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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 interest of transparency Councillors Brown, Edwards and Shafiq disclosed that they had been Members of the Committee when the item relating to Moss Carr Road (Minute 29) had been previously considered.  They confirmed that no decision had been made at that time and that they would consider the application afresh.

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2023 be signed as a correct record.

(Yusuf Patel – 07970 411923)

Resolved –

That the  minutes of the meeting held on 15 December 2022 be signed as a correct record.

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

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There were no appeals submitted to review decisions to restrict documents.

The Committee will be asked to consider recommendations, if any, to appoint Members to Sub-Committees of the Committee.

                                                            (Yusuf Patel - 07970 411923)

No changes were recorded.

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) will submit a report (Document “I”) which sets out an outline application for residential development of land for up to 103 dwellings requesting consideration of access, land off Moss Carr Road, Long Lee, Keighley.

The application was deferred at Regulatory & Appeals Committee on the 24 March 2022. At that meeting the Committee resolved that the application be deferred to a future meeting, to allow for further information/clarification to be provided on the following issues:

(i)                  Arrangements for the drainage/culvert.

(ii)                Access/egress and;

(iii)               Provide an update on the Village Green application and asses it’s 

                      impact on Moss Carr Road.

The further information/clarification on the above issues is included in Appendix 1 to Document “I” updating the position on the drainage/culvert; access/egress and the Village Green application.

Recommended –

That the application be approved subject to completion of the Section 106 Agreement to include the funding of highway improvements at Coney Lane bridge, Keighley and conditions contained within Appendix 1 to Document “I “.

(Hannah Lucitt – 07811503622)

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) presented a report (Document “I”) which set out an outline application for residential development of land for up to 103 dwellings, requesting consideration of access, for land off Moss Carr Road, Long Lee, Keighley.

Members were reminded that the application was deferred at the meeting of this Committee held on the 24 March 2022. At that meeting the Committee resolved that the application be deferred to a future meeting, to allow for further information/clarification to be provided on the following issues:

·         Arrangements for the drainage/culvert.

·         Access/egress and;

·         Provide an update on the Village Green application and asses it’s impact on Moss Carr Road.

Further information/clarification on the above issues was included in Appendix 1 to Document “I” updating the position on the drainage/culvert; access/egress and the Village Green application. These matters had now all been satisfactorily resolved.

In addition, it had subsequently been brought to the Council’s attention that there were mine shafts within the application site and consequently the Coal Authority had also been consulted on the application.  The concerns raised by the Coal Authority were that the existing mine shafts pose a potential risk to the proposed development and that investigations are required, along with remedial measures, in order to ensure the safety and stability of the proposed development. As such, should planning permission be granted for the proposed development, it is recommended that conditions are included on the Decision Notice. The Coal Authority had thereforewithdrawn its objection to the proposed development, subject to the imposition of conditions. It was confirmed that no houses would be built on the mine shaft areas and that the shafts did not pose any safety threats.

Photographs of the site were presented which showed the proposed access to site, the boundary of the site; a public footpath; dry stone walls and the changing levels of the application site.  The previous point of access was also revealed and indicated that the single point of access and egress had now been moved further to the west than previously had been the case, and therefore the access would no longer be opposite the area subject of a village green application, the access could not be seen to have any impact on the village green.  In terms of the proposed access/egress from Moss Carr Road, this had been agreed by Highways and is not considered to unacceptably impact on highway or pedestrian safety.

It was reported that there had been 154 representations received and one late objection since the publication of the agenda relating to potential toxic emissions; flooding and the volume of new houses in the area.  Representations received from elected Members and residents were summarised in the report and additional points and photographs were tabled at the meeting. 

An appraisal and corresponding comments on the reasons for the deferment at the meeting in March 2022 were provided and addressed the following issues:

·         It had been demonstrated that a culvert on the site and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 29.