Agenda item

Committee considered a report in relation to the above application presented by the Development Management and Land Charges Manager, who gave details of the application and highlighted the location and features of the site and key issues.  The application sought permission to demolish 6 existing prefabricated garages, re-surface the existing parking area and extend it by 9.5 sqm, marking out the resulting parking area with 14 spaces, including one disabled parking space.  The proposal also included repairs to an existing low retaining wall and installation of a 12.6m long crash barrier at a height of 900mm along the front of one of the rows of parking spaces created.

A submission from Sarah Hyde was brought to the attention of the Committee.

The Assistant Director of Housing Management & Enforcement was present to help address listed concerns.

It was noted the provision of EV charging points would be a commercial one and not for the Council to include in the proposal.

5 in favour

0 against

Moved by Councillor Phil Smith and seconded by Councillor Steve Fritchley

RESOLVED that application no. 25/00307/FREG3 be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1. The development shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

2. The development must be carried out in accordance with plan number: BDC-WCG-03A Proposed block plan.

Statement of Decision Process

Officers have worked positively and pro-actively with the applicant to address issues raised during the consideration of the application.  The proposal has been considered against the policies and guidelines adopted by the Council and the decision has been taken in accordance with the guidelines of the Framework.

Equalities Statement

Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 places a statutory duty on public authorities in the exercise of their functions to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it (i.e., “the Public Sector Equality Duty”).

In this case, there is no evidence to suggest that the development proposals would have any direct or indirect negative impacts on any person with a protected characteristic or any group of people with a shared protected characteristic.

Human Rights Statement

The specific Articles of the European Commission on Human Rights (‘the ECHR’) relevant to planning include Article 6 (Right to a fair and public trial within a reasonable time), Article 8 (Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence), Article 14 (Prohibition of discrimination) and Article 1 of Protocol 1 (Right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions and protection of property).

It is considered that assessing the effects that a proposal will have on individuals and weighing these against the wider public interest in determining whether development should be allowed to proceed is an inherent part of the decision-making process.  In carrying out this ‘balancing exercise’ in the above report, officers are satisfied that the potential for these proposals to affect any individual’s (or any group of individuals’) human rights has been addressed proportionately and in accordance with the requirements of the ECHR.

The Chair thanked all Members and officers for their attendance.