Venue: Council Chamber, Civic Offices 3, New Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6SL.
Contact: Kenna-Victoria Healey, Senior Democratic Services Officer Email: Direct.Democracy@thurrock.gov.uk
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To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 13 July 2023.
Additional documents: Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2023 were approved as a true and correct record, subject to the second vote on Planning Application 22/01672/FUL: Thurrock Football Club Ship Lane, Aveley, RM19 1YN be amendment on page 7:
For: (3) Tom Kelly (Chair), Georgette Polley (Vice-Chair) and Adam Carter.
Against: (3) Councillors Paul Arnold, Sue Shinnick and Lee Watson
Abstained: (0) |
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Item of Urgent Business To receive additional items that the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency, in accordance with Section 100B (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972. Additional documents: Minutes: There were no items of urgent business, however the Chair of the Committee advised that Planning Application 22/01370/FUL: Land adjacent Watts Wood including Mardyke Farm, Ship Lane and Broomhill, Arterial Road, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex was to be deferred following legal advice. |
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Declaration of Interests Additional documents: Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Declarations of receipt of correspondence and/or any meetings/discussions held relevant to determination of any planning application or enforcement action to be resolved at this meeting Additional documents: |
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Additional documents: Minutes: |
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21/02190/FUL: Land Adjoining Tamarisk Road, South Ockendon, Essex PDF 222 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The report was presented by the Senior Planning Officer, who advised the report was being reported back to Members having been deferred from the Planning Committee in July following Member’s rejection of the officer recommendation to approve the application. The update report considered the reasons put forward in July by Members and summarised the application as follows:
· National planning policies required a presumption in favour of housing development where there was no 5 year housing supply · The proposal met policies in terms of the design and layout · There was no unacceptable impacts to any neighbouring properties · With mitigation, there were no unacceptable impacts in terms of Highways
Members heard that the application had been independently assessed on its viability twice and had been found unviable with respect to providing any affordable housing or s106 contributions. Nonetheless, the applicant had agreed the following contributions: Education (Nursery and Secondary levels only) £32,895.64, Healthcare contribution of £19,600 and Transport contribution of £40,000 for car club and related matters. Which was a total contribution of £92,495.64.
During Members’ discussions the following was considered:
At the debate, Members remarked they had not changed their minds on the application since the previous committee. The Chair thanked Members for their comments and ... view the full minutes text for item 27. |
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Minutes: This application was deferred following the Chair and Vice-Chair receiving legal advice. |