Issue - meetings

Due to public interest, the Chair Moved item 6 forward on the agenda.

Use of land for outdoor sports and recreation, siting of structures for ancillary storage, office and refreshments, and associated track, car park and infrastructure (additional details of car parking and zone layouts).

Ed Hammond, the applicant, spoke in support of the application.

The Principal Planning Officer updated Members in relation to a number of late items that had been received after the publication of the agenda which included: on-line petition, petition from B2B Events, correspondence circulated to Councillors from the applicant, time-line of business activities on site from B2B, a letter of support from a member of the public, a letter of objection from a member of the public and further clarification on very special circumstances from the applicant’s agent.

The Principal Planning Officer then introduced the report.

He concluded that the additional information did not change the officer recommendation and the application was recommended for refusal.

Councillor Wilkinson, seconded by Councillor David Ellis, moved a recommendation that the item should be deferred to a future meeting, to allow further negotiations to take place between the planning department and the applicant in order to find a mutual solution.

RESOLVED:

To defer the decision of the application to a future planning committee for the following reason.

Reason:

To enable further discussions to take place between the applicant and officers to address the issues in respect of the effect on the openness on the green belt.