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Disclosures of Personal and Prejudicial Interests. Minutes: In accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the City
and County of Swansea, the following interests were declared: Councillor P M Black declared a personal and prejudicial
interest in Item 5 – Planning Application 2020/0853/S73 and left prior to discussion. Councillor M H Jones declared a personal interest in Item 1 – Planning Application 2019/2739/FUL. Councillor M B
Lewis declared a personal interest in Item 1 – Planning Application
2019/2739/FUL. Councillor P Lloyd declared a personal interest in Item 5 – Planning Application 2020/0853/S73. |
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To approve & sign the Minutes of the previous meeting(s) as a correct record. Minutes: Resolved that the
Minutes of the Planning Committee held on 2 June 2020 be approved and signed as
a correct record. |
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Items for Deferral/Withdrawal. Minutes: (Item
4) 2020/0097/FUL- Land North Of Jockey Street, Swansea. Item
withdrawn from agenda due to incorrect land ownership completion on application
form. |
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Determination of Planning Applications under the Town & Country Planning Act 1990. PDF 16 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: A series of planning applications were presented on behalf
of the Head of Planning & City Regeneration. Amendments/updates to this schedule were reported and are
indicated below by (#) Resolved that 1) the undermentioned planning applications Be Approved subject to the conditions in the report. (Note: Updates to the report referred to below were circulated to Members of the Committee and published on the Council’s website the day prior to the meeting, other than the verbal update on Item 5#) #(Item 1) – Planning Application 2019/2730/FUL
- Hillside Nursing & Residential Home, Ffynone
Road, Uplands, Swansea. A detailed visual
presentation was given. Report updated as
follows: 8 additional late
letters of objection reported. Gareth Bamsey (applicant) and Huw Griffiths (agent) addressed the
Committee and spoke in support of the proposals. Councillor P N May
(Local Member) addressed the Committee and spoke against the proposed
development and outlined his support for residents and his ward colleague
Councillor Mann’s request for the matter to be deferred pending a site visit. Having viewed the
extensive visual presentation from Officers no proposal was made for a site
visit by Members #(Item 2) – Planning Application 2020/0071/FUL
- 41A Beaufort Avenue, Langland, Swansea. A visual
presentation was given. Report updated as
follows: 3 additional late
letters of objection reported. Page 38 of report
amended as follows: Description of
Development – Reference to ‘Front Porch’ is an error. Remove from description
to amend as follows: Retention
of two storey rear extension, addition of first floor front balcony,
fenestration alterations, addition of front gable to roof, new vehicular access, demolition of detached
garage, removal of front porch, construction of attached side garage and side
boundary fence. (Item
3) – Planning Application 2019/2903/RES - Townhill Campus, Townhill
Road, Cockett, Swansea. A visual
presentation was given. Councillor P N May
(Local Member) addressed the Committee and spoke in support of the need to
ensure adequate screening from the site for residents of Lon Bryngwyn. #(Item
5) – Planning Application 2020/0853/S73 - Land At Upper Bank Pentrechwyth, Nantong Way, Pentrechwyth,
Swansea. A visual
presentation was given. Report updated as
follows: There is an error
on Page 111 of the report, in the first paragraph of the Design and Visual
Impact section, the report states that: “Two end properties on plots 206-210 would be stepped up 450mm, whereas
two end properties on plots 213-217 would be stepped down 300mm.” This should read: “Three end
properties (nos. 206 – 208) would be stepped down 300mm whereas three end
properties (nos. 215 – 217) would be stepped up 450mm.” |
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Head of Planning & City Regeneration presented a
report which sought authorisation to amend the S106 agreement relating to the
application. The background issues and history relating to the application which was approved in February 2020 were outlined and detailed in the report. Since the February 2020
Planning Committee, the Applicants had now submitted an amended scheme and the applicants had
highlighted that the schemes aims to: ·
Provide an opportunity to improve the project
viability for both developer and RSL through the creation of an additional six
residential units and amended mix; ·
Improvement on the quantum of commercial and
residential space through refined internal layouts; ·
Improve generally on the compactness of the
design without losing net useable space and the refinement of the floor to
floor height within the residential floors; ·
Opportunity taken to improve the massing and
slenderness of the tower by refining the disposition of elements, fenestration
and positioning and proportion of the green housing; ·
Improvement of the relationship between
publicly accessible rooftop space with that of the private domain; ·
Opportunity to improve the fenestration design
on the North Elevation; ·
Provision of better cycle facilities for
occupies/users and visitors with greater space allocation and distribution
along with cleaning and repairing facilities; ·
Opportunity to enhance the desirability of the
3 bed Duplex units at the top floor by providing them with a larger living
space and access to a private conservatory; ·
Opportunity to improve the refuse and recycling
capability within the building and to make management easier by amending the
previously proposed locations for the new Electrical Transformer; ·
Rationalise the public realm area to allow the
final public realm uses and proposals to form part of a Council led initiative;
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Presentation of a number of the targeted
energy/waste strategies integral to the proposal: The applicants had also
submitted the following revised documents in support of the revised proposals: ·
DAS Supplement; ·
Heritage Setting Assessment ·
Preliminary Ecological Appraisal ·
Townscape and Visual Impact Assessment ·
Daylight & Sunlight Report ·
Innovation & Energy Strategy Report ·
Transport Statement The main issues affecting the townscape and visual impact, heritage impact and daylight / sunlight
assessment were all outlined and detailed in the report. A visual
presentation of the revised proposals was provided and the main changes and
differences to the new and previously approved scheme were outlined and
detailed. Resolved that planning permission be granted subject to the revised condition as
outlined below: 2. The
development shall be carried out in accordance with the following plans and
documents: EX(0)100_A - Existing Block Plan; EX(0)101_A
- Existing Basement & Ground Floor Plan; EX(0)102_A - Existing First &
Second Floor Plan; EX(0)103_A - Existing Third Floor Plan & Roof Plan;
EX(0)104 - Existing Site Plan; EX(0)200 - Existing Street Elevations;
EX(0)201_A - Existing Elevations I; EX(0)202_A - Existing Elevations II;
EX(0)300_A - Existing Sections; P(0)100_A Site Location Plan; - Plans Received
16 December, 2019. P(0)101_Rev B Proposed Block Plan;
P(0)102_Rev B Proposed Basement Plan; P(0)103_Rev B Proposed Ground Floor Plan;
P(0)104_Rev B Proposed First Floor Plan; P(0)105_Rev B Proposed Second Floor
Plan; P(0)106_Rev B Proposed Third Floor Plan; P(0)107_Rev B Proposed Fourth
Floor Plan; P(0)108_Rev B Proposed Fifth Floor Plan; P(0)109_Rev B Proposed
Sixth Floor Plan; P(0)110_Rev B Proposed Seventh & Eighth Floor Plan;
P(0)111_Rev B Proposed Ninth & Tenth Floor Plan; P(0)112_Rev B Proposed
Eleventh Floor & Roof Plan; P(0)113_Rev A Proposed Site Plan; P(0)114_Rev B
Proposed Roof Plan; P(0)200_Rev B Proposed Street Elevations; P(0)201_Rev B
Proposed Front Elevation to South; P(0)202_Rev B Proposed Rear Elevation to
North; P(0)203_Rev B Proposed Side Elevation to East; P(0)204_Rev B Proposed
Side Elevation to West; P(0)300_Rev B Proposed Long Section A-A; P(0)301_Rev B
Proposed Long Section B-B; P(0)302_Rev B Proposed Long Section C-C; P(0)303_Rev
B Proposed Cross Section D-D; P(0)304_Rev B Proposed Cross Section E-E;
P(0)400_Rev B Proposed Views – plans received June, 2020. Reason: To define the
extent of the permission granted. |