Agenda item

Outline application for 1no. local needs dwelling with all matters reserved - Land At Grid Reference 242151 105665, Holemoor, Bradford.

The following Councillors attended the site visit:

Councillors: D Bushby, P Hames, C Leather, R Lock, W Lo-Vel, C Wheatley and J Whittaker. Councillor P Pennington was sent the recording of the meeting. 

Application No. 1/1145/2023/OUT – Outline application for 1 no. local needs dwelling with all matters reserved – Land At Grid Reference 242151 105665, Holemoor, Bradford.

Interests – no interests were declared.

Officer recommendations – Refuse

The planning application had been called into Plans Committee by Councillor K James for the following reasons:

- The application is to enable young people to remain in the community they were born into and have grown up in.

- The site is well positioned to the Community.

- Following funding Rural. DEFRA to ACRE and SRN, Councils should investigate, using Rural Enablers, ways of retaining young people in Rural Areas. Quote from the report, “Nobody living in a Rural Area should be disadvantaged by where they live. But so often they are.”

The Planning Officer presented the report and informed members of the main planning considerations and the Consultee response - Bradford and Cookbury Parish Council:

‘The Parish Council supports this application. It is important that we retain our young people in this area.’

The Chair opened the debate to Members.

Following a query surrounding the bus stop, the Planning Officer advised the bus frequency had altered since the report was published.

The Planning Manager provided information on the services and facilities that were required for a local need application and that this area did not have services or facilities as per the definition of a rural settlement. She also advised that reasons would be needed to go against the Local Plan policy although advised that whilst the Officer recommendation was the correct policy interpretation it would be open to members to consider the unique relationship of the school and village hall to the site. 

In response to a query regarding a previous application which was similar, the Planning Manager advised the previous application was not in a rural settlement area and explained the criteria for a rural settlement. The Planning Manager also clarified that this previous approval was made by Plans Committee against officer recommendation at a time when the Council could not demonstrate a five year housing land supply.

It was clarified why other properties nearby had been allowed permission.

The Planning Manager gave advice on the conditions to be imposed should Members be minded to approve the application.

The Committee agreed the wording of the conditions be delegated to Officers in conjunction with the Chair and Vice Chair.

It was proposed by Councillor D Bushby, seconded by Councillor R Lock that the application be granted subject to the wording of the conditions being delegated to Officers in conjunction with the Chair and Vice Chair.

A recorded vote was taken.

(Vote:  For – 6, Against – 3, Abstentions - 0)

Resolved:

That the application be Granted subject to the wording of the conditions being delegated to Officers in conjunction with the Chair and Vice Chair.

Lauren Oke, applicant, spoke in support of the application.

Councillor K James, Ward Member, spoke in support of the application.