Planning Committee Meeting

ECCLESHALL PARISH COUNCIL – PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES – October 6th 2021

A meeting of Eccleshall Parish Council Planning Committee was held on October 6th, 2021, at Eccleshall Community Centre, at 7.30pm.

135/21).        Present were: –

Councillor B. Delanchy (Chairman)     Councillor L. Dale

Councillor J. Leather                             Councillor P. Jones

Councillor G. Dale                                  Councillor A. Reid

Councillor J. Jones                               Councillor R Langford

Councillor S. Perren                             Councillor E. Amos

Councillor S. Mifflin

1 member of the public

136/21).       Apologies

Apologies were received from Councillors Wilkins, Kean and Taylor.

137/21).       Public Participation

There was no public participation.

138/21).       To approve the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 15thSeptember, 2021:

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

139/21).       Planning Decisions of Stafford Borough Council:

21/34856/TCA – Eccleshall Conservation Area: 5 x Leylandii & 2 x Cyprus: Remove due to excessive growth and overcrowding of 2 x Yew trees within group. Approved CA.

21/34382/HOU- Proposed single storey orangery side extension (to replace existing conservatory). Pershall Cottage, Copmere Lane, Eccleshall. ST21 6NE. Approved.

 21/33766/LBC – Refurbishment of three storey dwelling: 78 High Street, Eccleshall ST21 6BZ. Approved.

21/33873/FUL – Existing single storey office block to be divided into units to be used for purposes within use classes E(g), B2, or B8.  New roof and cladding to be installed. Part demolition of existing structure and new portal frame unit (E(g), B2, or B8) erected. Unit 25 Cold Store Area Raleigh Hall Industrial Estate Swynnerton Road Sturbridge Stafford  ST21 6JL. Approved.

140/21).       Planning Applications for consideration:-

Cllr. P. Jones abstained from voting on planning applications to avoid any conflict of interests as a current member of the Borough Council planning committee.

21/34857/LBC – Internal and external alterations. 23 Church Street Eccleshall. There were no objections to this application.

21/34376/FUL – Proposed overhead training facility with a mobile classroom and welfare facilities    at Morgan Sindall Magnor Plant, Stone. Units 2 and 3 Cold Meece Estate Cold Meece Road. There were no objections to this application.

21/34874/FUL– Works to include additional operational floor space at ground floor level; roof and other  exterior alterations; single storey rear extension; and the creation of 6no bedroom accommodation at first floor level. Badenhall, The Clubhouse Swynnerton Road Sturbridge. There were no objections to this application.

141/21).        Any further applications for consideration: –

There were no further applications to consider.

142/21).        Any Other Planning Matters: –

There were no further planning matters to consider

143/21).        Correspondence: –

A resident had written to express concerns in relation to planning application  21/34263/FUL, The Ferns, Croxton. These included the impact of further traffic on the access path which is bridleway 135 and whether there will be informal alterations to the path that would impact horses and riders using the track. They also noted a sign saying fp95 was closed. The Clerk has consulted with the County rights of way team who have subsequently inspected the area on the 5^th October and noted:

• No issue with the bridlepath apart from the volume of water on the path which made it very muddy. They will reinspect in drier weather. Widening of the path is allowed if the landowner has approved it, but alterations to the surface does require ROW permission
• There was no closure signage in place when the inspector visited, but there was evidence of signs being in place. ROW confirmed the path was not closed by legal order.

The Clerk will feed this information back to the resident.

144/21).        Accounts for payment:

Authorisation was sought for payment of the following accounts:-

All were in favour and the cheques were signed.

It was also resolved to approve the costs of £980 for the internal and external painting of the 2 Parish owned BT boxes on Croxton and Fair Oak, by Mr. Peter Eaton.

145/21).       Date and venue for next meeting:

Wednesday October 20^th at Offley Hay Village Hall, following the Parish Council meeting.

There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 7.50 pm.