ECCLESHALL PARISH COUNCIL – PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES

 January 22^nd 2025

A meeting of Eccleshall Parish Council Planning Committee was held on January 22^nd 2025, at Eccleshall Community Centre at 8.35pm following the Parish Council meeting.

  13/25).   Present were: –

Councillor B. Delanchy (Chairman)         Councillor C. Ryan-Bloor

Councillor A. Reid                                        Councillor G. Dale

Councillor S. Kean                                       Councillor P. Jones

Councillor D. Hill                                         Councillor M. Gosling

Councillor D. Feneysey                              Councillor R. Taylor

Councillor D. Hall

Mrs Stacey Worden (Clerk)

No members of the public.

  14/25).  Apologies

Apologies were received from Councillors Perren, Langford, Wilkins and Mifflin.

  15/25).  Declarations of Interest and Councillor requests for dispensation relating to items on the agenda:

There were no requests to receive, and no declarations of interest were made.

  16/25).  Public Participation

There was no public participation.

  17/25).  To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 8^th January 2025:

The minutes, which had been previously circulated, were agreed and signed.

  18/25).  Planning Decisions of Stafford Borough Council:

24/39845/FUL – Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) on application 18/29648/HOU.

The Bungalow Chatcull Lane Chatcull. Approved.

24/39558/TWT – TPO 603 2016: Oak (T7) – Reduce crown by up to 1.5m & crown lift

to 2.5m. Reason – to alleviate loading on historical crack in stem.

22 Overton Close Eccleshall. Approved.

23/38241/FUL – One replacement farmhouse dwelling. Chatcull Green Farm Chatcull Lane Chatcull. Approved.

 19/25).  Planning Applications for consideration:-

Cllrs. Reid and Jones abstained from voting on planning applications to avoid any conflict of interests due to duties within Stafford Borough Council.

24/40049/HOU– Proposed Extension to the existing garage. 60 Badgers Croft Eccleshall. There were no objections to this application.

24/39958/HOU – Removal of existing single storey garage/office and replace with a two storey double garage/store room/home office and bathroom. Littledean Barn Ankerton Lane Sturbridge. There were no objections to this application.

24/39974/FUL / 24/39975/LBC – Proposed first floor extension to create additional office space on existing first floor balcony area including reduction of existing kitchen window and demolition of existing pitched roof projecting through balcony area and removal of existing corner glazing to retail unit at ground floor.   2 High Street Eccleshall.

There were no objections to application 24/39974/FUL but it was resolved to object to 24/39975/LBC due to the planned removal of an interior window which is part of the listed building heritage.

 20/25). To consider any further applications:-

24/39114/FUL – Amended Application. Conversion of existing outbuilding to staff room with solar panels to existing flat roof. Eccleshall Dental Practice 6 Castle Street Eccleshall. There were no objections to this application.

 21/25). Any Other Planning Matters: –

Cllr. Reid reported that representatives from the Parking and Town Centre Vision Working Group undertook a viewing of the Old Forge site off Castle Street, as part of their research into options for parking and infrastructure improvements. The site is very large and would need significant investment that is way outside of the parish council’s funding capacity. There are also flooding concerns in the area that would need addressing. With a sale price estimated at 750k, an estimated investment cost of between £2-5 million is not an unreasonable estimate.

 22/25).  Correspondence:-

Cotes Heath Solar Development public consultation information:

Members received the correspondence from Cotes Heath Solar advising the launch of a public consultation on proposals for a new solar development to the southeast of Cotes Heath, open for responses until 11^th February 2025. It was resolved to respond to the consultation to state the following points:

• Residents local to solar farms should have a guaranteed minimum-value and ongoing level of compensation to go some way to mitigate the disruption from the development.
• To note that there are no local benefits included in the proposal. The local community should share in any future success of this installation through shared profits distribution or equivalent arrangements, with activities or proceeds determined by the community and for the community, and for this to be a condition of approval.

The response neither supports nor objects to the proposal but should be standard conditions for solar farm developments.

23/25). Date and venue for next meeting:

Wednesday February 5^th, Eccleshall Community Centre, 7.30pm.

There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 9.00pm.