Decision

RESOLVED That the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair
and Vice Chair
is given delegated authority to issue the planning
PERMISSION and
impose conditions and informatives, subject to:
 
·       
The finalisation of
the Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessment
           
(in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 63
the Conservation of Habitats and Species
Regulations 2017 (as
amended)) by the Borough Council in its
role as the
competent authority and planning
permission only be granted if
the outcome of that assessment concludes
that there is no
adverse effect on the integrity of
applicable European Sites (i.e.
Special Areas of Conservation (SACs),
Special Protection Areas
(SPAs), proposed SACs, potential SPAs,
Ramsar sites - wetlands
of international importance (both listed
and proposed), and
areas secured as sites compensating for
damage to a European
site).

·       
National Grid removing
their holding objection;

·       
Completion of a legal
agreement under s106 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990;
·       
Referral of the
application to the Secretary of State as a departure
from the adopted Development
Plan.
 
That the Head of Planning is given delegated
authority to make changes to the wording of the Committee’s
decision (such as to delete, vary or add conditions, informatives,
planning obligations or reasons for the decision) prior to the
decision being actioned, provided that the Head of Planning is
satisfied that any such changes could not reasonably be regarded as
deviating from the overall principle of the decision reached by the
Committee nor that such change(s) could reasonably have led to a
different decision having been reached by the Committee.
 
However, in the event that the Shadow Habitats
Regulation Assessment cannot be finalised or it concludes that the
proposal will result in adverse effects on the integrity of any of
the sites in question the application is to be reported back to
Planning Committee for review and redetermination.
 
In the event that National Grid do not remove
their holding objection, the application is to be reported back to
Planning Committee for review and redetermination.
 
In the event that the Section 106 Legal
Agreement remains unsigned six months after this resolution, the
application is to be reviewed by the Head of Planning, in
consultation with the Chair of the Committee, and if no progress is
being made, delegated authority is to be given to the Head of
Planning to refuse the application in the absence of an agreed S106
Agreement.