Planning Committee
MINUTES of a meeting of the Planning Committee held at Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes on 15 February 2023.
PRESENT Councillors Tom Liddiard (Chair), Barry Taylor (Vice Chair), Pat Rodohan, Philip Lunn and Paul Redstone
LEAD MEMBERS Councillor Bob Bowdler
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ALSO PRESENT |
Councillors Sam Adeniji, Chris Collier and Christine Robinson
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15. Minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2022
15.1 The Committee approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 13 July 2022.
16. Apologies for absence
16.1 Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Azad, Field and Kirby-Green.
16.2 It was noted that Councillors Lunn and Redstone were in attendance as substitutes for Councillors Azad and Kirby-Green.
17. Disclosures of interests
17.1 Councillor Philip Lunn declared a personal interest in item 6 as a Wealden District Councillor. He did not consider this to be prejudicial.
18. Urgent items
18.1 There were none.
19. Reports
19.1 Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.
20. Lewes Parking Review
20.1 The Committee considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.
20.2 Ms Deirdre Morris spoke in support of the proposal and officer’s recommendation regarding Site 4 Esplanade, Seaford.
20.3 Councillor Liddiard reported that Local Members Councillor Carolyn Lambert was in support of the recommendations for sites 2, 3 and 4 and Councillor Wendy Maples was in support of the recommendations for sites 1 and 5 but did not support the recommendations for site 7.
20.4 The Committee Members have considered the report, comments of the public speakers and views of Local Members and agree with the officer’s conclusion and reasons for recommendation set out in paragraph 2 of the report.
20.5 The Committee RESOLVED to:
(1) Uphold the objections to the draft Order as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
(2) Not uphold the objections to the draft Order as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.
(3) Recommend to the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport that the Traffic Regulation Order be made in part.
21. Development Management Matters
21.1 The Committee considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport which detailed the site monitoring and enforcement work completed in the last nine months (1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022).
21.2 The Committee RESOLVED to note the report.
(The meeting ended at 11.07 am) CHAIRMAN