Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence received.

Apologies were received from Councillors M. Cooper, Frankum, Harvey, Oppenheimer and Price. Councillor Irish attended as a deputy for Councillor Price.

All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore all Members with a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter considered at the meeting they must declare that interest at the time of the relevant debate and, having regard to the circumstances described in Part 3, Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members' Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code. Furthermore Members were mindful that where they believed they had a Non-Pecuniary interest in a matter being considered at the meeting they considered whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 2 of the Code, considered whether it was appropriate to leave the meeting whilst the matter was discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting

The minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and agreed

To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12.

There were no deputations for this meeting.

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

There were no Chairman’s Announcements.

To consider a report of the Director of Economy, Transport and Environment regarding retrospective permission for the permanent siting of a modular classroom for use as a pre-school and school room at Burnham Copse Primary School, Newchurch Road, Tadley.

The Committee considered a report from the Head of Strategic Planning (Item 6 in the Minute Book) regarding a retrospective application for the permanent siting of a modular classroom for use as a pre-school and school room at Burnham Copse Primary School in Tadley.

A location plan was shown to Committee and the main features of the school were highlighted, along with access points and the areas used locally for parking and drop-offs. Bishopswood Road to the north was a cul-de-sac used for pedestrian access to the school, and also used during the day and out of hours to access the modular building, which was operational between 7:30 and 18:00 because of breakfast and after school clubs. The modular building was divided to accommodate nursery and pre-school along with clubs and often closed in the holidays if there was little demand.

The school was active in ensuring constant development and improvement with the travel plan and this was included as part of the conditions attached to the report.

There were no deputations on this item and no questions regarding the report.

RESOLVED:

Planning permission was granted, subject to the conditions listed in Integral Appendix B.