Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Rooms 1 & 2, Harrow Civic Centre

Contact: Miriam Wearing, Senior Democratic Services Officer  Tel: 020 8424 1542 E-mail:  miriam.wearing@harrow.gov.uk

Items
Note No. Item

PART I - RECOMMENDATIONS - NIL

PART II - MINUTES

305.

Attendance by Reserve Members

To note the attendance at this meeting of any duly appointed Reserve Members.

 

Reserve Members may attend meetings:-

 

(i)                 to take the place of an ordinary Member for whom they are a reserve;

(ii)               where the ordinary Member will be absent for the whole of the meeting; and

(iii)             the meeting notes at the start of the meeting at the item ‘Reserves’ that the Reserve Member is or will be attending as a reserve;

(iv)              if a Reserve Member whose intention to attend has been noted arrives after the commencement of the meeting, then that Reserve Member can only act as a Member from the start of the next item of business on the agenda after his/her arrival.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note the attendance at this meeting of the following duly appointed Reserve Member:-

 

Ordinary Member

 

Reserve Member

 

Councillor Thaya Idaikkadar

Councillor Graham Henson

 

306.

Right of Members to Speak

To agree requests to speak from Councillors who are not Members of the Committee, in accordance with Committee Procedure 4.1.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That no Members, who were not members of the Committee, had indicated that they wished to speak at the meeting.

307.

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of personal or prejudicial interests, arising from business to be transacted at this meeting, from:

 

(a)               all Members of the Committee, Sub Committee, Panel or Forum;

(b)               all other Members present in any part of the room or chamber.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that the following interest was declared:

 

Agenda Item

 

Member

Nature of Interest

11.   Planning Applications Received.  Item 2/01 - Norbury First and Middle School, 100 Welldon Crescent, Harrow.

Councillor Husain Akhtar

Personal interest in that Councillor Akhtar’s grandchildren attended Norbury School.  Councillor Akhtar remained in the room and took part in the discussion and decision making on this item.

 

 

 

308.

Arrangement of Agenda

(a)  To consider whether any item included on the agenda should be considered with the press and public excluded because it contains confidential information as defined in the Local Government Act 1972;

 

(b)  to receive the addendum sheets and to note any applications which are recommended for deferral or have been withdrawn from the agenda by the applicant.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That (1) in accordance with the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the following item be admitted late to the agenda by virtue of the special circumstances and grounds for urgency detailed below:-

 

Agenda item

 

Special Circumstances / Grounds for Urgency

 

Addendum

 

 

 

 

 

This contained information relating to various items on the agenda and was based on information received after the agenda’s dispatch.  It was admitted to the agenda in order to enable Members to consider all information relevant to the items before them for decision.

 

Any Other Business:  Government Proposals with regard to Procedure for Public Hearings

This was the first meeting of the Committee after the Chairman had received a response to a letter sent on the Committee’s behalf and it was important that the contents of the letter be reported to the Committee at the earliest opportunity.

 

(2)  all items be considered with the press and public present.

Enc.

309.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 33 KB

That the minutes of the meeting held on 2 October 2008 be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That the minutes of the meeting held on 2 October 2008, be taken as read and signed as a correct record.

310.

Public Questions

To receive questions (if any) from local residents/organisations under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 19 (Part 4B of the Constitution).

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that no public questions were put at the meeting under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 19.

311.

Petitions

To receive petitions (if any) submitted by members of the public/Councillors.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note the receipt of the following petition which was presented by Councillor Mrs Kinnear and referred to the relevant officer for consideration:

 

·                     Planning Application at 1-5 Sudbury Hill, Harrow

Petition, signed by 45 residents, against the application for development at 1?5 Sudbury Hill, Harrow.

312.

Deputations

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that no deputations were received at the meeting under the provisions of Committee Procedure Rule 17.

313.

References from Council and other Committees/Panels

To receive references from Council and any other Committees or Panels (if any).

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no references from Council or other Committees or Panels to be received at this meeting.

314.

Representations on Planning Applications

To confirm whether representations are to be received, under Committee Procedure Rule 18 (Part 4B of the Constitution), from objectors and applicants regarding planning applications on the agenda.

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that no requests for representations had been received.

315.

Planning Applications Received pdf icon PDF 17 KB

Report of the Head of Planning - circulated separately.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  That authority be given to the Head of Planning to issue the decision notices in respect of the applications considered, as set out in the schedule attached to these minutes.

Enc.

316.

Planning Appeal Update pdf icon PDF 128 KB

Report of the Head of Planning – for information.

Minutes:

The Committee received a report from the Head of Planning which listed those appeals being dealt with and those awaiting decision.

 

RESOLVED:  That the report be noted.

317.

Member Site Visits

To arrange dates for Member site visits that have been agreed during the course of the meeting (if any).

Minutes:

 

RESOLVED:  To note that there were no Member site visits to be arranged.

318.

Any Other Urgent Business

Which cannot otherwise be dealt with.

Minutes:

 

Government Proposals with regard to Procedure for Public Hearings

The Chairman informed the Committee of the response from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to her letter of 23 September 2008 regarding proposals for the Planning Inspectorate to apply published criteria as to the procedure to be followed for appeal hearings.

 

The Committee noted that whilst the appellant and the Council could be in agreement as to the preferred type of hearing (that is, written representations, informal public hearing or full public local enquiry), the Planning Inspectorate could impose an alternative method if the Bill as drafted became law.

 

The Committee was of the view that the proposals would curtail the ability of the Local Planning Authority to obtain an informal hearing. Local awareness of those applications of great concern to local residents and where there was a significant amount of public interest, made the LPA the most appropriate body to determine the form of hearing rather than an Inspector without local knowledge.

 

Members considered that the process in Scotland to award costs on all classes of appeal should be extended to England and Wales to prevent unwarranted appeals by written representations.

 

RESOLVED:  That the Chairman be requested to write further to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to convey the continued concerns of the Committee on the proposals, with a copy being sent to the Mayor of London, Vice-Chairman and Nominated Member of the Committee.

SPC Schedule 5 November 2008 pdf icon PDF 18 KB