Part A
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Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
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Have Your Say! (Planning)
The Chairman will invite members of the public to indicate if they wish to speak or present a petition on any item included on the agenda. Please indicate your wish to speak at this point if your name has not been noted by Council staff.
These speaking provisions do not apply to applications which have been subject to the Deferral and Recommendation Overturn Procedure (DROP).
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Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
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Urgent Items
The Chairman will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
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Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary interest.
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes are a correct record of the meeting held on 28 November 2019.
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The minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2019 were confirmed as a correct record.
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Planning Applications
When the members of the Committee consider the planning applications listed below, they may decide to agree, all at the same time, the recommendations in the reports for any applications which no member of the Committee or member of the public wishes to address the Committee.
Demolition of existing garages and the construction of new affordable housing to provide 6 No. 2 bedroom flats.
773
The Committee considered a planning application for the demolition of existing garages and the construction of new affordable housing to provide six 2 bedroom flats at Garage Site, Scarfe Way, Colchester. The application had been referred to the Committee because the applicant was Colchester Amphora Homes Limited on behalf of Colchester Borough Council with Colchester Borough Homes as the agent.
The Committee had before it a report and amendment sheet in which all information was set out.
The Committee made a site visit in order to assess the impact of the proposals upon the locality and the suitability of the proposals for the site.
RESOLVED (UNANIMOUSLY) that the application be approved subject to the conditions set out in the report.
Demolition of existing garages and the construction of new affordable housing to provide 6 No. 2 bedroom flats.
774
The Committee considered a planning application for the demolition of existing garages and the construction of new affordable housing to provide six 2 bedroom flats at Garage Site, Buffett Way, Colchester. The application had been referred to the Committee because the applicant was Colchester Amphora Homes Limited on behalf of Colchester Borough Council with Colchester Borough Homes as the agent.
The Committee had before it a report and amendment sheet in which all information was set out.
The Committee made a site visit in order to assess the impact of the proposals upon the locality and the suitability of the proposals for the site.
RESOLVED (UNANIMOUSLY) that the application be approved subject to the conditions set out in the report.
A report by the Assistant Director Policy and Corporate concerning amendments to the Scheme of Delegation to Officers from the Planning Committee following a change of responsibility within the Senior Management team.
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The Committee considered a report by the Assistant Director Policy and Corporate concerning amendments to the Scheme of Delegation to Officers from the Planning Committee which required amendment to reflect a change in management for the planning service following a change of responsibility within the Senior Management team.
RESOLVED (UNANIMOUSLY) that the amended Scheme of Delegation to Officers from the Planning Committee to the Assistant Director Place and Client Services as set out in the Appendix to the report be approved for it to come into effect from 6 January 2020.
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Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).
Site Visits
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Councillors Hazell, Jarvis, Liddy, Loveland, Luxford Vaughan and Moore attended the site visits.
Deputy Chairman
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RESOLVED that Councillor Barton be elected Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the remainder of the Municipal Year.