Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting

Monday 13th June 2016at 7.00pm, South Lodge.

Present: J. Chhokar, J. O’Keeffe, J. Woolveridge, P. Roberts, N. Holmes, M. Berntson, C. Brown, H. Orme, M. Baker.

  1. Apologies for absence were accepted from: I.Bayliss, P. Grimes
  2. Election of Vice Chairman. J. Woolveridge proposed J. O’Keeffe . This was seconded by M. Berntson and agreed by the Committee.

3. Declarations of interest: M. Baker declared an interest in application 16/00879/TPO and took no part in the discussion.

4. The Council considered 21plans and commented as follows :-

App. No. / Town Council Comments / Site / Proposal
1/ N Holmes
16/00351/FUL / The Council object to this application which would be an over development of the site. It would be overbearing, un-neighbourly and out of keeping with surrounding properties. There is also concern that the underground stream in the vicinity could be diverted by works of this scale and cause flooding problems for nearby properties.
This application is contrary to Policies EP3 and H9 of the Local Plan. / Brambrook
12 The Uplands
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7JG / Part single storey/part first floor/part two storey front/side/rear extensions incorporating first floor rear roof terrace, rear roof lanterns and replacement roof.
2/ H Orme
16/00866/FUL / No objection / Downhills
57 Woodhill Avenue
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8DR / Two storey front extension, part two storey/part first floor side/rear extension and roof extension incorporating front/side/rear dormers.
3/
16/00826/CLOPED
For info only / Berestede
30 Gaviots Way
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7DX / Single storey side extension and loft conversion into habitable accommodation incorporating side dormers.
4/ J O’Keeffe
16/00874/FUL / No objection / Southwood
26 South Park
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8HE / Single storey front/side/rear extensions.
5/ J Chhokar
16/00882/FUL / The Council object to this application. The gates and boundary wall and railings would be out of keeping in the street scene and could set an unwanted precedent for other similar applications. / Currbridge
22 Gaviots Way
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7DX / Front entrance gates and boundary wall with brick piers. Relocation of existing vehicular access.
6/ J Woolveridge
16/00889/TPO / It was difficult to assess this application as there was no plan of the trees and the photos were not adequate.
The Council would regret the loss of these trees which form good visual amenity in this location. / Oak Croft
Oxford Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7DJ / T1 - Pinus Nigra - crown reduction by 50%, T2 - Pinus Nigra - fell, T3 - Lawson Cypress - crown reduction by 50%, H1 - Leylandii Hedge - fell, H2 - Leylandii Hedge - fell (TPO no. 44, 1995).
7/ J Woolveridge
16/00890/TPO / The Council would regret the loss of trees from the original Dukes Wood. It was difficult to gain access to the site to make an accurate assessment. / Land Rear Of Oak Croft, Newlands, Huntly
And Cosgrove
Oxford Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7DJ / T1 - Cherry tree - fell, T2 - Oak - raise crown to 4m, T3 - Oak - raise crown to 4m, T4 - Beech - raise crown to 4m (TPO no. 44, 1995).
8/ M Baker
16/00818/FUL / No objection but the Council would wish to see adequate measures imposed and enforced to prevent any disturbance from noise or other environmental issues for neighbours. / 8 Packhorse Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7QE / Change of use of ground and first floor from Retail (Class A1) and Offices (Class B1) to Restaurant (Class A3) incorporating two storey rear extension and alterations to frontage.
9/ P Grimes
16/00891/FUL / No objection / Beech Tree House
Dukes Wood Avenue
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7JX / First floor front/side extension incorporating dormers.
10/ M Berntson
16/00903/FUL / No objection / Fourth House
6 Bulstrode Way
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7QU / Front porch, part two storey, part single storey rear extension, single storey side extension, basement and side dormer.
11/ N Holmes
16/00810/FUL / No objection / Prestwick Cottage
St Huberts Lane
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7BW / Single storey side extension.
12/J Woolveridge
16/00879/TPO / No objection / Grosvenor Court And Mackintosh Court
103 Packhorse Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire / Apple x 2 (TG1) and Ash (T2) - crown reduction of 30%, remove deadwood and shape, Pine (T3) - fell, Pine (T4) - remove deadwood, Prunus (T5) - crown lift to 3m, Spruce (T6) - remove deadwood, Lime (T7) - remove deadwood and epicormics at base (SBDC TPO No.08, 1974).
13/ I Bayliss
16/00915/FUL / No objection / Brackenbury
25 Oak End Way
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8DA / Roof extension incorporating front/side/rear dormers.
14/ M Berntson
16/00930/FUL / The meeting was closed at 7.13pm to allow Nigel Halliday and Mr Lane of Orchehill Avenue to speak. The meeting was re-opened at 7.19pm.
The Council object strongly to this application within the Conservation Area. It would result in a cramped appearance and over development.
The two proposed dwellings would be un-neighbourly and would not be in keeping with the street scene as they would form a distinctive ‘pair’ of very similar properties, unlike the individually designed houses in the rest of Orchehill Avenue. If allowed, it would act as a precursor of further applications for similar forms of development.
The proposed dormer windows would not be in keeping with the surrounding properties and, if allowed, would set un unwelcome precedent for other similar applications.
The trees on the site have not been accurately documented and presented in the application and their loss would result in the detriment of the visual amenity, character and positive contribution to the Conservation area.
This application is contrary to Policies EP3, EP5, C1 and H9 of the Local Plan. / Bramford House
51 Orchehill Avenue
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8QG / Two detached dwellinghouses.
15/J Woolveridge
16/00943/TPO / The Council object to the proposed loss of a fine maturing Oak which provides good visual amenity. Suggest crown lifting instead. / Cherry Tree House
1 Portland Park
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7PX / (T1) Oak - Fell (SBDC TPO No. 07, 1986).
16/J Woolveridge
16/00931/TPO / No objection / Wayside
50 Windsor Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7NF / T1 - Leylandii - fell (TPO no. 31, 1995).
17/ H Orme
16/00935/FUL / No objection / Knights Lodge
16 Windsor Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7NA / Two storey front extension and part single/part two storey rear extension incorporating roof lanterns. Reconstruction of existing roof incorporating front and rear dormers.
18/J Woolveridge
16/00947/TPO / T1 has already been substantially reduced and no further work should be permitted.
No objection to reduction of T2. / Three Hedges
12 Oak Wood Place
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7FH / T1 - Oak - crown reduce by 1.5-2m. T2 - Oak - reduce overhanging by 2-3m on garden side.
19/
16/00948/NMA
For information only / Weybourne
48 Fulmer Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7EF / Non Material Amendment to planning permission 15/00536/FUL for: addition of two rooflights side elevations of plots 1 and 2.
20/ J O’Keeffe
16/00950/CM
see Bucks CC for info / Gerrards Cross Town Council strongly object to this application for the creation of a Waste Recovery and Anaerobic Digestion Facility in the Green Belt. The Wapseys Wood waste site is due for closure on December 31 2017 and returned to agriculture and woodland. To build this facility on Green Belt requires Very Special Circumstances to be demonstrated.
This site has not been included in the BCC Mineral and Waste Local Plan and is not required by BCC to meet its landfill diversion targets. It is not a co-located facility as stated in the document, as there will be no waste facility at Wapseys Wood after 2017.
All the waste will need to be transported both to and from Wapseys Wood. This is therefore an industrial application that is not compatible with Green Belt.
The proposed facility will handle Commercial and Industrial (C&I) waste and household waste. This is therefore waste that could be processed at BCC’s new Incinerator in Calvert. The waste transfer facilities for moving this to the Incinerator have already been determined in the BCC Waste Local Plan. An additional facility at Wapseys Wood is therefore not required by BCC.
We therefore do not consider that there are Very Special Circumstances for building this facility. Those claimed in the application are not considered to be valid.
In the planning application for the extension of the Wapseys Wood landfill from 2012 to 2017, it was agreed that the Central area would not be excavated if there was insufficient waste to fill this area by 2017. As there has not been sufficient waste for this, the original contouring plan will need to be changed. The proposal for the Waste Recovery facility is a separate application that has been included in the re-contouring application, which would be required whether or not the Waste Recovery facility is built. We believe that these two planning applications should be separate.
In order to meet its target of filling the existing excavations at Wapseys Wood, landfill waste has been diverted from the nearby Springfield Farm site in Beaconsfield. This site is still available for landfill and any inert waste could be sent there after 2017.
The Wapseys Wood site was created before the M40 and M25 were built. The only access road is therefore on the A40 Oxford Road. If this facility is to go ahead, the entrance should be moved to the M40 to prevent waste traffic from using the single carriageway A40. It is a condition of the 2017 planning application that all traffic using the A40 to access the site should be routed to and from the west of the site from the Beaconsfield roundabout and not through Gerrards Cross and Tatling End residential areas. If this facility should be granted without access from the M40, this routing should be maintained and enforced.
The application is for a 7 x 24 operation, which exceeds the existing 0700-1900 Monday to Friday and 0700 to 1300 on Saturdays. This will be disturbing to Gerrards Cross residents living at the nearby Moat Farm. / Wapseys Wood
Oxford Road
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire / A revised restoration landform to allow the development of a waste recovery and anaerobic digestion facility with associated vehicle parking, fuelling and washing, bin storage and staff welfare facilities together with the retention of the existing construction waste recycling facility and existing offices, parking, weighbridge and site access. (BCC ref. CM/17/16).
21/ P Roberts
16/00954/FUL / No objection / Mandara
39 Fulmer Drive
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghamshire
SL9 7HG / Front boundary railings, piers and gates.

4. Review past planning decisions from SBDC.

None reviewed at this meeting.

Meeting started at 7:00pm and ended at8.30 pm.

6. Date of next meeting – Monday 27th June 2016 7:00 pm.

Signed………………………….

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