(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.

Councillor Love disclosed, in the interest of transparency, that he had discussions previously with residents and developers about the site of the former HMRC building (Minute 16).  He confirmed that those discussions were not related to the application under consideration, and he remained in the meeting during consideration and voting on the item.

(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)

There were no appeals submitted by the public 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 / Jane Lythgow 07970 411623)

There were no changes proposed to Sub-Committee memberships.

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) will submit a report (Document “D”) which reports a full planning application for the development of 138 residential dwellings with open space, associated landscaping and infrastructure works (including access to and within the site) off Bolton Road, Silsden.

Recommended –

That the application be approved subject to the completion of Section 106 Agreement to include affordable housing; the funding of highway improvements within Silsden town centre and at the Aire Valley Road; biodiversity gain, and conditions included in the report, Appendix 1.

(Hannah Lucitt – 07811503622)

Members were advised that, due to technical difficulties, they were being asked to defer consideration of this item to 26 October 2023.

Resolved –

That the application be deferred for consideration at the meeting on 26 October 2023.

Action: Assistant Director, Planning, Transportation & Highways.

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) will submit a report (Document “E”) which reports a full planning application for the demolition of the former HMRC office and the construction of a mixed use development comprising 289 residential dwellings and 722 square metres of flexible Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) floor space providing a work space hub and café at 2 Riverside Estate, Shipley, BD98 8AA

Recommended –

That the application be approved subject to the conditions included within Appendix 1 to Document “E” and the completion of a Section 106 Agreement.

(Hannah Lucitt – 07811503622)

The Assistant Director (Planning, Transportation & Highways) submitted a report (Document “E”) which presented a full planning application for the demolition of the former HMRC office and the construction of a mixed-use development comprising 289 residential dwellings and 722 square metres of flexible Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) floor space providing a workspace hub and café at 2 Riverside Estate, Shipley, BD98 8AA.

A detailed PowerPoint presentation included location maps, photographs of the current site, the proposed layout and elevations as well as computer generated images and impressions of the proposed new dwellings. 

Members were advised that the HMRC site was an extensive building which had been vacant for some time.  A number of listed buildings were located close to the site and the location and proximity of those buildings was reported and depicted in the presentation.  The World Heritage site located behind a mature tree line was also highlighted. 

The report revealed that the loss of the existing office space had been robustly justified as it was no longer suitable in terms of its location, accessibility, relationship with neighbouring land uses and marked market significance.  The proposal would re-develop a sustainably located brownfield site with high quality and much needed new housing and complimentary commercial uses, making a valuable contribution towards addressing the under supply and under delivery of housing in the district. The principle of development was considered to be acceptable.

The development would provide five affordable housing units which fell below the 58 maximum units required by policy HO11 of the Core Strategy, however, a Viability Assessment Report had been provided and independently reviewed by the District Valuation Office Agency.  The report confirmed that because of the abnormal costs associated with developing the site a policy compliant level of affordable housing provision was not viable.  The reduced level of affordable housing provision was considered to be justified having taken account of scheme viability.

A full assessment of the application against all relevant planning policies and material planning considerations was appended to the report.  Through the attachment of the proposed conditions and a Section 106 Legal Agreement to secure affordable housing, a contribution of £108,551.29 towards offsetting recreational impacts on the South Pennine Moors SPA/SAC and the management arrangements for estates roads, car parking areas, drainage infrastructure and public open spaces the proposal was considered to be acceptable, and it is recommended that planning permission was granted.

Following a detailed presentation Members raised a number of questions including the robustness of the flood defences.  Issues with the River Aire further upstream from the proposal were discussed and concern was expressed that extreme weather could result in flood breaches in the future.

In response the Senior Planning Officer reported that during the detailed pre-application process undertaken the developer had engaged with the Environment Agency directly and a full risk assessment had been incorporated into the design.  The Environment Agency had been satisfied with the developers’ assessment and the site was set at a level which they were  ...  view the full minutes text for item 15.

The report of the Assistant Director, Planning, Transportation & Highways,

(Document “F”) asks Members to consider the recommendations for the determination of a full planning application for the development of 35 dwellings consisting of 12 pairs of semi-detached houses, two detached houses and one three storey block of 9 apartments on Land at Skipton Road, Ilkley.

Recommended –

That the application be approved subject to the conditions included within Appendix 1 to Document “F” and the completion of a Section 106 Agreement.

(Hannah Lucitt – 07811503622)

The report of the Assistant Director, Planning, Transportation & Highways, (Document “F”) asked Members to consider recommendations for the determination of a full planning application for the development of 35 dwellings consisting of 12 pairs of semi-detached houses, two detached houses and one three storey block of 9 apartments on Land at Skipton Road, Ilkley.

The report revealed that the proposal was for the development on land within the Green Belt. It was explained that the development benefitted from an exception to inappropriate development under paragraph 149(g) of the National Planning Policy Framework as it consisted of the redevelopment of previously developed land to meet an identified affordable housing need without resulting in substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt. The development would deliver much needed affordable housing in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall and the persistent under delivery of affordable housing in the Wharfedale.

Members were advised that the development would result in ‘less than substantial harm’ to the setting of nearby heritage assets. The harm incurred would be outweighed by the public benefits of delivering much needed affordable housing.

A Section 106 Agreement would secure the affordable housing provision as well a contribution of £16,526.84 towards offsetting recreational pressures arising from the development on the South Pennine Moors SPA/SAC.

A PowerPoint presentation presented an ariel view of the site and green belt and existing houses to the north of the site.  Photographs to the west of the site showed the highway structure and a nearby Grade Two listed property.  A view of the east of the site revealed that the site frontage was enclosed by trees.  Illustrations of the types of properties proposed were provided and it was confirmed that there would be 49 parking spaces for 35 units which it was felt was sufficient to meet need at the location. 

Soft landscape proposals were reported together with the planning of 48 trees and 497 shrubs.  Hard landscaping included dry stone walling across the site.

Members queried the safety of the A65 for traffic unaware of the new proposals and it was explained that a safer roads scheme audit had been carried out at the scheme and new right turn lanes onto the A65 to prevent cars queuing on the highway and restricting traffic would be included.  A new pedestrian refuge island was proposed to assist with pedestrian crossing and the existing 30mph speed limit to the eastern side of the site would be extended.  It was confirmed that access arrangements were considered to be acceptable. 

The application was recommended for approval subject to completion of the Section 106 Agreement and the imposition of the recommended conditions.

A representative from the developers, an approved housing association, addressed the meeting and explained that Ilkley was in the Wharfedale Housing Sub area and the Council’s 2018 strategic housing market assessments had highlighted that 50% of the need for affordable housing was located in Wharfdale.

The scheme would provide a mix of 35 affordable  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.