Issue - meetings

That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment).

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment) in respect of this application.  The usual consultations had been undertaken and the responses received detailed in the report.

            The officer detailed the background to the report and explained that the application needed to be determined by Committee as the site exceeded the delegated powers available to the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment).   He explained that the site consisted of outbuildings with an historical element and more modern steel framed agricultural barns with profiled sheet steel cladding.  The application had been the subject of consultation and no issues had been raised by the statutory consultees and no letters of objection had been received.  The main issues for consideration were the principle of development and the effect on the character and appearance of the open countryside.  The only aspect of the proposals which would introduce a visually new element within the landscape was the proposed manege but it was not proposed that this area would be illuminated and therefore the impact on the wider landscape would be minimal.   

            Councillor Derek Butler proposed the recommendation for approval which was duly seconded. 

            In seconding the proposal, Councillor Mike Peers said that the proposal, which would allow rural enterprise to make use of redundant buildings, should be supported. 

            RESOLVED:

            That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions detailed in the report of the Chief Officer (Planning and Environment).