Parish of Long Melford
1 Milestone House, Long Melford, Suffolk, C010 9HZ
(t) 01787 378084 (e)
PLANNING COMMITTEE
NOTICE OF MEETING
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting prior to that of Full Council of the Planning Committee of the Long Melford Parish Council to be held on Tuesday 17thDecember 2013 at6.45pm in the Library, Hall Streetfor the purpose of transacting the following business:
Dated this 11th day of December 2013 Gifford Lewis
Clerk to the Parish Council
AGENDA
1.Apologies for absence
2.Declarations of Interest or Hospitality
For Members to declare any pecuniary or personal interests in matters on the agenda.
3.To Approve the Minutes of the Meeting Held 19thNovember 2013
To approve the minutes of the Meeting prior to that of Full Council on Planning Applications held 19th November2013.
4.To Adjourn the Meeting for a Public Forum Related to Matters on the Agenda
To propose that Standing Orders be suspended in order that members of the public may ask questions regarding matters on the agenda.
5.To Reconvene the Meeting following the Public Forum
To propose that Standing Orders be enforced at the conclusion of the public forum.
6.To Receive a Progress Report with Regards the Chilton Woods Development (attached)
To receive an update on the Chilton Woods Place Shaping Group meeting of 9th December 2013.
7.To Consider Proposals for Remediation and Re-Development of the Stafford Site
To consider feedback on the Open Day held at the former Bush Boake Allen factory site on 14th December 2013.
8.Applications for Consideration:
To comment on the following applications:-
a)Application No. B/13/01230/TCA– Ardley House, Hall Street – Removal of tree in rear garden.
b)Application No. B/13/01271/FHA – Bramertons, Little St Marys –Erection of single-storey rear extension and alterations.
c)Application No. B/13/01275/FUL – The Hunter Gallery, Hall Street – Change of use of ground floor (Class A1 retail) to form additional residential accommodation.
d)Application No. B/13/01317/FHA – Fairlight, Bull Lane – Erection of two-storey rear and side extension (following demolition of existing garage).
e)Application No. B/13/00875/FULDowns Garage, Southgate Street – Erection of 3 No detached dwellings (demolition of redundant filling station building).
f)Application No. B/13/01338/FHASloane Cottage, The Green – Erection of a rear conservatory
g)Application No. B/13/01339/LBCSloane Cottage, The Green – Application for Listed Building Consent –Removal of 1 no. window in rear elevation and insertion of replacement door. Erection of a rear conservatory, lime and lath render repairs to south elevation.
9.To Note Babergh District Council Planning Committee Decisions since the Last Meeting
a)Application No. B/13/00988/FHA/JP – Highlanders Farmhouse, Mills Lane – Erection of cartlodge style carport/garden shed store (approved under Planning Permission ref: B/10/00836/FHA) incorporating first-floor attic store with high level external door, and addition of plinth and weatherboarding to log store area (Retention of) - Granted.
10.Closure
The Public and Press are Welcome to Attend this Meeting
- To Receive a Progress Report with Regards the Chilton Woods Development
Background
Chilton Woods is a proposed development of 1050 homes, employment/commercial development and waste transfer station (western end). Effectively it is a half-moon shape with Tesco supermarket in the middle. Approximately a third of the development site is within Long Melford Parish. It could impact considerably on the village and surrounding areas.
Place Shaping Meeting
The Council Chairman and Cllr Richard Kemp joined councillor colleagues from Sudbury and surrounding villages to receive an update on this development. It has been in the doldrums since Redrow, lead developer, pulled out for reasons not publicly known – possibly economic realities. The key points from the meeting were:-
- Suffolk County Council appeared to have put around £6million on the table to kick start this development. This is vital given the high infrastructure costs.
- The Inspector’s response to the Core Strategy Modifications is still awaited from the Hearing in March 2013. However, there appears to be the political will to resource a planning application by July 2015.
- The lack of good strategic transport routes remain an issue.
- Cllr Kemp raised the issue of surface water given much of Long Melford is low lying.
- The concept of a garden village suburb was strongly supported – landscape dominated.
- There is no clarity about community gain – Babergh DC will need to continue to be pressed on this consideration.
- Strong support for the development to sit within one parish, probably Chilton Parish Council so boundary changes needed. This could provide a stronger sense of ownership.
- Terms of reference were updated and approved along with Version Two of Quality Charter.
Looking ahead further meetings of the Place Shaping Group are planned on approximately six weekly basis. Next meetings are to focus on transport /access issues then looking at master plan/surface water drainage.
Cllr Peter Turner Cllr Richard Kemp
Chairman District / County / Parish Councillor
Long Melford Parish Council
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