Agenda and minutes

It was reported that County Councillor Paul Rigby had replaced County Councillor Alan Schofield as a permanent member of the Committee.

County Councillor Jayne Rear replaced County Councillor Paul Rigby at this meeting.

None received.

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

County Councillor P Hayhurst declared a non pecuniary interest in agenda item 5 as the Chair of Elswick Parish Council, a member of Fylde Borough Council and as the County Councillor for Fylde West.

The Committee are asked to agree that the Minutes of the last meeting held on 3 June 2020 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Resolved: That the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 June 2020 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

Officers to present an update in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda. The additional information will be considered as part of the related agenda report.

The Update Sheet was circulated prior to the meeting and attached as a supplementary agenda item.

A report was presented on an application for the retention and continuation of use of Elswick Generation Station for natural gas extraction and electricity generation for a further five years including the installation of a new generation unit at Elswick Generation Station off Roseacre Road, Elswick.

The report included the views of Fylde Borough Council, Treales, Roseacre and Wharles Parish Council, Elswick Parish Council, the Environment Agency, the Health and Safety Executive, the Oil and Gas Authority, Roseacre Awareness Group and seventy two letters of representation objecting to the application.

The Development Management Officer presented a PowerPoint presentation showing an aerial view of the site and the nearest residential properties.  The Committee was also shown the site layout plan and proposed elevations, a cross section of the site geology and photographs of the site and access track. 

The Officer reported orally that since the committee report had been finalised, the county council had received an additional representation from Treales, Roseacre and Wharles Parish Council, a local resident, the applicant and the county council's Highways Development Control. A summary of the representations together with officer advice, was set out in the Update Sheet circulated prior to the meeting and attached at agenda item 4. The officer also referred to a late representation from a local resident which had been circulated to the committee. It was noted that the issues raised had been addressed in the report.

The Officer advised that in relation to the comments from LCC Highways Development Control, the observations should be noted. Condition 11 (relating to the Traffic Management Plan could be modified as set out below to include reference to a highway condition monitoring survey. In relation to the construction management plan, it was considered that some of the issues referred to were already covered by other conditions, some were not relevant to the development proposed and some were subject to control by other regulators and therefore it was considered that this condition should not be imposed.

It was recommended that conditions 5 and 11 be modified as follows:

5.   The external elevations of the new generator unit shall be coloured green (RAL colour code 6002) and thereafter retained in that colour for the duration of the development. The requirements of this condition shall not apply to the exhaust stack of the generation unit.

Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and to conform with Policy DM2 of the Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan.

11.   Prior to the commencement of the wireline works, a Traffic Management Plan shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority.  The Traffic Management Plan shall contain details of the following:-

a)  The numbers of HGV movements from the site during peak hour periods

b)  Provision for recording the numbers of HGVs arriving at and leaving the site during the wireline, construction, plugging and abandonment and site restoration phases with records of HGV movements to be provided to the County Planning Authority.

c)  Details  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

It was reported that since the last meeting of the Committee on 3 June 2020, seven planning applications had been granted planning permission by the Head of Service Planning and Environment in accordance with the county council's Scheme of Delegation.

Resolved: That the report be noted

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

None.

The next virtual meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held on Wednesday 12 August 2020 at 10.30 a.m.

Resolved: That the next virtual meeting of the Committee be held on Wednesday 12 August 2020 at 10.30am.