Agenda and minutes

Councillor Celia Phipps has given her apologies for this meeting (Councillor Harriet Bradley substituting).

Apologies were received fromCouncillor Celia Phipps, substitute Councillor Harriet Bradley.

To note any interests relevant to the consideration of items on the agenda.

Please note that any declarations of interest made at the meeting which are not on the register of interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.

There were none.

To agree the minutes of the last meeting held on Wednesday 26^th July 2017 as a correct record.

In relation Empire Sports223 Newfoundland Road, Councillor Mead confirmed that he had abstained but may have voted for had there been more information available concerning the heritage issue.

Resolved - that theminutes of the abovemeeting beapproved as a correct recordand signed by the  Chair subject to theaddition of the abovereference.

To note appeals lodged, imminent public inquiries and appeals awaiting decision.

Old BRI Building – The Representative of the ServiceDirector - Planning  explained that the Applicants had appealed against non determination and that a report would be submitted to the Next Meeting of Committee B.

To note recent enforcement notices.

Therewere no enforcementissues to raisewith Councillors.

Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item.

Any member of the public or Councillor may participate in Public Forum.  The detailed arrangements for so doing are set out in the Public Information Sheet at the back of this agenda.  Public Forum items should be emailed to democratic.services@bristol.gov.uk and please note that the following deadlines will apply in relation to this meeting:-

Questions - Written questions must be received 3 clear working days prior to the meeting.  For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office at the latest 5pm on Thursday 31^st August 2017.

Petitions and Statements - Petitions and statements must be received on the working day prior to the meeting.  For this meeting this means that your submission must be received in this office at the latest by 12pm on Tuesday 5^th September 2017.

Please note, your time allocated to speak may have to be strictly limited if there are a lot of submissions. This may be as short as one minute.

Membersof the Committeereceived public forum statementsin advance of themeeting. The statements wereheard beforethe application theyrelated to and weretaken fully into consideration by the Committeeprior to reaching a decision.

The Committee is requested to consider each of the following Planning Applications.

The Committeeconsidered the following Planning Application.

The Head of Development Management  addressed the Committee at the start of this item.

He explained that the Committee  hade before them  a very important planning application for the future of Bristol’s development. He added that this was a crucial point in time for the Council as Local Planning Authority to take a view on this application and express its support.

He explained that the reason for saying this was  that, starting the day before the Committee meeting, a Public Inquiry had commenced into the planning application for what would be a significant expansion to the The Mall development at Cribbs Causeway. South Gloucestershire Council had considered this application some time ago and resolved to grant planning permission. However, the Secretary of State had decided to call in the application for his own determination. As a result of this, the SoS has appointed a Planning Inspector to advise him on the decision that should be made and the Inspector would do this after having heard evidence from the developers, SGC and other interested parties such as the City Council who oppose the development. The Inquiry was due to close at the end of this month.

It was commonly recognised that there will be one major investment in retail-led development in the West of England sub-region during the next 10-15 years. This was likely to be either at Cribbs Causeway or at the site before the Committee at the meeting.

The officer went on to explain that the retail-led mixed use redevelopment of the Bristol Shopping Quarter was supported by policies within the adopted Bristol Local Plan which is the Council’s Development Plan, particularly:

Policy BCS2 of the Core Strategy (Bristol City Centre’s role as a regional centre to be promoted and strengthened)

Policy BCAP13 of the Central Area Plan (Major retail growth to be focused on sites in the Bristol Shopping Quarter)

Policy BCAP36 of the Central Area Plan (The Horsefair & Callowhill Court allocated for major retail-led mixed use redevelopment) Officers felt that it is very important that the Secretary of State’s Planning Inspector receives a clear message from the City Council about its support for the redevelopment of the site in central Bristol, so that the Inspector can weigh this up when advising the SoS on the proposals at Cribbs Causeway. So far, the Council (through the Cabinet decision of 15^th August) had agreed in principle to use CPO powers to enable the development of Callowhill Court. Today was a good opportunity, whilst the Call-in Inquiry is open, for the Council as LPA to express its support for the proposals.

He explained that taking this step is a serious matter. The Committee had a planning application before it that had to be determined. The application was an outline application and had been the subject of Environmental Impact Assessment. Many detailed issues (the Reserved Matters) are still to come forward and these would be considered by Committee in the future. The Committee , though, must be satisfied that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 93.

The next meeting is scheduled to be held at 10am on Wednesday 18^th October 2017.

10.00 am on Wednesday 18th October2017.