Agenda and decisions

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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:

Cllr E Firth substituted for Cllr Walker

Cllr John Lawson substituted Cllr Marchington

2:

Minutes of previous meeting pdf icon PDF 95 KB

To approve the Minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 23 November 2017.

Decision:

The Minutes of the meeting held on 23 November 2017 were approved as a correct record.

 

3:

Interests and Lobbying pdf icon PDF 21 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 item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other interests.

Decision:

Members declared interests and identified planning applications in which they had been lobbied.

 

Cllr McGuin declared he had been lobbied on application 2017/93483.

 

Cllr Bellamy declared an ‘other interest’ in item 13 application definitive map modification order to add a public bridleway to the definitive map and statement – Bridge Lane to Sands, Holmfirth on the grounds that she was a member of the Holme Valley Parish Council.

 

Cllr Bellamy declared an ‘other interest’ in applications 2017/93341, 2017/93386 and 2017/93834 on the grounds that she was a member of the Holme Valley Parish Council.

 

Cllr Sims declared that he had been lobbied on applications 2017/93341 and 2017/93386.

 

Cllr Homewood declared that he had been lobbied on application 2017/93288.

 

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.

 

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

 

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 No: 2016/91560

Alterations to convert lower ground floor to two flats (Listed Building within a Conservation Area) 33-35, Queensgate, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10.05 am)

 

Contact Officer: Farzana Tabasum

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

8:

Site Visit - Application 2017/93288

Erection of single storey front and rear extensions 15A, Whitacre Street, Deighton, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10.25 am)

 

Contact Officer: Neil Bearcroft, Planning Services

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

9:

Site Visit - Application 2017/93483

Erection of single storey rear extension and rear dormer windows 152, Ravensknowle Road, Dalton, Huddersfield.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 10.50 am)

 

Contact Officer : Francis Davies

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

10:

Site Visit - Application 2017/93341

Erection of extensions and alterations to existing detached garage to form dwelling with associated access, parking and curtilage areas Adj, 10, Cherry Tree Walk, Scholes, Holmfirth.

 

(Estimated time of arrival at site – 11:20 am)

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

11:

Site Visit - Application 2017/93386

Erection of first floor extension with balcony, Tara, Scholes Moor Road, Scholes, Holmfirth.

 

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

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Site visit undertaken.

 

12:

Local Planning Authority Appeals pdf icon PDF 69 KB

The Sub Committee will receive a report detailing the outcome of appeals against decisions of the Local Planning Authority, as submitted to the Secretary of State.

 

Contact: Teresa Harlow, Planning Services

Additional documents:

Decision:

That the report be noted.

 

13:

Application for a definitive map modification order to add a public bridleway to the definitive map and statement - Bridge Lane to Sands, Holmfirth pdf icon PDF 22 KB

The Planning Sub-Committee will consider an application to record a public bridleway to the definitive map and statement, Bridge Lane to Sands, Holmfirth.

 

Contact Officer: Giles Cheetham

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That the Service Director, Legal, Governance and Commissioning be authorised to:

(1) make a definitive map modification order (“DMMO)” to record a restricted byway between points A & B and between points C & D shown on appended plan 1 of the considered report, under section 53 (3) c (i) of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.

 

(2) Confirm the order or if opposed, to submit it to the Secretary of State at DEFRA to determine.

 

14:

Planning Application - Application No: 2016/91560 pdf icon PDF 177 KB

Alterations to convert lower ground floor to two flats (Listed Building within a Conservation Area) 33-35, Queensgate, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Farzana Tabasum

 

Decision:

Refused in line with the reasons outlined in the considered report.

15:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93288 pdf icon PDF 166 KB

Erection of single storey front and rear extensions 15A, Whitacre Street, Deighton, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Neil Bearcroft, Planning Services

 

Decision:

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

16:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93483 pdf icon PDF 155 KB

Erection of single storey rear extension and rear dormer windows 152, Ravensknowle Road, Dalton, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer : Francis Davies

 

Decision:

Deferred.

17:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93341 pdf icon PDF 178 KB

Erection of extensions and alterations to existing detached garage to form dwelling with associated access, parking and curtilage areas Adj, 10, Cherry Tree Walk, Scholes, Holmfirth.

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Refused in line with the reasons outlined in the considered report.

18:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93386 pdf icon PDF 126 KB

Erection of first floor extension with balcony, Tara, Scholes Moor Road, Scholes, Holmfirth.

 

Contact Officer: Nick Hirst

 

Decision:

Conditional full permission subject to the delegation of authority to the Head of Strategic Investment.

19:

Planning Application - Application No: 2016/90524 pdf icon PDF 177 KB

Outline application for erection of three dwellings (Within the curtilage of a Listed Building) Middle Burn Farm, Burn Road, Birchencliffe, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: Adam Walker

 

Decision:

Application withdrawn due to an error in the certificate of ownership.

20:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93777 pdf icon PDF 345 KB

Change of use from light industry / storage to martial arts gymnasium (D2) Springfield Mills, Dale Street, Longwood, Huddersfield.

 

Contact Officer: William Simcock

 

Decision:

Delegate to the Head of Strategic Investment to approve as detailed within the considered report subject to an additional condition to prevent the use of the access to the first floor gym from Botham Hall Road being used for access or egress except in emergencies.

21:

Planning Application - Application No: 2017/93834 pdf icon PDF 131 KB

Erection of single storey side and rear extension Lansdowne House, Lane Bottom, Wooldale, Holmfirth.

 

Contact Officer: Aimee Procter

 

Decision:

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