Issue - meetings

Item 8: (AMENDED PLANS 30.06.2020) Re-develop the land at the rear of 93-95 Olivers Battery Road South to provide seven new dwellings 

93-95 Olivers Battery Road South, Olivers Battery

Case number: 19/02852/FUL

During the officer’s presentation, Councillor McLean experienced technical difficulties which resulted in him being unable to listen to the presentation in its entirety. Following advice from the Council’s Public Law Manager, Councillor McLean withdrew from the consideration of this item, taking no further part in the discussion or vote thereon.

The Service Lead - Built Environment referred Members to the Update Sheet which set out an update to the section headed ‘Principle’ of the officer report, in response to a letter received on 16 November 2020 from Strutt and Parker relating to the viability and marketing of the site. However, the information contained in the letter did not change the officer’s recommendation which was to permit the application.

During public participation, Roger Farthing, Nigel Smith and Councillor David Kirkby (Olivers Battery Parish Council) spoke in objection to the application and Jason Murphy (architect) spoke in support of the application and answered Members’ questions thereon.

At the conclusion of debate, the committee agreed to grant permission for the reasons and subject to the conditions and informatives set out in the Report and the Update Sheet, subject to additional wording: to Condition 4 (bullet point 3) ‘including retention of existing landscaping features within the site’.