Agenda and minutes

Any substitute members should declare their substitution.

Councillor Joe Pannell substituted for Councillor Stephen Chipp.

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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 30 September 2021.

Where relevant notice of a question has not been given, the person presiding may either choose to give a response at the meeting or respond by undertaking to provide a written response within three working days.

Questions should be submitted to Democratic Services –

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(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 meetings of the Committee held on 20 September 2021, which have been emailed to Members.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 20 September 2021 be confirmed as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chairman.

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

There were no items raised under urgency provisions.

None to report.

There were none to report. 

To consider an Appeal Decision and Costs Decision, attached as Item 7.

The Chair asked the Committee to note the outcome of the planning appeal decision on the Land opposite 17-19 Victoria Road, Shoreham.

To consider a report by the Director for the Economy, attached as Item 8.

The Principal Planning Officer advised the Committee that Adur had seven conservation areas designated, to protect their architectural and historical interest,  and three of those, Southlands, Southwick and Shoreham-by-Sea town centre, had character appraisals produced around 2008 to 2009. 

The Officer advised the remaining four conservation areas relied on conservation reports produced in the early 1990s. Therefore, a consultant had been commissioned to review the character areas to see whether the boundaries were still appropriate and to produce new character and area appraisals for those conservation areas.  The four areas were Old Shoreham, Kingston Buci, North Lancing and Sompting, and as the latter two included parts of the South Downs National Park, further work had been required.  Officers expected to bring updated conservation character appraisals for those areas to a future Committee meeting, potentially early next year. 

For Old Shoreham and Kingston Buci areas, the updated character area appraisals management proposals and suggested boundary changes were included in 3.2 and 3.3 of the report.  The Officer advised the management proposals had suggested the making of an Article 4 Direction for each of the conservation areas which would limit permitted development rights.

In conclusion, the Officer outlined the recommendation at the end of the report.

One Member said that should a building be taken out of a conservation area and a planning application was then received for that site, could the Committee take into consideration that it was adjoining a conservation area.  The Officer confirmed the setting of the conservation area would be a material consideration.

The same Member said he realised the appraisal was produced in February 2021,  but felt it was unfortunate the Red Lion had been described as being in an unloved state and felt that as it had improved since reopening Officers could include an addendum to this effect.  The Officer agreed, but said the appraisals would be open to  public consultation and any amendments could be made at that time.

Decision

That the Planning Committee AGREED the Adur Executive Member for Regeneration can authorise:

1.     Public consultation on the revised character appraisals for Old Shoreham Conservation Area and Kingston Buci Conservation Area

2.     Public consultation on the proposed boundary changes of Old Shoreham Conservation Area and Kingston Buci Conservation Area

3.     Making and consulting on Article 4 Directions for Old Shoreham Conservation Area and Kingston Buci Conservation Area under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).

4.     Confirmation of the Article 4 Directions under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended).