Agenda and decisions

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

All members of the committee were present..

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 30 November 2017.

The Minutes of the meeting held on 30 November 2017 were approved as a correct record.

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.

Councillor D Firth declared an ‘other interest’ in application 2017/91676 on the grounds that he was a member of Holme Valley Parish Council.

Councillors Armer, D Firth and S Hall declared they had been lobbied on application 2017/91676.

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.

It was noted that Agenda Item 13 would be considered in private session.

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.  

The Committee received a deputation from Cllr Martyn Bolt that requested Kirklees Council Planning Service and Planning Committees give consideration to allocating, where appropriate, monies from Section 106 agreements to a public safety fund.

The Committee will hear any questions from the general public.

No questions were asked.

Formation of new access from existing stone yard to adjacent storage area including excavation/engineering works Haggwood Quarry, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth.

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10.15am)

Contact Officer: Glenn Wakefield

Site visit undertaken.

Development of a 20MW synchronous gas powered standby generation plant Land off Bradford Road, Rear of Batley Frontier, Batley.

(estimated time of arrival at site – 11.00am)

Contact Officer: Glenn Wakefield

Site visit undertaken.

Formation of new access from existing stone yard to adjacent storage area including excavation/engineering works Haggwood Quarry, Woodhead Road, Holmfirth.

Contact Officer: Glenn Wakefield

Refused.

Development of a 20MW synchronous gas powered standby generation plant Land off Bradford Road, Rear of Batley Frontier, Batley.

Contact Officer: Glenn Wakefield

Delegate to the Head of Strategic Investment to approve as detailed within the considered report.

Erection of 70 (over 55) retirement apartments comprising of four blocks, provision of a community building, electricity substation and laying out of internal roads, parking areas and greenspace and associated infrastructure. Lidl, Station Road, Mirfield.

Contact Officer: Matthew Woodward

Delegate to the Head of Strategic Investment to approve subject to securing a Section 106 agreement to cover a contribution towards affordable housing and improvements to the canal towpath.

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.

That acting 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 it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

Private Appendix in relation to application 2017/92997 included in 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.

The information was considered prior to the determination of Agenda Item 11.