This is a meeting of the Regulatory Committee of Hampshire County Council held on the 14th Jun 2023.
The last meeting of the Regulatory Committee was on the 17th Apr 2024, and the next meeting will be 15th May 2024.
Ashburton Hall - HCC
Item | Title | Minutes |
1 | Apologies for absence |
Apologies were received from Cllr Donnelly and Jackman. |
2 | Declarations of interest |
Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.
No declarations were made. |
3 | Minutes of previous meeting |
Minutes of the previous meeting
The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and agreed. |
4 | Deputations |
There were no deputations. |
5 | Chairman's Announcements |
The Chairman reflected on concerns that a number of meetings of the Committee had recently been cancelled and there were applications in the pipeline.
The Development Planning Manager explained that there were applications which the Strategic Planning Team were unable to progress due to delays in applicants’ responses with information required by the Planning Authority. Delays had also been experienced in responses from agencies being consulted.
The Committee heard that to mitigate the situation:
· Discussions regarding information required and the related deadlines are being held with applicants.
· Validation guidance has been drafted, to be published and implemented in the autumn.
· Customer events are being held specifically to convey the message that responses are required with the correct information within set timeframes.
· Work is being done nationally to get people to apply to work in this field.
· Three new officers are being recruited to the team.
· Officers are working as hard as they can to progress applications.
The Committee noted that the situation is reflected across many Minerals and Waste Planning Authorities.
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6 | Monitoring and Enforcement Update |
Monitoring and Enforcement Update
The Development Planning Manager introduced the report and drew the Committee’s attention to the following:
· The Liaison Panel for Bowling Alley, Crondall had met the day before. There had been some issues with enforcement from Hart District Council.
· Notices have been served on the operator at the Yokesford Hill Estate site to stop an increase in the height of the stockpile. The second Liaison Panel is due to be held at the end of the month.
· There is a planning application in the pipeline for Waterbrook Industrial Estate, which would be coming to the Committee later in the year.
· Complaints and concerns had been raised regarding Shedfield Equestrian Centre as detailed in the report. There are currently two retrospective applications in progress for the site for which officers are awaiting information.
The Committee was shown a photo of a ‘mountain’ of packs of PPE at Little Testwood Farm at Calmore. The Environment Agency are investigating this issue.
The Planning Development Manager explained that Strategic Planning is now in the same department of Trading Standards. This is leading to more joined up working between the two with intelligence being shared from site visits.
Resolved:
The contents of this report were noted. |
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party
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Conservative
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Expected
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21st Feb 2024 Regulatory Committee (Cancelled)
24th Jan 2024 Regulatory Committee
13th Dec 2023 Regulatory Committee
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18th Oct 2023 Regulatory Committee
13th Sep 2023 Regulatory Committee
19th Jul 2023 Regulatory Committee
22nd Jun 2023 Regulatory Committee (Cancelled)
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