Agenda item

To determine a full planning application from Jospeh Parr (Tyne & Wear) Ltd for the variation of conditions 1 (approved plans), 10 (holding area) and 11 (height limit) of planning approval 10/00552/FUL - to permit the display of goods externally.

The Chair of the Committee explained that as planning applications 22/00755/FUL and 22/00603/FUL were both in relation to the same site, the Committee would deal with both applications together for the purposes of the planning officer’s presentation, speaking and questions. The Committee would then consider and vote on each application separately.

The Committee considered a report from the planning officers in relation to a full planning application from Jospeh Parr (Tyne & Wear) Ltd for the variation of conditions 1 (approved plans), 10 (holding area) and 11 (height limit) of planning approval 10/00552/FUL, to permit the display of goods externally.

A planning officer presented details of the application with the aid of various maps, plans and photographs.

In accordance with the Committee’s Speaking Rights Scheme, Councillor Erin Parker Leonard, a ward councillor for the Killingworth Ward, had been granted permission to speak to the Committee. Councillor Parker Leonard stated that she had been contacted by residents who felt that there had been a lack of consideration given to their concerns. The history of variations to the original planning permission and enforcement actions had been difficult to follow but residents were now concerned that the latest proposed variations would not be possible to implement and the past conduct of the applicant suggested that the proposed developments would not happen. She stated that the proposals did not go far enough to satisfy residents wishes and that some earlier planting had already died. Whilst she hoped that a new storage area would help the situation, she did not understand why the original terms of the planning permission could not be enforced and why there was now a need for variations.

Marc Poppleton of Jospeh Parr Ltd had been invited to speak to the Committee to respond to Councillor Parker Leonard’s comments. As he was unable to attend the meeting the Committee considered a written statement submitted by Mr Poppleton. In the statement he explained that Joseph Parr had invested £1m to purchase the large warehouse adjacent to the site and the company was currently in the process of moving a large proportion of the materials on site into the new warehouse space. He appreciated the concerns of local residents and that was the reason for the proposed variations to the original planning permission. It was envisaged that the materials would be removed by the end of the week. Mr Poppleton hoped that these actions demonstrated that they had worked closely with the planning team to make the applications successful.

Members of the Committee asked questions of officers and made comments. In doing so the Committee gave particular consideration to how compliance with the varied conditions, if approved, would be monitored and enforced.

Resolved that the application be permitted subject to the conditions set out in the planning officers report.

(Reasons for decision: The Committee concluded that, having regard to the relevant policies contained in the Council’s Local Plan 2017 and National Planning Policy Framework, the proposed development was acceptable in terms of its impact on the visual and residential amenity of neighbouring residents.)