yard, Near Bank, Shelley, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Louise Bearcroft, Planning Services

 

Decision:

Approval (delegated).

 

16.

Planning Application - Application No: 2018/90163 pdf icon PDF 170 KB

Change of use from plant nursery with retail sales to garden centre and formation of new access Fenay Bridge Nursery, Fenay Lane, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield.

 

Contact officer: Farzana Tabasum

 

17.

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 item 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:

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18.

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93886

Private Appendix in relation to application 2017/93886 (Agenda Item 11)

 

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 involved, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information and providing greater openness in the Council’s decision making.

Decision:

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