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Agenda and minutes
Venue: The Sussex Hall - White Rock Theatre, White Rock, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JX
Contact: Emily Horne on 01424 451719 email: ehorne@hastings.gov.uk
Items No. Item Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
None.
Declarations of Interest
Minutes:
The following Councillors declared their interest in the minutes as indicated:
Councillor
Minute
Interest
Rogers
56.1 – Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North), St. Leonards on Sea
Personal – Attended a meeting last week with the Lead Petitioner, Andrea Needham, plus Anthony Bradnum; Godfrey Daniel (ESCC); the Principal Solicitor and Committee Administrator. Listened but did not engage in any dialogue.
Street & Wincott
56.1 – Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North), St. Leonards on Sea
Personal - Attended a public meeting and listened to the points raised.
Lee
56.1 – Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North), St. Leonards on Sea
Personal – Met with residents 2½ months ago at the Town Hall. Listened to concerns but did not prejudice himself.
Planning Applications attracting a petition:
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Proposal:
Construction of a new road linking Sedlescombe Road North (A21) with Queensway (B2092)
Application No:
HS/FA/14/00832
Existing Use:
Undeveloped
Conservation Area:
No
National Planning Policy Framework
Achieving Sustainable Development
and Sections 1, 4, 11 and 12
Hastings Local Plan – The Hastings Planning Strategy
DS2, FA1, FA6, SC1, SC2, SC4,
SC7, EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN6,
EN7, E2, T1, T2 and T3
Hastings Local Plan – Development
Management Plan
LP1, DM1, DM3, DM4, DM5, DM6
HN4, HN7, HN8, HN9, LRA7,
LRA8
Public Consultation:
745 letters of objection and 2
Petitions and 7 letters of support
received
The Planning Consultant reported on an application for the construction of a new road linking Sedlescome Road North (A21) with Queensway (B2092) at land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North, St. Leonards on Sea.
This application was previously considered at Planning Committee on 4 February 2015. At that time, it was resolved that planning permission should be granted for the new road subject to conditions. The planning permission was subsequently issued.
That permission was legally challenged in the High Court, and although the claim was not determined by the High Court, the planning permission was quashed by consent before reaching a hearing, on the advice of our legal Counsel. This was on the basis that the committee report did not adequately draw members’ attention to the requirements of policy DM6 of the (at that time emerging – now adopted) Hastings Local Plan: Development Management Plan, nor to the fact that the development would breach statutory limits in relation to air quality. Additionally, the conditions imposed on the planning permission in relation to air quality were not sufficient to secure mitigation to overcome air quality exceedances.
The application proposals remain the same as was considered at the meeting held in February. Members were asked to consider additional information on traffic modelling, air quality and ecology and asked to consider the proposal afresh.
In the period since the last committee meeting in February, the applicant has provided sufficient information to satisfy what were conditions 18 (environmental management plan), 19 (biodiversity monitoring plan) and 20 (ecological design strategy) with regard to the vegetation clearance phase of development and condition 24 (approved phasing of planning permission HS/FA/14/00832). In accordance with that ground clearance, EPS licences have been issued by Natural England. The development itself has not started on site.
The application site relates to land between Sedlescombe Road North (A21) and Queensway (B2092). The application site accommodates a car showroom, existing road infrastructure, existing accesses to businesses, part of the planted bank along the northern boundary of Sainsbury’s car park and undeveloped land. The undeveloped land consists of open meadow/grassland, woodland and scrubland. The applicant has also identified Junction Road and Maplehurst Road as part of the application in relation to possible road closures.
The wider area has a very mixed character consisting of an industrial estate (West Ridge/Ashdown), several retail uses (Sainsbury’s, Pets at Home, Dunelm Mill, McDonalds and the various car showrooms, residential development ... view the full minutes text for item 56.
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