Issue - meetings

Retrospective: Installation of substation at Land to south of Foxgrove Path/Heysham Drive, South Oxhey, Watford.

Recommendation: that subject to no further material considerations being raised, retrospective planning permission be granted.

The application was retrospective for installation of substation at Land to south of Foxgrove Path/Heysham Drive, South Oxhey, Watford.

The Planning Officer reported that there were no updates; the application was before the Committee solely because the council owned part of the application site.

A Committee Member noted the essential nature of electricity sub-stations, which were required infrastructure for residential developments.  However, it was considered that the location in which it had been constructed was sub-optimal and visually separated the development from the surrounding community.  This view was supported by other Committee Members, and officers were asked to convey this to the applicant along with Committee Members’ dismay at a retrospective planning application having been submitted in relation to a development on council owned land.

Councillor King moved, and Councillor Lloyd seconded, that subject to no further material considerations being raised, retrospective planning permission be granted.  On being put to the vote this was carried unanimously.

RESOLVED: that subject to no further material considerations being raised, retrospective planning permission be granted.