Issue - meetings

The Committee received an application for full planning permission to retain the existing marketing suite at Great Kneighton (Clay Farm) for a further period of three years.

The Committee made the following comments in response to the report.

     i.        Raised concern that the original plan was for the site to become an open communal space after the initial period, this application meant that residents would not be able to use the land for a further three years.

    ii.        Queried whether the planning permission could be for a shorter period of time than 3 years?

   iii.        Sought clarification regarding the role and purpose of the suite. Asked whether an unsold property could be used as the suite in order to free up this land for alternative community use?

  iv.        Stated that selling the properties at a cheaper price would speed up the rate of sale.

The Vice Chair confirmed that the occupants of the site did not have to stay for the whole three years, they could vacate sooner.

In response to Members’ questions the Trainee Planner said the following:

     i.        The suite was designed to help sell the remaining properties on the site. The housing market had been slow so there were more properties available than expected.

    ii.        Highlighted that the land around the suite could be used communally already.

The Committee:

Resolved by 10 votes to 0 (SCDC Councillors did not vote) to: grant the application for planning permission in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to the conditions recommended by the officers.