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 N. Evans declared a Personal Interest in Application 93045/FUL/17 (Howarth Timber, Glebelands Road, Sale) as he owns neighbouring properties on Cross Street and Florence Street, Sale.

Councillor Coggins declared a Personal and Prejudicial Interest in Application 95660/FUL/18 (Former Rileys Snooker Club, 1D Bridgewater Road, Altrincham) due to her involvement.

To receive and, if so determined, to approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 8^th November, 2018.

              RESOLVED: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 8^th November, 2018, 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 day prior to the meeting.  Questions must be relevant to items appearing on the agenda and will be submitted in the order in which they were received.

A question was submitted by Ann Herbert and was deemed to be invalid as it was considered in part not to be within the remit of the Committee and in part had been addressed during the planning process.

To consider a report of the Head of Planning and Development, to be 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 existing storage racking and replacing with new storage racking. Installation of new storage racking within the yard area.

It was moved and seconded that planning permission be refused.

The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

              RESOLVED:  That planning permission be refused for the following reason:

The proposed racking, by virtue of its height, design, scale and siting would cause significant harm to the visual amenity of nearby residential properties and as such is contrary to Policy L7 of the Trafford Core Strategy.

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report concerning an application for planning permission for the erection of a four storey building incorporating a public car park; 10no. town houses and 12no. apartments; landscaping; residential car parking and formation of a new vehicular access from Brown Street with associated development thereto.

It was moved and seconded that planning permission be refused.

The motion was put to the vote and declared lost.

              RESOLVED:  That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions now determined.

[Note: Councillor Coggins declared a Personal and Prejudicial Interest in Application 95660/FUL/18, due to her involvement and removed herself from the Committee.  After making representations to the Committee she left the room during consideration of the item.]

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report concerning an application for planning permission for the demolition of the existing snooker hall (Class D2) and erection of a 3 to 6 storey residential development consisting of 38 residential units (Class C3) with ancillary amenity space, car parking, cycle parking, bin store, landscaping, new boundary treatment and alterations to the access fronting Bridgewater Road and other associated works.

It was moved and seconded that planning permission be refused.

The motion was put to the vote and declared carried.

              RESOLVED:  That planning permission be refused for the following reasons:-

(1)            The proposed development, by reason of its scale, massing and design, would cause significant harm to the character of the area. As such, the proposal would be contrary to Policy L7 of the Trafford Core Strategy and advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

(2)            The proposed development, by reason of a shortfall in the level of on-site car parking provision, would result in overspill parking on surrounding residential streets to the detriment of residential amenity and highway safety. For this reason, the proposal would be contrary to Policies L4 and L7 of the Trafford Core Strategy, the Council's Supplementary Planning Document 3: Parking Standards and Design and advice contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

The Head of Planning and Development submitted a report concerning an application for planning permission for engineering operations for the provision of car parking with landscaping, lighting and access improvements.

It was moved and seconded that planning permission be refused.

The motion was put to the vote and declared lost.

              RESOLVED:  That planning permission be granted subject to the conditions now determined.