Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 23 September 2020.

The minutes of the previous meeting held on 23 September were approved as a correct record and would be signed by the Chairman.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Malcolm Cavill, Mike Hewitson and Tiffany Osborne.

In accordance with the Council’s current Code of Conduct (as amended 26 February 2015), which includes all the provisions relating to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests (DPI), personal and prejudicial interests, Members are asked to declare any DPI and also any personal interests (and whether or not such personal interests are also “prejudicial”) in relation to any matter on the Agenda for this meeting. 

Members are reminded that they need to declare the fact that they are also a member of a County, Town or Parish Council as a Personal Interest.  Where you are also a member of Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council within South Somerset you must declare a prejudicial interest in any business on the agenda where there is a financial benefit or gain or advantage to Somerset County Council and/or a Town or Parish Council which would be at the cost or to the financial disadvantage of South Somerset District Council. 

Planning Applications Referred to the Regulation Committee

The following members of this Committee are also members of the Council’s Regulation Committee:

Councillors Neil Bloomfield, Malcolm Cavill, Adam Dance and Crispin Raikes.

Where planning applications are referred by this Committee to the Regulation Committee for determination, Members of the Regulation Committee can participate and vote on these items at the Area Committee and at Regulation Committee.  In these cases the Council’s decision-making process is not complete until the application is determined by the Regulation Committee.  Members of the Regulation Committee retain an open mind and will not finalise their position until the Regulation Committee.  They will also consider the matter at Regulation Committee as Members of that Committee and not as representatives of the Area Committee.

There were no declarations of interest.

Councillors are requested to note that the next Area North Committee meeting is scheduled to be held at 2.00pm on Wednesday 27 January 2021 and is likely to be a virtual meeting using Zoom.

Members noted that the next meeting of Area North Committee was scheduled for 2pm on Wednesday 27 January 2021, and was likely to be a virtual meeting using Zoom.

There was a short discussion about possible items for discussion at the next meeting including an update regarding the phosphates issue  ...  view the full minutes text for item 153.

There were no questions from members of the public present at the meeting.

The Chairman made no formal announcements. He wished everyone a good Christmas and hoped for better times in 2021.

There were no reports from members.

There was no discussion and members were content to note the Forward Plan.

Members noted the report that detailed the planning appeals which had been lodged, dismissed or allowed.

Members noted the Schedule of Planning Applications to be determined at the meeting,

Proposal: Change of use of 2 existing holiday units to straightforward open market dwellings, together with a provision of residential curtilage and parking spaces.

The Principal Planner (Development Management) presented the application as detailed in the agenda, including details for parking, access and vicinity to neighbouring agricultural buildings. She explained  ...  view the full minutes text for item 160.