PTC 2020 Minutes

Deeping St James Parish Council

The Institute, 38 Church Street, Deeping St James, Peterborough PE6 8HD

E-mail: clerk.dsjpc@btconnect.com

Tel: 01778 343266

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Parish Clerk: Julie Fortnum

Minutes of the virtual Planning & Transport Committee on Thursday 17 September 2020 at 7:45pm.

Present: Councillors Gilbert, Shinkins-Hoppe, Lilley, Robinson, Stevens, Thomas and Bowell.

District Councillor Dilks.

Julie Fortnum, Parish Clerk and Louise Brown, Assistant Clerk.

33.21 To receive apologies of absence.

Apologies were received from Councillors Hardy and Hosking.

34.21 To receive declarations of interest, if any.

None received.

35.21 To agree the Minutes of the previous meeting held on 20th August 2020.

The minutes were agreed as a true representation and have been signed.

36.21 To receive reports from the clerk.

South Kesteven Planning Department advised that the Parish Councillors did not need to comment on Planning Application S20/1328, as it is a Lawful Development Certificate and also S20/1466 as it is a Prior Determination for a Larger House Extension.

37.21 To receive and consider the following planning applications and put forward recommendations to the next Council Meeting or make decisions in accordance with the Committee’s delegated powers:

S20/1269

Mrs L Griffiths 21 Broadgate Lane Deeping St James PE6 8NW

Increase of single storey rear extension to plot 1.

Approved under delegated powers.

S20/1341

Mr M Jordan 5 Fraser Close Deeping St James PE6 8QL

Erection of single storey front extension.

Approved under delegated powers.

S20/1328

Mr Malthouse 23 Allen Close Deeping St James PE6 8EZ

Erection of rear extension.

Permitted development.

S20/1477

Mr and Mrs Virgin 39 Lady Margaret’s Avenue Deeping St James PE6 8TQ

Erection of single storey rear extension and single storey detached garage.

Recommended for consult at Full Council.

This proposal results in a new building being proud of the existing building line. Sited on a sweeping bend it will interfere visually with approaching traffic. It will also prohibit a clear exit splay for the applicant and the houses either side, due to the bend.

Taking to Full Council.

S20/1466

Mr & Mrs Dormor 200 Eastgate Deeping St James PE6 8RD

Erection of rear extension.

Permitted development.

Councillor Dilks joined the meeting during discussion regarding the Planning Application S20/1269.

38.21 To receive information regarding Deeping St James Bus Stops.

(See appendix 38.21)

Councillor Bowell provided a report advising of his participation in Transport matters. This referred to public transport infrastructure such as bus and train systems and changes that are being discussed in the community. He added that it was vital that there was a Parish Council representative present at these meetings to support Deeping St James’ infrastructure and that he would be happy to be that representative.

It was stated that any representative who attends these meetings, should be driven by the Parish Council’s ideas, but should bring the information back to the Parish Council for decisions to be made. Councillor Bowell confirmed that any information would be brought back for debate. As the only Councillor applying to be representative, it was agreed that Councillor Bowell would continue to be the representative.

Discussion was had about some LCC bus stops that are now obsolete. There is £4,000 in the budget set aside for a bus shelter, and hopes that in the future, buses may return further into Deeping St James where the stops may become viable again.

39.21 To receive an update regarding the Neighbourhood Plan.

Councillor Shinkins-Hoppe reported that SKDC had been surprised and impressed by the responses received for the Neighbourhood Plan. The positives and negatives have not been reported yet. The next stage will commence with Inspectors on Monday 28th September 2020.

A new group was formed called IMR (Implement, Monitor, Review). They work their way through projects and deal with how to take things forward. There is a lot of work to be done.

The Welland Footbridge Project is again being looked into. S. Jackson (Northern Footpaths Forum), will contact County Councillor Dobson about it. Councillor Shinkins-Hoppe to report back.

40.21 To receive a report of the budget position to date and expected outturn for the financial year 2020/21.

41.21 To consider budget estimates for 2021/22 and make recommendations to the Finance and general purposes committee.

Transport Campaign £500.00 budget – No events were had due to COVID, so not used this year. Useful to have in case of an event, such as safety wristbands for children. Keep this budget and cut back if needed.

Bus shelters £4,000.00 – This was set aside for a bus shelter that was to be ordered for this year. Linchfield Road will be more complete next year and the developer has £10,000 from Section 106 monies, for two shelters in that development.

Bus shelter maintenance and repairs £1,250.00 – Should remain the same.

Speed Camera Maintenance £250.00 – Should remain the same.

Total comes to £6,000.00

42.21 To report the outcome of previous planning applications:

S20/0927

Mr Gary Garwell 54 Park Road Deeping St James PE6 8NF

Erection of 1 dwelling (all matters reserved)

1. This application gives no indication of layout (which is one of the five reserved matters) as the layout submitted is actually only a picture, so as a result there is insufficient information provided. The layout is necessary to have some idea of the impact of a house of this proposed size on the street scene and its neighbours.

2. From the “picture layout” they have provided it can be shown that

(a) The garden for 54 Park Road, would be very small if this development when ahead - only 5.5m deep. Whilst there are no fixed requirements for the size of gardens the new build would have an even smaller outside area. This would not be in keeping with the reasonably spacious street scene.

(b) Although the “picture” does not give details – it is presumed that this is a 2-storey house with either three or four bedrooms. This would mean that a reasonably large house would be shoe horned into what appears to be a fairly small garden. This would certainly be harmful to the current street scene.

3. Concerns exist about access to this proposed development – there is no rear access available from 54 Park Road. As a result, access would need to be gained from Millfield Road. This would be close to a very busy junction

Recommendation to full council, to object on the above grounds.

DSJPC – Objected

SKDC – Planning Permission Refused

S20/0780

Mr Darren Woods 135D Eastgate Deeping St James PE6 8RB

Erection of five dwellings (Outline - all matters reserved except access and scale)

Councillor Shinkins-Hoppe encouraged all councillors to look at the plans on the SKDC planning portal. It was proposed seconded and Resolved that DSJPC should object to this application. A response would be written and shared with all councillors for comments prior to it being sent to SKDC. District Councillor Dilks would call the application in for committee decision rather than an officer decision.

DSJPC - Objected

SKDC – Planning Permission Refused

The Councillors noted the Planning decisions.

43.21 To agree the date of the next meeting: Thursday 22nd October at 7pm.