Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Town Hall, Huddersfield, HD1 2TT

Contact: Sheila Dykes  Email: sheila.dykes@kirklees.gov.uk

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Items
No. Item

1.

Membership of the Committee

To receive any apologies for absence, or details of substitutions to Committee membership.

 

Under the provisions of a 9 day change, Councillor Homewood will substitute for Councillor Sokhal.

 

 

Minutes:

Councillor Hawkins attended for Councillor Davies and Councillor Homewood attended for Councillor Sokhal.

2.

Declaration of Interests and Lobbying pdf icon PDF 27 KB

Committee Members will advise (i) if there are any items on the Agenda upon which they have been lobbied and/or (ii) if there are any items on the Agenda in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, which would prevent them from participating in any discussion or vote on an item, or any other interests.

Minutes:

Councillors Armer, Hall, Hawkins, Homewood, Pattison, Pinnock and Thompson advised that they had been lobbied in respect of Application 2021/92603.

 

3.

Admission of the Public

Most agenda items will be considered in public session, however, it shall be advised whether the Committee will consider any matters in private, by virtue of the reports containing information which falls within a category of exempt information as contained at Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.

 

Minutes:

All items were considered in public session.

4.

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 submit a petition at the meeting relating to a matter 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.  

 

Minutes:

No deputations or petitions were received.

5.

Public Question Time

To receive any public questions.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11 (5), the period for the asking and answering of public questions shall not exceed 15 minutes.

Minutes:

No questions were asked.

6.

Planning Application - Application No: 2021/92603 pdf icon PDF 1 MB

Erection of storage and distribution unit (Use Class B8) with ancillary offices, car parking, servicing, landscaping and access at land west of M62, south of Whitehall Road, Cleckheaton.

 

Ward affected: Cleckheaton

 

Contact: Victor Grayson, Planning Services

 

Please note that any member of the public who wishes to make a verbal representation on this application at the meeting must register no later than 10.00am on Monday 13 March 2023. To pre-register, please email governance.planning@kirklees.gov.uk or telephone 01484 221000 - extension 73896 (Sheila Dykes) or extension 74993 (Andrea Woodside).

 

In accordance with the Council’s public speaking protocol for Planning Committees, verbal representations shall be limited to a maximum of three minutes.

 

Decision:

Refused.

Minutes:

The Committee considered Application 2021/92603 in respect of the erection of a storage and distribution unit (Use Class B8) with ancillary offices, car parking, servicing, landscaping and access at land west of the M62, south of Whitehall Road, Cleckheaton.

 

It was noted that site visits had taken place on Tuesday 14th March and Wednesday 15th March 2023.

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 36(3), the Committee received representations from Councillor Kath Pinnock, Councillor John Lawson, Councillor Elizabeth Smaje and Councillor Andrew Cooper

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee received representations from Kim Leadbeater MP, Bradford Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Nicola Gatenby, Dar Shivtiel, Ian Abbott, Alison Abbott, Judith Johnston, Max Rathmell, Matthew Beardsworth, Sharon Lewis, Barry Lewis, Ciaran Lewis, Bill Blackledge and Nick Willock (in objection) and David Benfell, Sally Miles, Ian Dix, Nigel Mann, Brett Coles and Neil Travis (on behalf of the applicant).

 

Resolved –

 

That the application be refused for the following reasons:

 

1.    The design does not respect and protect the landscape character of the area and is therefore contrary to Policy LP32 of the Kirklees Local Plan and Paragraph 174 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

2.    The proposal is contrary to the principles of Policy LP64 of the Kirklees Local Plan due to the size of the development.

3.    There would be an unacceptable adverse impact on residential amenity, including local air quality (contrary to Policy LP51 of the Kirklees Local Plan), as a result of the size and scale of the development and the lack of a sufficient buffer zone to the houses on Whitechapel Road.

4.    There would be an unacceptable adverse impact on the amenity of the adjacent cemetery.

5.    There would be an unacceptable adverse impact on the local highway network.

6.    A masterplan was not produced in accordance with the requirements of Policy LP5 of the Kirklees Local Plan.

7.    A bio-diversity net gain cannot be achieved on the site or within the vicinity.

 

A recorded vote was taken, in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42(5), as follows:

 

For: Councillors Armer, Hawkins, Pinnock and Thompson (4 votes)

Against: Councillors Hall, Homewood and Pattison (3 votes)