Issue - meetings

To reconsider the decision of the Planning Committee (South) relating to planning application 09/1515N - the Installation of a Radio Base Station Consisting of a 10m Replica Telegraph Pole, Cannon Type D and G Cabinets and Development Ancillary Thereto, Land at the junction of Valley Road, Readesdale Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire for O2 UK Ltd.

(Note: The Ward Councillors M J Weatherill and R W Parker, who were two of the eight signatories to the Notice under Council Procedure Rule 36.1, were in attendance and spoke against the application.  Councillors W T Beard and S Jones, who were two of the eight signatories to the Notice under Council Procedure Rule 36.1, were in attendance and spoke against the application as visiting Councillors. Two members of the public (Mr E Jones and Mr J Massey) attended the meeting and spoke against the application.) 

At its meeting held on 15^th July 2009, the Southern Planning Committee had approved Planning Application 09/1515N – the Installation of a Radio Base Station Consisting of a 10 metre Replica Telegraph Pole, Cannon Type D and G Cabinets and Development Ancillary thereto, land at the Junction of Valley Road, Readesdale Avenue, Crewe for O₂. The application had been approved subject to planning conditions.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 36.1, any eight Members could refer to a parent committee for reconsideration, a decision made by a Committee. The requirements of Rule 36.1 had been met and the decision of the Southern Planning Committee was now referred to the Board for reconsideration.

The Chairman had agreed that the item should be considered as an item of urgent business (Council Procedure Rule 37.2), pursuant to S100B(4)(b) of The Local Government Act 1972 due to special circumstances in that a delay of its consideration to the next meeting would result in the application being subject to deemed consent under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.

The Board considered the report of the Borough Solicitor to which was appended the planning report submitted to the Southern Planning Committee.   The Board took into account representations made by the non-Members of the Board.

RESOLVED: 

That the decision of the Southern Planning Committee be reaffirmed, namely –

That PRIOR APPROVAL is required, but the details be APPROVED subject to the following conditions:

1                    Standard – 3 years

2                    Monopole and antenna to be brown in colour, equipment cabinet to be green

3                    Development to be completed in accordance with the approved plans.