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 as 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.

Cllr Noel Atkins declared an interest as an elected member of West Sussex County Council in relation to any issues that may affect West Sussex.

Cllr John Turley declared an interest as an elected member of West Sussex County Council in relation to any issues that may affect West Sussex.

Cllr Sam Theodoridi declared that in relation to planning application 3, he was the Ward Councillor for Castle Ward.

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 midday on Friday 17 February 2023.

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 –

democratic.services@adur-worthing.gov.uk

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

There were no pre submitted questions received from the public.

Pre-submitted Members questions are pursuant to rule 12 of the Council & Committee Procedure Rules.

Questions should be submitted by midday on Friday 17 February 2023 to Democratic Services, democratic.services@adur-worthing.gov.uk   

(Note: Member Question Time will operate for a maximum of 30 minutes.)

There were no pre submitted questions from Members.

To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee meetings of the Committee held on Wednesday 25 January 2023, which have been emailed to Members.

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 25 January 2023 be confirmed as a correct record and that they be signed by the Chair.

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

A Report by the Director for Economy –

Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill: Reforms to National Planning Policy.

The Adur Planning Policy Manager presented the report explaining it had been added to the agenda as an urgent item as the consultation period closed on 2 March 2023.

The Officer clarified that the Government were seeking views on the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework set out in the report and the recommendation for members tonight was to consider the report and refer any comments to the Executive member.

Members commented that with regards to measuring carbon impact it would be beneficial to also prescribe that developers were required to give expected carbon emissions produced by each development from beginning to end, including details of where materials used would be coming from, what type of materials they were and what transportation would be used for the materials.

Members also noted that in response to a consultation question regarding the exceptional circumstances for the use of alternative approaches to assessing local housing needs, the response should state that any guidance should allow for local circumstances.

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

The applications were determined as set out in the attached appendix.

To consider a High Hedge complaint, attached as item 8.

The application was determined as set out in the attached appendix.