The Chairman will advise the meeting of the evacuation procedures to follow in the event of an emergency. This is particularly important for visitors and members of the public who will be unfamiliar with the building and procedures.

The Chairman will inform the meeting whether there is a planned evacuation drill due to take place, what the alarm sounds like (i.e. ringing bells), where the closest emergency exit route is, and where the second closest emergency exit route is, in the event that the closest exit or route is blocked.

The Chairman will inform the meeting that:

(a) in the event of the alarm sounding, everybody must leave the building via the nearest safe available exit and gather at the Assembly points at the far side of the Car Park.  Nobody must leave the assembly point until everybody can be accounted for and nobody must return to the building until the Chairman has informed them that it is safe to do so; and

(b) the lifts must not be used in the event of an evacuation.

Any officers present at the meeting will aid with the evacuation.

It is important that the Chairman is informed of any person attending who is disabled or unable to use the stairs, so that suitable arrangements may be made in the event of an emergency.

The Chairman ensured that those present were aware of the emergency evacuation procedure.

No interests were declared.

This meeting will consider the following outstanding items from the Planning Committee which was adjourned on Thursday 20 June 2019:

Part 1 - 1.1 and 1.3

Part 2 - 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5

Part 5 - 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4

Link to agenda for the Planning Committee meeting on 20 June 2019.

PART 1

Reports to be considered in public session not included elsewhere on this Agenda

The Chairman reported that if Members had any queries on the report to contact the Council’s Section 106 Monitoring Officer direct.

Resolved:  That the reported be noted.

This item was considered at the Planning Committee meeting held on 20 June 2019.

The Conservation and Design Manager (Planning) introduced the report.  He drew attention to some numbering errors in the appendices.

The Chairman invited Members to ask questions.

In response to a query from a Member about why some information in the report had been redacted, the Conservation and Design Manager (Planning) explained that following legal advice that information had been redacted to comply with Data Protection legislation.

The Lawyer (Planning) clarified that it was standard practice to redact any information that could identify someone.

The Chairman moved the officer recommendation to approve the application, and this was seconded by the Vice-Chairman.

Resolved:  That the content of the Conservation Area Character Appraisal and associated management strategies be noted.

Resolved:  That the Boughton Street, Boughton Church and South Street areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance, be re-designated as conservation areas in accordance with Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act, 1990.

Resolved:  That the boundaries to the conservation areas be as proposed on Map No. BSCA05 (Boughton Street), Map No. BCCA03 Rev. A (Boughton Church) and Map No. SSCA03 (South Street), set out at Appendices 3, 4A and 5 respectively.

PART 2

Applications for which PERMISSION is recommended

The Area Planning Officer introduced the application.

There were no questions from Members.

The Chairman moved the officer recommendation to approve the applications and this was seconded by the Vice-Chairman.

Resolved:  That application 19/501555/FULL be approved subject to conditions (1) to (3) in the report.

Resolved:  That application 19/501556/LBC be approved subject to conditions (1) to (6) in the report and referral of the application to the National Planning Casework Service.