Cambridge City Council

 

To: Councillors  Baker, Blencowe, Cowell, Dryden, Harrison, Hipkin, Pinnington, Schofield, Slatter, Smith

Dixon (LD Alt )

 

Published & despatched: 9 July

 

PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

Date:           17 July  2002

Time:          9.30am

 

Place:                  Committee Room 1, The Guildhall

Contact:      John Blunt             Ext: 7015

        

AGENDA

 

 

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Apologies

 

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Declarations of Interest

 

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Members are asked to declare at this stage any interests, which they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. If any member is unsure whether or not they should declare an interest on a particular matter, they are requested to seek advice from the Head of Legal and Democratic Services before the meeting.

 

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Site Visits By Planning Committee Members – Travel Expenses

 

A member has queried whether travel expenses arising from site visits made by members of this Committee can be claimed.

 

The law says that travel expenses can only be paid to members for "approved duties". These are defined in the relevant legislation and are mainly, as one might expect, meetings. However, a local authority can designate other things as approved duties.

 

This Committee is asked to consider whether to designate site visits to look at sites of applications or other matters coming before this Committee as “approved duties”. Members of this Committee would then be able to claim for car or motor cycle mileage at rates laid down, or for the cost or travel by public transport (including taxis if no other form of public transport is reasonably available). (The position with regard to cycle allowances is at present uncertain. The Local Government Act, 2000, allows the Secretary of State to make regulations "with respect to allowances in respect of travel by bicycle or any other non-motorised form of transport" but has not yet done so. If members feel that this is something which should be pursued, the officers will investigate whether the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is planning to make regulations).

 

The Committee should take a view on the merits as to whether attendance at site meetings should be an approved duty. If the Committee considers that it should be, the officers will need to monitor the effect on the relevant budget and take appropriate action if it appears that additional resources will be needed. However, the financial implications will probably not be significant.

 

 

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Planning Applications

 

 

1        C/02/0294/FP  Land at, 94-100, St Andrews Road,                               Cambridge                               

 

 

2        C/01/1276/FP  Land adjacent to 1 Hertford Street,   

                                    and at 1-3 Chesterton Road,

                                    Cambridge                                        

 

 

3        C/01/0160/OP Land to the rear of, 17-29, Fulbourn                              Road, Cambridge

 

 

4        C/02/0320/FP  Land at, 101-107 York Street,          

                           Cambridge

 

 

5        C/02/0321/CAC  Land at, 101-107 York Street,        

                           Cambridge

 

 

6        C/02/0490/FP  Riverside Pumping Station Site,       

                           Riverside, Cambridge

 

 

7        C/02/0502/FP  Ivy Villa, Stone Street, Cambridge                      

 

 

8        C/02/0519/FP  18 Stone Street and adjacent plot,   

                           Cambridge                                                          

 

9        C/02/0186/OP Land to the rear of 32 Coleridge Road,                            Cambridge                                                 

 

10      C/02/0449/FP  Land to the rear of, 12-16, Whitehill  

                           Road, Cambridge                                                           

 

11      C/01/1332/FP  Goldie Boathouse, Kimberley Road,  

                           Cambridge                                                          

 

12      C/01/1333/CAC Goldie Boathouse, Kimberley Road, 

                           Cambridge                                                          

 

13      C/01/1334/LB  Goldie Boathouse, Kimberley Road,  

                           Cambridge                                                                   

 

14      C/02/0257/RM Cambridge University, West Cambridge

                           Site, Madingley Road, Cambridge                               

 

15      C/02/0352/OP Addenbrookes Hospital, Addenbrookes,

                           Cambridge

 

 

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16      C/02/0487/FP  Land to the rear of, 34 Selwyn Gardens,                            Cambridge                                        

 

17      C/02/0508/FP  1 Ferry Path, Cambridge                                                   

 

18      C/02/0520/FP  Public House, The Mitre, 17-18 Bridge                            Street, Cambridge                                         

 

19      C/02/0521/LB  Public House, The Mitre, 17-18 Bridge                            Street, Cambridge                                

 

20      C/02/0231/VC  62-74 Burleigh Street, Cambridge                      

 

21      C/02/0537/AD  Advertisements on roundabouts, South of                   the River, Cambridge                   

 

 

22      C/02/0538/AD  Advertisements on roundabouts,                                   within Conservation Areas, Cambridge                 

 

23      C/020539/AD  Advertisements on roundabouts, North of                            the River, Cambridge                   

 

 

24      C/02/0417/FP  Lloyds Bank PLC, 3 Sidney Street,                                Cambridge

 

 

25      C/02/0418/LB  Lloyds Bank PLC, 3 Sidney Street,                                Cambridge                                        

 

26      C/02/0663/VC  British Gas Site, Land to rear of, 261-337                   Newmarket Road, Cambridge  

 

 

 

 

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Objections to Tree Works Applications

 

a)    9/2002 – Poynter’s Lodge, 148 Chesterton Road

b)    106/2002 – Goldie Boathouse, Kimberley Road

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Information for the Public

 

You are welcome to attend this meeting as an observer, although it may be necessary to ask you to leave the room during the discussion of matters which are described as confidential on the agenda.

 

Members of the public, who want to speak against an application on the agenda for this meeting can do so, if they have submitted a written representation within the consultation period relating to the application and notified the Committee Manager that they wish to speak by 12.00 noon on the day before the meeting.

 

In the event of the fire alarm sounding (which is a continuous ringing sound), you should pick up your possessions and leave the building by the route you came in. Once clear of the building, you should assemble on the pavement opposite the main entrance to the Guildhall and await further instructions. If your escape route or the assembly area is unsafe, you will be directed to safe areas by a member of Cambridge City Council staff.

 

 

 

Dates of Meetings
The dates of the Committee’s meetings in 2002 are as follows:

May 15

June 19

July 17

August 14

September 11

October 9

November 6

December 4

 

Membership of the Planning Committee

Chair Councillor Slatter (LD)                Vice Chair Councillor Baker (LD)
Councillors Blencowe (L*), Cowell (L), Dryden (L), Harrison (LD), Hipkin (LD), Pinnington (LD), Schofield (LD), Smith (L)
* Labour Spokesperson
Dixon (LD Alt )