Please try to attend tomorrow night……
A special meeting of the Planning Committee is to be held in the Town Hall, Bridport on Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 7p.m. to consider the business on the following agenda.
(There will also be a similar meeting with Symondsbury Parish Council, on Tuesday 20th June, 7pm at Symondsbury primary school.)
http://www.symondsbury.org.uk/
*Please note change of venue
Yours sincerely
Town Clerk
This meeting is open to the press and public
Yours sincerely
Town Clerk
This meeting is open to the press and public
AGENDA
PUBLIC FORUM
Prior to the remainder of the Committee’s meeting, a period of up to 30minutes, or less as the case may be, will be allowed for members of the public present, who are electors or residents in the parish of Bridport or adjoining parishes, to ask questions and make statements in respect of items on the agenda of this Planning Committee meeting. (The Public
Forum may be extended, if necessary, for up to an hour).
1. APOLOGIES
To receive apologies for absence submitted by Members.
Bob Gillis
Town Clerk
Mountfield
Bridport
DT6 3JP
Phone 01308 456722
e-mail: r.gillis@bridport-tc.gov.uk To: Members of the Planning Committee:- Cllrs:
Geoffrey Ackerman, Jeremy Brodie, Eddie Colfox,
Teresa Harrison, Sarah Horniman, Barry Irvine,
Julian Jones, Dave Rickard and Sarah Williams
(Copy for information to other Members of the
Council)
Forum may be extended, if necessary, for up to an hour).
1. APOLOGIES
To receive apologies for absence submitted by Members.
Bob Gillis
Town Clerk
Mountfield
Bridport
DT6 3JP
Phone 01308 456722
e-mail: r.gillis@bridport-tc.gov.uk To: Members of the Planning Committee:- Cllrs:
Geoffrey Ackerman, Jeremy Brodie, Eddie Colfox,
Teresa Harrison, Sarah Horniman, Barry Irvine,
Julian Jones, Dave Rickard and Sarah Williams
(Copy for information to other Members of the
Council)
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
To receive any declarations of interest by members.
To receive any declarations of interest by members.
3. PLANNING APPLICATION: LAND AT VEARSE FARM – application
WD/D/17/000986
Outline application for the development of up to 760 dwellings, 60
unit care home (Use Class C2), 4 hectares of land for employment
(Use Classes B1, B2, B8), mixed use local centre (Use Classes A1,
A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, C3 and D1), primary school and associated
playing fields (Use Class D1), areas of public open space and
allotments, drainage works, the formation of new vehicular accesses
to West Road and the formation of new pedestrian and cycle links
(Outline). Link to application
This application is in Symondsbury Parish and the Town Council is
consulted as an adjoining parish.
The Committee will be asked to comment on this application and
make a recommendation to West Dorset District Council, who will
make the decision on the application.
WD/D/17/000986
Outline application for the development of up to 760 dwellings, 60
unit care home (Use Class C2), 4 hectares of land for employment
(Use Classes B1, B2, B8), mixed use local centre (Use Classes A1,
A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, C3 and D1), primary school and associated
playing fields (Use Class D1), areas of public open space and
allotments, drainage works, the formation of new vehicular accesses
to West Road and the formation of new pedestrian and cycle links
(Outline). Link to application
This application is in Symondsbury Parish and the Town Council is
consulted as an adjoining parish.
The Committee will be asked to comment on this application and
make a recommendation to West Dorset District Council, who will
make the decision on the application.
At the Bridport Town Council meeting on 13 June the Vearse Farm consultation process was exposed as a bogus sham: Andrew Martin stated at the outset of his presentation that he was under pressure from central government, from land owners, and from developers – he made no mention of what Bridport needs or wants. He is listening to Hallam but not to the people or councillors of Bridport who will have to live with the disaster he is instrumental in imposing on us.
Someone who didn’t know him asked me after the meeting if he worked for the developer – it certainly sounded like it.
The most basic argument against the proposal is that it cannot be built on an AONB unless there are exceptional circumstances. However, the only justification WDDC can come up with is that they have a spurious housing target to meet or they will lose funding. There are far more exceptional circumstances against the proposal than there are for it, and these have already been extensively documented.
When it comes to assessing the application WDDC need to remember who they were elected to represent – and, just in case they’ve forgotten, it’s not some land developers or other big business interests.