Planning Committee, 29 August 2017

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING
Members of the Planning Committee of Helmdon Parish Council are summoned to attend a meeting of the committee to be held in the Committee Room at the Reading Room, Church Street, Helmdon, NN13 5QJ at
8.00pm on Tuesday 29th August, 2017
Members of the public and press are welcome to attend this meeting. This meeting may be recorded, filmed or broadcast without prior notice to the Parish Council, provided that such activity does not impede the conduct or business of the meeting.
AGENDA
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest
3. Open Forum
4. Approval and signature of the minutes of the meeting on 7th August, 2017
5. Matters Arising
6. To consider:
a. Application No. S/2017/2018/FUL
Proposal: Conversion of Barn (with consent for conversion to garage (S/2016/1938/FUL) to residential dwelling, with garden and parking court.
Location: Cart Barn, Astwell Castle Farm, Falcutt Road Helmdon NN13 5QU
b. Application No. S/2017/2019/LBC
Proposal: Works to allow conversion of barn to dwelling.
Location: Cart Barn, Astwell Castle Farm, Falcutt Road Helmdon NN13 5QU
c. Application No. S/2017/2027/FUL
Proposal: Construction of new biomass boiler housing and installation of a biomass boiler
Location: 2 Field Way Helmdon NN13 5QN
7. Councillor questions
8. Close
Signed________________ Dated______________
Helen du Bois
Clerk to Helmdon Parish Council [address removed] tel: [phone number removed]

HELMDON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES
Of a meeting of the planning committee held in the Reading Room,
Church Street, Helmdon at 8 pm on Tuesday 29th August 2017.
Present: Cllrs Duncombe, Garner, Coatsworth and Vicars
1. Apologies for absence
An apology for absence was received from Cllr Wheeler owing to a prior engagement. This was accepted by the committee
2. Declarations of interest
Cllr Duncombe declared an interest as the applicant for Item 6c of the agenda
3. Open forum
No members of the public were in attendance.
4. Approval and signature of meeting minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 7th August 2017 were approved and signed by the committee chairman Cllr Duncombe.
5. Matters arising
Cllr Coatsworth tabled his proposal for amending and updating the Planning
Committee Terms of Reference Document. After some discussion some changes and additions to the document were agreed and Cllr Coatsworth will incorporate these into the text before circulating the document to committee members for final comment and approval. Action: Cllr Coatsworth
6a To consider:
Application No S/2017/2018/FUL
Proposal: Conversion of barn (with consent for conversion to garage reference S/2016/1938/FUL) to residential dwelling with garden and parking court
Location: Cart Barn, Astwell Castle Farm, Falcutt Road, Helmdon NN13
5QU
After viewing all the documents and drawings provided the committee resolved to register no objection to this proposal

6b. To consider:
Application No. S/2017/2019/LBC
Proposal: Works to allow conversion of barn to dwelling
Location: Cart Barn, Astwell Castle Farm, Falcutt Road, Helmdon NN13
5QU
The committee noted that this application is the Listed Building Consent element of the proposal considered under item 6c and after reviewing the details provided resolved to have no objection to the proposal.
Cllr Duncombe withdrew from the meeting at this point and the remainder of the meeting was under the chairmanship of Cllr E Garner.
6c. To consider:
Application No. S/2017/2027/FUL
Proposal: Construction of new biomass boiler housing and installation of a biomass boiler.
Location: 2 Field Way, Helmdon NN13 5QN
After viewing all the documents and drawings provided the only matter of concern to the committee was that it was not possible to assess the amount and type of the products of combustion produced by the boiler. The committee resolved to have no objection to the proposal but to request that the Planning
Authority obtain relevant information in respect of atmospheric emissions for consideration in their decision making process to ensure that nobody is adversely affected by the boiler operation.
7. Councillor questions
There were no questions from any of the committee members
8. Councillor questions
There being no further business, Cllr E Garner declared the meeting closed at
8:33 pm
Signed____________
Cllr E Garner
Vice Chairman
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