Members to give notice of any Personal or Prejudicial Interest and the nature of that Interest relating to any item on the Agenda in accordance with the adopted Code of Conduct.

Councillor Minnis declared a Personal and Prejudicial Interest in Application 109953/FUL/22 (Homestead, 121 Park Road, Timperley), due to her involvement in discussions with residents, she advised the Committee she would recuse herself and make representations against the application.

Councillor Walsh declared a Personal and Prejudicial Interest in Application 110192/PSI/23 (St. John Vianney RC School, Rye Bank Road, Stretford) due to voluntary work undertaken with the school and confirmed that he would be leaving the room during consideration of this item.

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 15^th June, 2023.

            RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 15th June, 2023, be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

A maximum of 15 minutes will be allocated to public questions submitted in writing to Democratic Services (democratic.services@trafford.gov.uk) by 4pm on the working day prior to the meeting. Questions must be within the remit of the Committee or be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.

No questions were submitted.

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning and Development, tabled at the meeting.

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report informing Members of additional information received regarding applications for planning permission to be determined by the Committee.

              RESOLVED:  That the report be received and noted.

To consider the attached reports of the Head of Planning and Development, for the following applications.

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report concerning an application for planning permission for the demolition of Sale Masonic Hall and erection of a three-storey apartment building; and the retention and conversion of the former Sale Police Station to provide 30no. dwellinghouses (20 apartments and 10 houses), with associated landscaping and amenity provision.

              RESOLVED:  That Members are minded to grant planning permission for the development and that the determination of the application hereafter be delegated to the Head of Planning and Development as follows:

(i)               To complete a suitable Legal Agreement under S106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to secure:

· A financial contribution (sum to be agreed) for a review of the existing residents’ permit parking area on surrounding streets.

· A financial contribution of £24,753 contribution towards off-site education facilities, towards secondary school places. 

(ii)              To carry out minor drafting amendments to any planning condition.

(iii)            To have discretion to determine the application appropriately in the circumstances where a S106 Agreement has not been completed within three months of the resolution to grant planning permission.

(iv)          That upon the satisfactory completion of the above Legal Agreement planning permission be granted subject to the conditions now determined (unless amended by (ii) above).

To note the attached report of the Head of Planning and Development.

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report concerning the Trafford Design Code which advised Members of the background to and content of the Code, being an important material consideration in planning application decision making.

              RESOLVED:  That Members note

·  That the consultation draft Trafford Design Code (TDC) Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) has been approved by the Council’s Executive.

              ·  That consultation on the draft TDC began on 3 July 2023 and that Planning Committee Members are encouraged to take part.

·  That the Trafford Design Code will be an important material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

·  That the content of the consultation draft Trafford Design Guide (TDG) SPD (June 2022) has been incorporated into the Trafford Design Code and that the TDG has now been superseded.

·  That the approval of the draft Code represents the successful completion of a Design Code within the 12 month DLUHC Design Code Pathfinders Programme.

·  That following the consultation process described in the report, a future report will seek approval from Planning Committee for the final Trafford Design Code, which will thereafter be adopted by the Council’s Executive.

·  That an updated Planning Application Validation Checklist will be brought forward alongside the adopted TDC and that the approval of this document is a Planning Committee function.

The Chair has agreed to allow the following matter as an item of Urgent Business

(a)       Adoption of Validation Checklist (July 2023)

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning and Development.

(a)       Adoption of the Validation Checklist (July 2023)

[Note:  The Chair allowed consideration of this Item as Urgent Business as the Council could not impose its local validation requirements until it was readopted in August and those local information requirements are necessary for robust planning decision making.]

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report which detailed the requirement for a Council to review their Application Validation Checklist at least every two years with the most recent review being in June 2021.  The report provided details of a review of the Application Validation Checklist in 2023 with the proposal not to make any changes to the June 2021 Application Validation Checklist and republish this unaltered during the interim.

     RESOLVED:  That the Application Validation Checklist (July 2023) be approved for republication.