OTC Planning Minutes - Olney Town Council

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Sep 11, 2017 - Present: Councillors Stephen Clark, John Boardman, Desmond ... asked if the developers would be providing
Minutes of the meeting of Olney Town Council Planning Committee held on Monday 11 September 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Olney Centre Present: Councillors Stephen Clark, John Boardman, Desmond Eley, Tony Evans In attendance: Liam Costello (Town Clerk), Cllr Peter Geary, Cllr Kevin Viney, Jonathan Harbottle (Providence Land Ltd), Jeremy Emmerson (Providence Land Ltd) and 16 members of public

Public forum: 

Joanne Eley asked how the town can be assured that the much mooted S106 contributions would be given to local projects. The Town Clerk responded that it would be the responsibility of the town council and ward councillors to monitor and ensure that it happened.

1.

To receive apologies for absence. Apologies were received from Councillors Jeremy Rawlings, John Smail and Sally Pezaro

2.

To receive any declarations of interests. Cllr Deirdre Bethune declared a personal interest in item 6(c) but noted that approval had already been given.

3.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 24 July 2017 RESOLVED: that the minutes be approved. Cllr Eley asked if there had been any feedback from the letter sent to the Chief Exec. The Town Clerk reported that a meeting had been held with the Monitoring Officer and another solicitor at MKC. They had requested further information from OTC, which has been provided, and a response was awaited from MKC. A holding response was received from MKC on 08 September.

4.

To receive the list of recent planning decisions. RESOLVED: To note the list

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5.

Presentation from applicant on revised plans for 17/00939/OUT - Land West of Yardley Road 250 dwellings etc. Jonathan Harbottle from Providence Land Ltd, later joined by his colleague Jeremy Emmerson, gave a presentation on the revised plans for the 250dwelling development on land west of Yardley Road. The revised plans included a 2nd road access on Yardley Road and a pedestrian access along Aspreys. There were also a number of off-site improvements to the footpaths / cycleways along Aspreys. They pointed out that MKC had originally requested no vehicle access from Aspreys and a single highway access along Yardley Road. There was also strong local feeling during their pre-application public engagement against highways access along Aspreys. Subsequently, they were made aware of the emerging highways standards from MKC which called for two highways access points on developments of this scale. Councillors and members then asked question of the presenters. 

Cllr Eley was told that the highway improvements would be additional to any S106 commitments.



Cllr Bethune expressed concerns that the highways accesses were too close together, and suggested the 2nd should be on Aspreys.



Cllr Geary asked if there could be an emergency access on Aspreys, and asked if the developers would be providing the community centre, or would it be financial contributions for others to provide the facility.



Cllr Geary asked if there was any reason why a 2nd access could not be provided along Aspreys. Jeremy Emmerson responded that pre-app advice was against highways access on Aspreys.



Cllr Hosking (MKC) noted that there was an additional 8 dwelling development further along Yardley Road for which a reserved matters application has been submitted. He also asked if there was any reason why a 2nd access could not be provided along Aspreys



Joanne Eley asked if the 30% affordable housing could be reserved for local people. Jonathan Harbottle agreed to provide response to this question through the town council.



A member of the public commented that the Local Connection Policy in the draft Neighbourhood Plan had been removed by the independent examiner. (Note from Town Clerk - this is incorrect and the Local Connection policy is still in the Neighbourhood Plan.)

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The chairman proposed that the item be adjourned so that a highways officer from MKC could attend a future public meeting to answer the questions about highways access. The meeting to be a public meeting and not a council meeting.

6.

Applications for consultation a.

17/00939/OUT - Land West of Yardley Road and West of Aspreys Olney Outline permission (with all matters reserved except access) for the residential development of 250 dwelling houses and associated public open space, car parking and community facilities including a multi-use community building. Revised highway access plans. RESOLVED: To defer a decision, so that a request could be made for a highways engineer from MKC could attend a future public meeting

b.

17/02005/FUL - 14 Sillswood Olney MK46 5PL Proposed new single storey rear conservatory RESOLVED: That the council has no comments

c.

17/02046/TCA - 27 High Street Olney MK46 4EB T1 Yew -Remove as close to ground as possible RESOLVED: To note the application has been approved

d.

17/02073/TCA - 2 Bridge Street Olney MK46 4AB Notification of intention to remove 1 x Apple tree (T1) to ground level RESOLVED: That the council has no comments

e.

17/02169/FUL - 91 High Street Olney MK46 4EF Replacement of 3 x timber sash windows to front elevation and 1 x timber sash window to rear elevation RESOLVED: That the council has no comments

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f.

17/02168/FUL - 10 Chantry Rise Olney MK46 5FE Dropped kerb RESOLVED: That the council objects to the application on the grounds that it would lead to loss of parking in Chantry Rise. It should be noted that the planning design philosophy of that development was for no cars.

g.

17/02294/FUL - 27 Elmlea Drive Olney MK46 5HU Change of use of amenity land to private garden land including the removal of the existing fence and to erect a 1.8 metre high fence (resubmission 17/00570/FUL) RESOLVED: That the council objects as the proposal would be detrimental to the street scene.

h.

17/02274/FUL - 105 Dinglederry Olney MK46 5EU First floor extension to side, new entrance porch and off road parking to site frontage RESOLVED: That the council has no comments

i.

17/02355/TPO - 24 Wellingborough Road MK46 4DD Tree preservation order consent for crown reduction by 3m, thin by 1015%, to include the removal of all deadwood and crossing branches and crown lift to 5m to 2 x Ash trees (T1, T2) RESOLVED: That the council has no comments

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