Planning Committee – 24 June 2011 (Special Meeting)

Chairman:  Councillor Bunyan
Venue:  Pittwood House, Scunthorpe
Time:  2pm

AGENDA

  1. Substitutions
  2. Declarations of personal and personal and prejudicial interests, significant contact with applicants, objectors or third parties (lobbying) and whipping arrangements (if any)
  3. Major Planning Application for Determination – Application PA/2009/0600 by Able UK Ltd – erection of buildings and use of land for purposes within Use Classes A3, C1, B1, B2 and B8 for port-related storage and associated service facilities together with amenity landscaping and habitat creation, including flood defences, new railway siding, estate roads, sewage and drainage facilities, floodlighting, waste processing facility, hydrogen pipeline spur and two 20 metre telecommunication masts in accordance with those additional details and plans contained within the Addendum to the Environmental Impact assessment dated April 2011 received by the local planning authority on 20 April 2011 – land off Skitter Road, East Halton. (Report of the Head of Planning).

 

MINUTES

PRESENT:  Councillor Bunyan (in the chair).

Councillors Wardle (Vice-Chairman), Ali, Allcock, Bainbridge, Collinson, England, Grant, Rowson and N Sherwood.

Councillors Briggs, Mrs Redfern and Waltham attended the meeting in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 1.36 (b).

The committee met at Pittwood House, Scunthorpe.

1351  DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL OR PERSONAL AND PREJUDICIAL INTERESTS, SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH APPLICANTS OR THIRD PARTIES (LOBBYING) AND WHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS (IF ANY)

The following member declared a personal interest:

Member Minute Application Nature of interest
Cllr Wardle 1352 09/0600 Knew both applicants and objectors

 

The following member declared that he had been lobbied: –

Member Minute Application/item
Cllr England 1352 09/0600

 

The following members, attending in accordance with the provisions of Procedure Rule 1.36 (b) declared that they had been lobbied:

Members Minute Application/item
Cllr Briggs 1352 09/0600
Cllr Mrs Redfren 1352 09/0600
Cllr Waltham 1352 09/0600

1352  (6) MAJOR PLANNING APPLICATION – Application PA/2009/0600 by Able UK Ltd for the erection of buildings and use of land for purposes within Use Classes A3, C1, B1, B2 and B8 for port-related storage and associated service facilities together with amenity landscaping and habitat creation, including flood defences, new railway siding, estate roads, sewage and drainage facilities, floodlighting, waste processing facility, hydrogen pipeline spur and two 20 metre telecommunication masts in accordance with those additional details and plans contained with the addendum to the Environmental Impact Assessment dated April 2011 received by the local planning authority on 20 April 2011 – land off Skitter Road, East Halton.

Further to Minute 1282, the Acting Head of Planning submitted a further report on this major application for determination by the committee including a summary of policy context, representations arising from consultation and publicity and assessment of the application.

The Acting Head of Planning updated his report in relation to discussions with Natural England, English Heritage and the RSPB. He also suggested a number of minor amendments to proposed conditions.

Resolved – (a) That the committee is mindful to grant permission for the development; (b) that the Acting Head of Planning be authorised to grant permission subject to the completion of a formal agreement under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, providing for the sum of £1,255,000 to secure highway improvements in the vicinity of the proposed development necessitated by the development; to confirmation being received from the Environment Agency that Able UK have signed the legal agreement in respect of land drainage consent for the flood wall works and the local planning authority  has received a  copy of the signed  Appropriate Assessment for the Humber Estuary Flood Risk Management Scheme from DEFRA, and to the conditions contained in the report, and (c) that if the obligation is not completed and confirmed by 31 December 2011, the Acting Head of Planning be authorised to refuse the application on the grounds of the adverse impact such a significant development would have on an unimproved/upgraded local highway network.