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Decision Maker: General Licensing Sub Committee
Made at meeting: 08/12/2020 - General Licensing Sub Committee
Decision published: 08/12/2020
Effective from: 08/12/2020
Decision:
That the applicant is a fit and
proper person to be issued with a hackney vehicle/private hire driver's licence
from Gwynedd Council.
Decision Maker: General Licensing Sub Committee
Made at meeting: 08/12/2020 - General Licensing Sub Committee
Decision published: 08/12/2020
Effective from: 08/12/2020
Decision:
That the applicant is a fit and proper person to be issued with a hackney vehicle/private hire driver's licence from Gwynedd Council.
Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
The application was deferred in order to consider late
information.
Decision Maker: Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
RESOLVED
to accept the reports.
Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
DECISION: To delegate the right for the Assistant Head of
the Environment Department to approve the application, subject to the following
conditions:-
1.
Five
years.
2.
In
accordance with the plans/documents submitted with the application.
3.
Samples
of materials and colours for the building to be agreed with the LPA.
4.
Highways
conditions.
5.
Development
to be undertaken in accordance with the recommendations in the Walking
Ecological Survey and Desk-top Study.
6.
Working
hours limited to 8:00 - 18:00 during the week, 08:00 - 13:00 on a Saturday and
no working at all on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
7.
Submission
of a Construction Method Statement to be agreed with the LPA.
8.
Agree
on details regarding Welsh names for the development together with advertising
signage informing and promoting the development within and outside the site.
9.
Ensure
a plan/arrangements to provide the affordable units.
10. Condition to submit an Archaeological
Programme to be agreed with the LPA.
Note: Refer the
applicant to Welsh Water advice.
Note: Sustainable
Drainage Systems requirements.
Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
DECISION:
To delegate the right for the Assistant Head of the Environment Department to
approve the application subject to the applicant completing a Section 106
agreement to transfer the units to a housing association and to secure a
financial contribution for educational provision and the following conditions:
1. Five years.
2. In accordance with the documents/plans
submitted with the application.
3. Natural slate.
4. Samples
of materials and colours for the houses as well as details of the solar panels
to be agreed with the LPA.
5. Highway conditions to include ensuring
traffic calming measures.
6. Soft and hard landscaping.
7. Submit details of any structure/building to be constructed within the water pumping station compound.
8. Development to be undertaken in accordance with the mitigation measures referred to in the Preliminary Ecological Report and the Stage 1 Extended Species Survey.
9. Biodiversity mitigation measures conditions.
10. Working hours limited to 8:00 - 18:00 during the week, 08:00 - 12:00 on a Saturday and no working at all on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
11. Noise level restrictions during the construction period.
12. Agree on details regarding Welsh names for the development together with advertising signage informing of and promoting the development within and outside the site.
13. Ensure a plan/arrangements to provide the affordable units.
14. Removal of general development rights for the affordable units.
15. Submit a Construction Method Statement including parking provision for the builders' vehicles. Also note no parking on the public highway during the construction period.
16. To secure road improvements before occupying the permitted units
17. Submit an Environmental Management Plan to include noise, vibration and dust.
18. Submit outdoor lighting details to be agreed with the LA before they are installed.
19. Ensure compliance with SP 5837: 2012 with regard to tree safety.
20. Archaeological mitigation measures condition.
Note: Inform
the applicant of the need to submit a sustainable drainage strategy plan for
approval by the Council's Water and Environment Unit.
Note: Inform the
applicant of the response of Welsh Water referring to a public sewer that
crosses the site.
Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
DECISION: To refuse the application
Reasons:
1.
The proposal is unacceptable due to its scale, loss of a
house from the housing stock, location of the site within a residential areas
and there is an excess of this type of accommodation in the area where 42.29%
of the housing stock are second homes.
The proposal is therefore considered to be contrary to criteria ii, iii,
iv and v of policy TWR 2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development
Plan. Consequently, it is not considered
that the proposal would create a high quality development in terms of design,
setting or location and is therefore contrary to the requirements of policy TWR
2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan and Supplementary
Planning Guidance: Holiday Accommodation (July, 2011).
2.
The Local Planning Authority has not been convinced that
measures such as bilingual signs and Welsh names would be sufficient mitigating
measures in terms of improving and contributing positively to the Welsh
language and Welsh culture in an area that is already under pressure in terms
of language skills together with second homes / holiday units. Based on the
information received, it is considered that the proposal is therefore contrary
to point 3 of policy PS 1 of the LDP as it is likely to cause harm to the
community's character and language balance in a way that cannot be avoided or
satisfactorily mitigated.
3.
The proposal
would not add to or enhance the character and appearance of the site in terms
of its setting, appearance, scale, height and mass, and it would create an
obtrusive and dominating feature in the local landscape that would be visible
from public spaces and that would not respect the context of the site. Therefore, it is considered that the proposal
is contrary to criteria 1 and 2 of Policy PCYFF 3 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd
Joint Local Development Plan.
4.
The proposal
would cause significant detrimental harm to the occupants of nearby housing
together with holiday unit users on the grounds of more activities,
disturbance, noise, over-looking and loss of privacy and therefore the proposal
is contrary to criterion 7 of Policy PCYFF 2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan.
5.
Parking provision on the site is insufficient to serve the
proposal and is therefore likely that the proposal will lead to on-street
parking in a village where parking provision is under pressure, especially
during the holiday season, affecting road safety and it is therefore contrary
to the requirements of Policy TRA 2 and TRA 4 of the LDP.
Decision Maker: Planning Committee
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
DECISION: To delegate the right for the
Assistant Head of Environment Department to refuse the application on the
grounds of the following reasons:-
Reasons:
·
The
proposal involves the creation of a new static alternative camping
accommodation site within a Special Landscape Area. Policy TWR 3 of the Gwynedd
and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan, 2017, does not permit the development
of new alternative static camping sites within Special Landscape Areas. The
proposal, therefore, is contrary to the requirements of policy TWR 3 of the
Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan, 2017.
·
The
proposal is contrary to criteria number 2, 4 and 7 of policy TWR 5 of the
Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan, 2017, on the grounds that
the proposal would create an excess of hardstanding areas; no evidence has been
received as to why the additional facilities are required and the tent pitch
will be used for 12 months a year. The proposal, therefore, does not comply
with all requirements of Policy TWR 5 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local
Development Plan, 2017.
·
The
proposal involves the creation of a new alternative camping accommodation site
in open countryside and way outside any development boundary. In addition, it is not considered that the
proposal makes use of a suitable site in the countryside as it is an
unsustainable site where the majority of the visitors would be dependent on
private vehicle use. The proposal, therefore, does not comply with all
requirements of Policy TWR5, PS4, PS5 and PS14 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd
Joint Local Development Plan, 2017, along with the advice contained in
Supplementary
Planning Guidance: Tourist Facilities and
Accommodation 2019 and Planning Policy Wales, Edition 10, 2018.
Decision Maker: Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
RESOLVED to accept the report
Decision Maker: Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Made at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Transport Delivery Sub-Board
Decision published: 07/12/2020
Effective from: 07/12/2020
Decision:
RESOLVED to accept the information.
Decision Maker: The Council
Made at meeting: 03/12/2020 - The Council
Decision published: 03/12/2020
Effective from: 03/12/2020
Decision:
That the Council defers the decision with regards to permitting
discounts and charging a premium, asking the Cabinet to consider the propriety
of increasing the level by up to 100%. The Cabinet is requested to hold a
consultation process on this basis, to consider the relevant factors, and to
submit a further recommendation to the Council in March 2021 in accordance with
Section 12, 12B and 12A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.
Decision Maker: The Council
Made at meeting: 03/12/2020 - The Council
Decision published: 03/12/2020
Effective from: 03/12/2020
Decision:
1.1
To continue the
Council's Local Scheme for the year commencing 1 April 2021 as it was in
2020/21. Therefore, the following conditions (a - c below) regarding the
continuation of the discretionary elements would apply:
a) To apply a 100% disregard for war disablement
pensions, war widows’ pensions and war widowers’ pensions, for both pensioners
and working age claimants.
b) Not to increase the extended reduction periods for
pensioners and working age claimants from the standard four weeks in the
Prescribed Scheme.
c) Not to increase the backdate period for pensioners and
working age claimants from the standard three months contained within the
Prescribed Scheme.
1.2
Where appropriate, to
delegate powers to the Head of Finance Department, in consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Finance, to make minor amendments to the scheme for 2021/22,
provided that it will not change the substance of the scheme.
Decision Maker: The Council
Made at meeting: 03/12/2020 - The Council
Decision published: 03/12/2020
Effective from: 03/12/2020
Decision:
(a)
To approve the Overarching Business Plan as the document that sets out
the arrangements for delivering the North Wales Growth Deal as the basis for
completing the Final Agreement and acceptance of the Grant Funding Letter with
the UK and Welsh Governments.
(b)
To approve the provisions in Governance Agreement 2, which involve the
non-executive functions, and specifically adopt the arrangements for Scrutiny
that have been noted in "Governance
Agreement 2: Appendix 3" as the basis for completing the Final
Agreement and acceptance of the Grant Funding Letter with the UK and Welsh
Governments.
(c)
Subject to completing Governance Agreement 2, that Gwynedd Council
agrees to act as the Host Authority and the Accountable Body and signs the
letter of the Grant Funding Proposal on behalf of the Partners through the
Chief Finance Officer.
(ch) To approve the method used to
calculate the cost of borrowing, which is required in principle to facilitate
the negative cash flow for the Growth Deal, and to include a provision within
the Council Budget to pay this contribution and the established core and
supplementary contributions as set out in GA2 (and in paragraphs 5.5 - 5.7 of
the report).
(d) To delegate authority to the Chief
Executive, in consultation with the Leader, the Monitoring Officer and the
Section 151 Officer, to agree minor changes to the documents with the Partners
as necessary to complete the agreement.
Decision Maker: The Council
Made at meeting: 03/12/2020 - The Council
Decision published: 03/12/2020
Effective from: 03/12/2020
Decision:
(a)
To write to the Welsh Government urging them to utilise any levers at
their disposal to mitigate any detrimental impact on animals and vulnerable
people of the hosting of fireworks displays.
(b)
To write to the UK Government urging them to introduce legislation to
limit the maximum noise level of fireworks to 90dB for those sold to the public
for private displays.
(c) To
request the Communities Scrutiny Committee to give consideration within its work
programme to review what steps the Council can take to promote or encourage:
o
that all
public firework displays within the local authority boundaries should be
advertised in advance of the event, allowing residents to take precautions for
their animals and vulnerable people.
o
a public
awareness campaign about the impact of fireworks on animal welfare and
vulnerable people – including precautions that can be taken to mitigate risks.
o
local
suppliers of fireworks to stock ‘quieter’ fireworks for public displays.
o
people to
limit the use of fireworks to a period close to specific dates.
Decision Maker: Care Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 26/11/2020 - Care Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/11/2020
Effective from: 26/11/2020
Decision:
The report was accepted and the observations noted
Decision Maker: Care Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 26/11/2020 - Care Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/11/2020
Effective from: 26/11/2020
Decision:
The contents of the report and the appended
documents were accepted, noting the observations.
Assurance was sought that the Service was keeping
an eye on what was happening.
Decision Maker: Care Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 26/11/2020 - Care Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/11/2020
Effective from: 26/11/2020
Decision:
Councillor Beth Lawton was elected
as Vice-chair of this Committee for 2020/21.
Decision Maker: Care Scrutiny Committee
Made at meeting: 26/11/2020 - Care Scrutiny Committee
Decision published: 26/11/2020
Effective from: 26/11/2020
Decision:
Councillor Dewi Wyn Roberts was
re-elected as Chair of this committee for 2020/21.
Decision Maker: Central Licensing Sub Committee
Made at meeting: 26/11/2020 - Central Licensing Sub Committee
Decision published: 26/11/2020
Effective from: 26/11/2020
Decision:
To approve the
application