Agenda item

To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Planning Officer regarding a reserved matters application for 50 dwellings and 4 apartments to outline permission 21/10203/OT, on land at Owlcotes Road, Pudsey, Leeds.

Members considered the report of the Chief Planning Officer which presented proposals for 50 dwellings and 4 apartments to outline permission 21/10203/OT, on land at Owlcotes Road, Pudsey, Leeds.

The report recommended to the Panel that the application be deferred and delegated to the Chief Planning Officer for approval, subject to specified conditions, as set out within the submitted report.

Further to minute no.3, supplementary information designated as exempt under Access to Information Procedures Rules 10.4 (1 and 2) was circulated to Panel Members prior to the meeting.

Slides and photographs of the site and proposals were presented by the Planning Officer who outlined the application and contents of representations received as detailed in the submitted report.

A Panel Member referred to the Protocol for Public Speaking at Plans Panel and requested that Councillor Carter addresses the Panel on specific circumstances around the application, in his capacity as a Ward Member. The Legal Adviser provided guidance regarding the Protocol for Public Speaking at Plans Panel, and the Chair concluded that no new significant material considerations were identified, thus not allowing the request for speakers at the meeting.

At this point in the meeting, the Panel moved into private session to consider the information designated as exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rules 10.4 (1 and 2).

The private session concluded, and everybody was welcomed back into the meeting. The Chair explained that members considered private information during the closed session, and this was necessary so that members were provided with the opportunity to have due regard to the public sector equality duty by being in receipt of all information regarding this application.

Speaking rights were not permitted on this application due to there being no new material planning considerations.

Questions and comments from Panel Members then followed, with officers responding to the questions raised, which included the following:

·  Clarity on the loss of Biodiversity Net Gain.

·  Clarity on the dust assessment referring to older legislation.

·  Site visits for members of the Panel.

·  The importance of delivering affordable housing, as well as acknowledging the fundamental dangers posed by the development.

·  Sensitivities and the impact regarding the removal of some plots.

·  An issue with overshadowing on certain plots.

·  Members requested that a condition be included to seek equipment with the ability to measure dust levels at 2.5 microns.

As part of the consideration of the application, and in furtherance to the Public Sector Equality Duty, Members considered in private information designated as being exempt from publication under Access to Information Procedure Rules in line with the Panel’s resolution, as detailed at Minute No. 2.

At this point in the meeting, a motion was put forward to refuse the application as an alternative motion to the office recommendation. This alternative was moved and seconded. This motion was not carried.

A second motion was put forward to move the officer recommendation with the inclusion of additional conditions. This was moved and seconded, and it was

RESOLVED – To approve the application, subject to the following additional conditions:

·  The removal of Permitted Development rights for windows for plots 74.

·  To ensure that dust monitoring equipment is capable of recognising dust particles down to 2.5 microns.