Agenda and minutes

Any substitute members should declare their substitution.

There were no substitute members.

Members and Officers must declare any disclosable pecuniary interests in relation to any business on the agenda.  Declarations should also be made at any stage such an interest becomes apparent during the meeting.

If in doubt contact the Legal or Democratic Services representative for this meeting.

Members and Officers may seek advice upon any relevant interest from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest.

So as to provide the best opportunity for the Committee to provide the public with the fullest answer, questions from the public should be submitted by midday on Thursday 5 November 2020.

Where meetings are held remotely, no question will be permitted from the public unless such notice has been given.

Questions should be submitted to Democratic Services –

democratic.services@adur-worthing.gov.uk

(Note:  Public Question Time will last for a maximum of 30 minutes)

There were no questions raised under Public Question Time.

To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 5 October 2020, which have been emailed to Members.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 5 October 2020 be confirmed as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chairman.

A recorded vote was taken by the Democratic Services Officer which was as follows:

For: Councillors Carol Albury, Stephen Chipp, David Balfe, Kevin Boram, Brian Coomber, Lee Cowen and Joss Loader.

To consider any items the Chair of the meeting considers urgent.

There were no items raised under urgency provisions.

To consider the reports by the Director for the Economy, attached as Item 6.

The planning applications were considered, see attached appendix.

To consider a report by the Director for the Economy, attached as Item 7.

The Head of Planning and Development advised the report was in relation to a provisional Tree Preservation Order (TPO) that had been placed on a Horse Chestnut tree in the rear garden of 63 Sompting Road, Lancing on 18 August 2020.  The Committee was being asked to consider whether the TPO should be confirmed.

Members were shown a number of photographs to assist in their consideration of the matter.

The Officer advised the tree was an established feature of the area and it was felt its removal would be detrimental to character and visual amenities of the area and street scene.

Decision

The Committee Members unanimously agreed that Adur Tree Preservation Order 2 of 2020 be confirmed as made.