Agenda and minutes

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 1.1(x), to receive any declarations of interest from Members.

The following Members declared a Personal Interest in Agenda Item 3 - Land at Manston Business Park, Manston Road, Manston, Ramsgate (Minute 31);

Ms Aldred

Campbell

Mrs Dark

Mrs Fenner

D Green

E Green

Harrison

Mrs Nicholson

Nicholson

Nottingham

Poole

Scobie

Ward

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 29.1 to suspend Council Procedure Rules and adopt the Protocols for Planning Committee for the duration of this Extraordinary Meeting of Council.

The agenda item set out the option to suspend Council Procedure rules and adopt the Planning Protocol instead. The practical implication of adopting the Planning Protocol would be to allow public speaking to take place in the same way as would be possible at a meeting of the Planning Committee.

Moved by the Chairman of Council and seconded by Councillor Roberts that:

“in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 29.1, Council Procedure Rules be  
 suspended and the Protocol for Planning Committee be adopted for the duration of
 this Extraordinary meeting only”

 MOTION ADOPTED.

F/TA/08/0400 Redevelopment of land for B1c, B2, and B8 (Industrial and warehouse uses) mixed commercial use with ancillary parking and landscaping.

Council considered the report of the Head of Development Services.

The item was introduced by Councillor Gregory – Chairman of the Planning Committee.

Following the decision by Planning Committee on 20 August 2008 to refer the application to Full Council for determination, the report provided a background to that decision, introduced the Planning Committee report and summarised issues raised by the public and Members at Planning Committee, and provided more detail on matters covered in the Section 106 Agreement required should permission be granted, to enable Full Council to take the role of Planning Committee in considering the planning application.

Having adopted the Protocol for Planning Committee, the following people were permitted to address Council;

  First speaker  – Mr Uttley

Second speaker  – Mr Kirkaldie

Third speaker  – Mr Thomas

Fourth speaker  – Mr Wells

Fifth speaker  – Mr Lloyd

Sixth speaker  – Mrs Bransfield

Moved by Councillor Gregory and seconded by Councillor Wise that:

“Members grant planning permission for the development, subject to 
 safeguarding conditions  and a Section 106 Agreement as proposed in the report”

 Moved by Councillor D Green and seconded by Councillor R Nicholson that:

“Members agree the following amendment:

Where the conditions listed, specifically 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 18, and 25, or the Section106 agreement, require the applicant to obtain approval or agreement of the Local Authority, approval will not be granted until the Local Authority has consulted with statutory consultees upon the applicant’s response, and has obtained the explicit consent of the Local Planning Authority’s Planning Committee.

AMENDMENT ADOPTED

Moved by Councillor Wells and seconded by Councillor Hayton that

“Members agree the following amendment:

to move (PL_201) two ‘X’ Type units – Blocks 2 and 3 – Rev A, away from Acol  Village”

AMENDMENT LOST.

Moved by Councillor Poole and seconded by Councillor D Green that:

“Members agree the following amendment:

the movement of HGV vehicles be restricted to 1000 a day with conditions on hours  amended to 7am until 11pm from Monday to Friday and 7am until noon on Saturday, with no movement at all on Sundays or Bank Holidays”

  AMENDMENT LOST

  Moved by Councillor Nottingham and seconded by Councillor D Green that:

  “the vote this evening is a recorded vote”

MOTION ADOPTED.

The substantive motion as amended was then put to Council:

“Members grant planning permission for the development, subject to safeguarding conditions and a Section 106 Agreement as proposed in the report

And

Where the conditions listed, specifically 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 18, and 25, or the Section106 agreement, require the applicant to obtain approval or agreement of the Local Authority, approval will not be granted until the Local Authority has consulted with statutory consultees upon the applicant’s response, and has obtained the explicit consent of the Local Planning Authority’s Planning Committee”

SUBSTANTIVE MOTION ADOPTED.

  In accordance with Councillor Procedure Rule 12.5, the following Members recorded votes against this decision:

Councillors Campbell, Clark, Dark, Fenner, Hayton, King, Mrs Pickering Poole, Savage and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.