Meeting documents

Planning and Regulatory Committee
Wednesday, 18th December, 2019 2.30 pm

Business Items
1Public speaking at planning committees (Standing Order 17 & 17A))
 To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee. The Chairman will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each speaker will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation on non-planning matters (up to a maximum of 30 minutes) and three minutes for the applicant/supporters and three minutes for objectors on a planning application (up to a maximum of 30 minutes).

If there is more than one person wishing to object to an application, the Chairman will invite those persons to agree a spokesperson among themselves. In default of agreement the Chairman may select one person to speak.

Requests to speak must be submitted in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, or to the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address.
2Apologies for absence and notification of substitutes
3Declaration of disclosable pecuniary interest (Standing Order 37)
 A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the Chamber in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairman is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.
4Minutes 20 November 2019
 To approve as a correct record
 Other - 4 par minute 201119 
5Matters referred by Council, the Executive, other committees etc.
 Agenda item 8 refers
6Planning Application No. 19/P/2443/FUH Retention of front and rear dormers at 14 Denny View, Portishead
 Section 2 report of the Director of Development and Environment
 Report - 6 Planning Application No. 19P2443FUH 
7Planning Appeals
 Section 3 report of the Director of Development and Environment
 Report - 7 Planning Appeals 181219.pdf 
8Meeting Times 2020/21
 At its meeting on 12 November 2019 Council approved the draft municipal calendar for 2020/21 but in doing so invited individual committees and panels to determine the time their meetings would start. Meetings of this Committee are currently scheduled to start at 2.30pm on the draft dates for 2020/21 set out below:

20 May 2020, 17 June 2020, 15 July 2020, 19 August 2020, 16 September 2020, 14 October 2020, 18 November 2020, 16 December 2020, 20 January 2021, 17 February 2021, 17 March 2021, 21 April 2021

The Committee is invited to confirm a preferred starting time for meetings, effective from the start of the 2020/21 Municipal Year.
9Urgent business permitted by the Local Government Act 1972
 Any item of business which the Chairman is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances (to be specified in the Minutes).

For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed: 'What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?' If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions.

 
 Minutes