Watlington Parish Council
Parish Clerk: Kristina Tynan
Present
Bob West (BW) – Vice-Chairman
Stephanie Van de Pette (SvP)
Tom Bindoff (TB)
Officer:Kristina Tynan
1. Apologies for Absence
Jeremy Bell, Ian Hill,Terry Jackson,Matt Reid, Jon Lorimer
2.Minutes of the meeting held on 6 December 2016 wereaccepted by Council on 13 December 2016
Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting above be agreed as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chairman
3.Declarations of Interest
There were no declarations of interest notified.
4.Matters Arising
There were none.
5.To consider the following applications:-
P16/S3968/LB Barleymow Cottage, 13 High Street, Watlington
Fill cracks in cement and render to front elevation, repaint same with white exterior paint, repaint windows and shutters to front elevation, cut drip grove into underside of window cills, replace rear garden pedestrian gate to match existing.
NO OBJECTION - UNANIMOUS
P16/S3926/LB The Cross, 48 High Street, Watlington
Damp proofing of internal walls in four downstairs rooms
NO OBJECTION – UNANIMOUS
Subject to the methodology being approved by the Conservation Officer.
P16/S3705/LB 11 Gorwell, Watlington
To brick up and existing fireplace
NO OBJECTION – UNANIMOUS
Subject to the satisfactory outcome following the site visit by the Conservation Officer.
P16/S4016/HH 15 Chapel Street, Watlington
Single storey extension including part demolition of existing external wall
NO OBJECTION - UNANIMOUS
P16/S4075/LB Watlington Town Hall
Attachment of a defibrillator to the external wall
NO OBJECTION - UNANIMOUS
6.To consider the following Application Amendment
P16/S2949/DIS The Old Church, Christmas Common
See amendment details attached to Agenda
NO OBJECTION - UNANIMOUS
Subject to the details required of the conditions being agreed by the relevant SODC and OCC officers.
7.Decisions
Application / SODC Decision / WPC RecommendationP16/S3276/HH
4 Pauls Way / Planning Permission is GRANTED / No Objection
P16/S2741/FUL
Little Acres Farm / Planning Permission is GRANTED / No Objection: subject to the following conditions
1. That the lighting should be as low as possible, to point downwards and should be on sensors.P16/S371
2. Enforcement of Condition 6 of the original planning application approval.
P16/S3288/HH
Candleford Cottage / Planning Permission is GRANTED / Objection
P16/S3712/LB
7 High Street / Listed Building Consent is GRANTED / Objection
All the above decisions were noted.
8.Protocol for planning applications by having a set of rules in which applications are dealt with through the whole process
SvP said that there are now 2 documents drafted, one for the public and one for the Planning Committee. These will be available at the next meeting.
Resolved: To defer this to the next meeting.
9.Correspondence
(1)Barton Willmore – Consultation Event for Forthcoming Planning Application at Land off Britwell Road - Noted
(2)Change of Commercial Building Name from Sheldon’s Piece House to Hydropool House- Noted.
10.Any Other Business
Ingham House Application – TB said that as one of the Watlington Tree Wardens he has been keeping a close eye on this application and there are still the issues of the flood plain, the method of the way the house is built and the issue of the trees to be agreed by the SODC Officer prior to SODC determining this application.
Land at Pyrton (Wat 8) – TB reported that there will be an amended package of applications coming on this site. There will be a consultation period of two weeks and a new target date of the 3rd March.
THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING CLOSED 8.55PM
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