Issue - meetings

Construction of new building for vehicle repair.

Recommendation: That Planning Permission be Granted.

Application 23/1560/FUL – proposes the construction of an additional building within the site, to be used for vehicle repair.

Adam Ralton, Development Management Team Leader advised that there was no update to the application.

A request for an informative has been made to recommend regular testing of the quality of water near the site to ensure that there is no contamination of the water in the future.

The Committee was informed that the issue of remediating the existing known contamination is being dealt with the application for the redevelopment of the site, therefore any existing contamination is covered. The drainage system that was proposed as part of the previous application is designed to prevent any future contamination; whereby the water gets treated through fuel interceptors to stop any possible contamination.

It was further clarified that the Canal and River Trust had made a comment regarding the requested condition on their concerns of the existing contamination; but their concerns relate to the existing contamination that was identified and is being remediated as part of the previous application. Officer had been in contact with the Canal and River Trust and provided background information that the Trust may not have been aware of, and this is the reason why there is no condition requiring contamination investigations to happen unless anything is discovered at the time this particular development is implemented.

The Officer recommendation to grant the planning permission, subject to the conditions set out in the report, was proposed by Councillor Matthew Bedford, seconded by Councillor Stephen King, put to the vote and carried unanimously.

RESOLVED:

That PLANNING PERMISSION BE GRANTED subject to the conditions and Informatives set out in the committee report.