(Members Code of Conduct – Part 4A of the Constitution)

To receive disclosures of interests from members and co-opted members on matters to be considered at the meeting. The disclosure must include the nature of the interest.

An interest must also be disclosed in the meeting when it becomes apparent to the member during the meeting.

Notes:

(1)      Members must consider their interests, and act according to the following:

(2)      Disclosable pecuniary interests relate to the Member concerned or their spouse/partner.

(3)      Members in arrears of Council Tax by more than two months must not vote in decisions on, or which might affect, budget calculations, and must disclose at the meeting that this restriction applies to them.  A failure to comply with these requirements is a criminal offence under section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. 

(4)      Officers must disclose interests in accordance with Council Standing Order 44.

In the interests of transparency, the Chair declared a commercial relationship to the agent representing application number 23/01698/FUL – Item 1, Document “E” and recused himself from the meeting for the duration of this item.

To be actioned by: Director of Legal and Governance

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2023 be signed as a correct record.

(Su Booth – 07814 073884))

Resolved –

1.          That the minutes for the meeting on 20 September 2023 be held as a correct record.

2.          That Planning Panel meeting minutes for the meeting held on 22 March 2023 (minute number 24, page 5, item B, paragraph 5, last bullet point) be amended from ‘with’ to read ‘without’

AND (page 5, paragraph 6) - ‘The neighbour from the property next door to the site also attended the meeting and addressed the panel and made the following points:’ be amended to read ‘the neighbour from the property opposite the site also attended the meeting and addressed the panel and made the following points’.

To be Actioned by: Director of Legal and Governance

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

Reports and background papers for agenda items may be inspected by contacting the person shown after each agenda item.  Certain reports and background papers may be restricted. 

Any request to remove the restriction on a report or background paper should be made to the relevant Strategic or Assistant Director whose name is shown on the front page of the report. 

If that request is refused, there is a right of appeal to this meeting. 

Please contact the officer shown below in advance of the meeting if you wish to appeal.

(Su Booth – 07814 073884)

No requests to view documents were received.

(Access to Information Procedure Rules – Part 3B of the Constitution)

To hear questions from electors within the District on any matter which is the responsibility of the Panel. 

Questions must be received in writing by the Director of Legal and Governance in Room 112, City Hall, Bradford, by midday on Monday 20 November 2023. 

(Su Booth – 07814 073884)

No public questions were received.

The Panel is asked to consider the planning applications which are set out in Document “E” relating to items recommended for approval or refusal.

The sites concerned are:

(Amin Ibrar – 01274 434605)

A.1 Hyde Street, Bradford                                        Idle and Thackley

The application submitted to the Panel requested full planning permission for the construction of a detached dwelling on land north of the above address.

The Strategic Director, Place’ technical report (Document “E”) contained details of the relevant policies, legislation, consultations and publicity in relation to the application which was circulated and published prior to the meeting.  A full site description and drawings were presented to the Panel showing dimensions and photographs of the site taken from a number of angles and views.  The application had received 20 representations including one from a Ward Councillor in objection to the proposal who, in turn requested that it was brought to the Planning Panel for determination.

A summary of the representations received was also included in the report for Members’ information.

Following the Officers’ presentation, Members were given the opportunity to ask questions and comment.  The details of which and the responses given are as below.

A member noted that there were no objections from Highways and Drainage as the road concerned was unadopted whether extra conditions could be added to protect neighbours or would these matters be for residents to agree on.  Officers advised that the site boundary was in the middle of the carriageway and all relevant landowners would have to agree as this was not something that could be included as a Planning condition.

In relation to drainage, specifically water run off as drainage was poor, the report stated that this would not adversely affect the local drainage system, despite the loss of soak away from the existing garden.  Officers acknowledged that the garden would provide better options for drainage but directed members to a condition (condition 2 on page 9 of the report) in the report to address the matter within the site. They also stated that there was no responsibility for pre-existing issues outside of the boundary as part of the application.

A Member who stated that they used the lane on the site map indicated and said it was used by local primary school children as part of the route to and from a nearby school.  He asked if it would be possible to add a condition to control working operations, deliveries and movement of heavy equipment at the times when children would likely be walking through.  Officers advised that restrictions could be added to minimise these but could not reasonably restrict the afternoon end times or deliveries as this would not be reasonable or enforceable.

A Member asked whether a hedgerow within the boundary was protected and had any value attributed to it and was advised that it was not formally protected and part of it would be removed when the off-street parking was created.

The property boundary was raised as the road was unadopted and there was a question of whether mitigation was possible to avoid future conflicts as a result of parking tensions and to protect the green lane.  Officers acknowledged that parking issues can cause  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

The Panel is asked to consider other matters which are set out in Document “F” relating to miscellaneous items:

(Amin Ibrar – 01274 434605)

Members were asked to consider other matters which were set out in Document “F” relating to miscellaneous items:

Resolved –

That the requests for Enforcement/Prosecution Action and the decisions made by the Secretary of State as set out in Document “F” be noted.

To be actioned by - Strategic Director, Place