Agenda and draft minutes

The Chair outlined the procedure which would be followed at the meeting.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Swinburn. 

Minutes of the meetings of the Cramlington, Bedlington & Seaton Delaval Local Area Council held on 28 September as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair

The Minutes of the Cramlington, Bedlington and Seaton Valley Local Area Council, held on 28 September 2022, as circulated, were confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair. 

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required?where a matter arises at a meeting;?

a)          Which?directly relates to?Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (‘DPI’) as set out in Appendix B, Table 1 of the Code of Conduct, to disclose the interest, not participate in any discussion or vote and not to remain in room. Where members have a DPI or if the matter concerns an executive function and is being considered by a Cabinet Member with a DPI they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with the matter. 

?b)      Which?directly relates to?the financial interest or well being of a Other Registrable Interest as set out in Appendix B, Table 2 of the Code of Conduct to disclose the interest and only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak at the meeting but otherwise must not take part in any discussion? or vote on the matter and must not remain the room. 

? c)     Which?directly relates to?their financial interest or well-being? (and is not? DPI) or the financial well being of a relative or close associate, to declare the interest and members may only speak on the matter if members of the public are also allowed to speak. Otherwise, the member must not take part in discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. 

d)      Which?affects?the financial well-being of the member, a relative or close associate or a body included under the Other Registrable Interests column in Table 2, to disclose the interest and apply the test set out at paragraph 9 of Appendix B before deciding whether they may remain in the meeting. 

?e)      Where Members have or a Cabinet Member has an Other Registerable Interest or Non Registerable Interest in a matter being considered in exercise of their executive function, they must notify the Monitoring Officer and arrange for somebody else to deal with it.? 

?NB Any member needing clarification must contact ?monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. ?Members are referred to the Code of Conduct which contains the matters above in full.?Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

Councillor Ferguson declared a prejudicial interest in planning application 21/02285/FUL he is a member of Seaton Valley Community Council who objected to the application and the other objector, Northumbria Healthcare Trust was his employer and that he could not have an open mind or fairly assess the application so would not take part in this item and leave the room while the item was being discussed. 

(Councillor Wilczek in the Chair). 

To request the committee to decide the planning applications attached to this report using the powers delegated to it.???

Please note that printed letters of objection/support are no longer circulated with the agenda but are available on the Council’s website at??http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Planning.aspx?

Councillor Wilczek, Vice-Chair Planning introduced the report which requested the Committee to decide the planning applications attached to the report using the powers delegated to it.  Members were reminded of the principles which should govern their consideration of the planning applications, the procedure for handling representations, the requirement of conditions and the need for justifiable reasons for the granting of planning permission or refusal of planning applications.   

RESOLVED that the information be noted. 

Construction of new single storey modular building to house reception and Nursery provision including necessary improvements to boundary fencing for safeguarding and landscaping (soft and hard) to improve circulation and outdoor play space in line with DfE requirements.

Bedlington Station Primary School, School Road, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 7JQ

Construction of new single storey modular building to house reception and Nursey provision including necessary improvements to boundary fencing for safeguarding and landscaping (soft and hard) to improve circulation and outdoor play space in line with DfE requirements. 

Bedlington Station Primary School, School Road, Bedlington. Northumberland. NE22 7JQ 

Ryan Soulsby, Planning Officer informed members that there were no updates to the report.  No objections had been received to the application and planning permission be approved subject to the conditions and reasons in the report. 

Councillor Flux moved the recommendation to approve the application which was seconded by Councillor Taylor and unanimously agreed. 

RESOLVED that the application be GRANTED permission subject to the conditions/reasons in the report. 

(At this point in the meeting, (16.10) Councillor Ferguson left the Chamber). 

Erection of 92 dwellings and associated access, infrastructure and landscaping.

Land South Of Plant Based Valley, Avenue Road, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland

Erection of 92 dwellings and associated access, infrastructure and landscaping. 

Land South of Plant Based Valley, Avenue Road, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. 

Tamsin Wood, Principal Planning Officer provided the following updates:- 

1)       After further discussion with Highways, condition 33, which related to vehicular access being constructed in accordance with the approved plans and NCC standards and specification would be deleted 

2)       On site amenity green space and the following contributions were sought: 

• £71,879.58 for contribution towards park and gardens  

• £49,286 for play space contribution 

• £60,600 for healthcare contribution 

• £56,580 for Coastal Service Mitigation contribution  

• £243,000 for education contribution 

3)       The report recorded the recommendation of the application was to be GRANTED permission subject to further comments from Public Protection however this was to be amended as comments had been received.  

Paragraphs 7.23 to 7.30 of the report dealt with noise impact and potential conflict with the adjacent factory use.  It sets out that Public Protection required the submission of a new noise impact assessment report which assesses the existing and potential acoustic scenarios of the adjacent factory site, should the factory be developed further and any necessary mitigations which would reduce impact on residents from future development at the NHS site, which in turn would lead to more compatibility between the two sites and less potential for restrictions to be placed on the NHS.  

Final comments had now been received from Public Protection who had removed their objection, having assessed the further assessment submitted by the applicant. They state - ‘With respect to noise, an addendum report has been submitted which has reported data from a live monitoring exercise in October 2022.  The submission of this report has satisfied Environmental Protection that the proposed housing can be developed without a risk of significant harm to residential amenity – the dominant noise sources have been identified as aircraft and the existing road network.  Furthermore, the consultant has demonstrated that an increased use of the existing NHS site (as is permissible under Permitted Development) is compatible with the sensitive end-use proposed under this application. The applicant’s proposed noise mitigation approach (the orientation of buildings and habitable rooms and the positioning of an acoustic fence along the site boundary) satisfies the requirement of Paragraph 187 of the NPPF that the applicant (the “agent of change”) provides suitable mitigation to ensure that the existing commercial use does not have unreasonable restrictions placed upon their activity.’ 

Therefore, based on these further comments she did not want to change the recommendation to grant permission but did wish to amend the recommendation to omit the words ‘further comments from Public Protection’. 

Ms Wood then continued to share a presentation of the application site. 

Councillor Sue Bowman from Seaton Valley Community Council was in attendance and raised the following concerns:- 

Seaton Valley objected to the proposal and considered that it conflicted with the provisions of the Northumberland Local Plan and there were no material considerations to outweigh this conflict. 

Seaton Valley had significant concerns  ...  view the full minutes text for item 51.

For Member’s information to report the progress of planning appeals.  This is a monthly report and relates to appeals throughout all 5 Local Area Council Planning Committee areas and covers appeals of Strategic Planning Committee.

RESOLVED that the information be noted. 

The date of the next meeting will be held on Wednesday 23 November 2022.

The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 23 November 2022.