(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 interest of transparency Councillor Brown disclosed that he had declined an invitation from the applicant to discuss the application for The Willows, Hainsworth Road, Keighley (Minute 6).  He remained in the meeting during discussions and voting on that item. 

Action: Director of Legal and Governance

Recommended –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2023 be signed as a correct record.

(Yusuf Patel – 07970 411923 / Jane Lythgow 07970 411623)

Resolved –

That the minutes of the meeting held on 27 April 2023 be signed as a correct record.

(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. 

(Yusuf Patel – 07970 411923 / Jane Lythgow 07970 411623)

Recommended –

That the Panels set out in (Document “A” – to be tabled at the meeting) be appointed with memberships as shown and with the role and functions as contained in the Articles of the Council’s Constitution and subject to the Rules of Procedure contained in Part 3 of the Constitution.

That the Chairs and Deputy Chairs be appointed to the Panels as indicated in (Document “A”).

(Yusuf Patel – 07970 411923/Jane Lythgow 07970 411623)

Resolved –

1.    That the Panels set out in Document “A” be appointed with memberships as shown and with the role and functions as contained in the Articles of the Council’s Constitution and subject to the Rules of Procedure contained in Part 3 of the Constitution.

2.    That the Chairs and Deputy Chairs be appointed to the Panels as indicated in (Document “A”).

Action: Director of Legal & Governance

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) will submit a report (Document “B”) which sets out a reserved matters application requesting consideration of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for residential development of land (pursuant to outline approval 20/03878/MAO) at The Willows, Hainsworth Road, Silsden.

Please note that this item was deferred for consideration at the meeting on 27 April 2023.

Recommended –

That the application be approved subject to the conditions contained within Appendix 1 to Document “B”.

(Hannah Lucitt – 07811503622)

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) presented a report (Document “B”) which set out a reserved matters application requesting consideration of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for residential development of land (pursuant to outline approval 20/03878/MAO) at The Willows, Hainsworth Road, Silsden. 

The Senior Planning Officer gave a detailed PowerPoint presentation setting out the reserved matters application, showing photographs of the site and the adjoining area; site plans and access to the site.  It was reiterated that outline planning permission for the development had been approved in March 2021 and the application being considered by Members at the meeting was for the site layout; design and landscaping issues only.  Consideration of the reserved matters application had been deferred at the meeting on 27 April 2023 and Members were advised that since that time concerns had been raised about an ash tree located on the northern boundary of the site and an oak tree to the east.  In response to those concerns the applicant had moved certain plots and buildings to provide a protection zone around those trees. Concerns around tree T3 in the application would remain and would be subject to a separate consideration.

It was confirmed that the layout, appearance, scale and landscaping with the revisions outlined were appropriate and the development would have no adverse effect on residential amenity or prejudice the integrity of the canal conservation area.  The development would increase the supply of housing in the area and was recommended for approval subject to the conditions contained in the technical report.

In response to a question from the Chair it was confirmed that if the application was approved any application to remove the tree identified as T3 would be subject to a separate process and would be considered on its own merits. 

A Ward Member addressed the meeting to report her objections to the application.  She presented two photographs depicting houses in the locality. which had been received after the deadline of 48 hours before the meeting. 

Before she explained her specific concerns about the reserved matters items she referred to an original outline application which had been refused by the Committee in 2020 because of highway safety concerns regarding the entry and exit to the site located on a bend on a narrow lane.  On appeal the Planning Inspectors had decided that the highways issues were not a problem but turned down the application because of a lack of affordable housing.  A new outline application had been considered in 2021 but Councillors had still remained concerned about highway safety.  At a meeting on 11 March 2021 the Chair of the Committee had commented that the remained concerned about highway safety and requested that the application return to the Committee at reserved matters stage for that reason.

Advice she had received had been that highways concerns were not being discussed because these are considered by officers and did not need to return to a planning committee.  It was felt that, in March 2021, the Chair  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.