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When and where

  • Date: 19 April 2022 (Tuesday)
  • Time: 7:00 pm
  • Location: The Council Chamber, Higher Market Street, Penryn, TR10 8LT PLEASE NOTE: The meeting will now be held in the TEMPERANCE HALL, Lower Market Street, Penryn

Documents

  • Meeting agenda pack (PDF)
  • Meeting minutes (PDF) – Please note: minutes remain as a draft until approved at the next Planning Committee meeting.

Public participation

Members of the public wishing to speak regarding items on the agenda will need to make a request to the Town Clerk before noon (12:00 pm) on the day of the meeting. Please also make sure you have read the Protocol for Public Speaking at Council Meetings.

This is a public meeting. It could be filmed or recorded by broadcasters, the media, or members of the public. We aim to ensure that members of the public are not filmed without consent but cannot guarantee it. Especially if you are speaking or taking an active role. If you are speaking during a virtual meeting with your camera switched on, it will be broadcast and recorded as part of our live stream.


Applications

Planning applications that will be discussed at this meeting are as follows:

PA22/02049 and PA22/02870

  • Address: 69 West Street, Penryn
  • Description of work: Listed building consent for the conversion of existing house into two dwellings: 3 bedroom flat and studio flat linked with PA22/02049
  • Applicant: Mr A Kiszczuk, ZCZ Limited
  • Response deadline: 20 April 2022

PA22/02627

  • Address: Commercial Road Car Park, Commercial Road, Penryn
  • Description of work: Redevelopment of part of car park to provide 6 x 1 bedroom modular-construction units to provide short to medium term move-on accommodation; and associated domestic infrastructure and landscaping
  • Applicant:  The Housing Delivery and Development Team, Cornwall Council
  • Response deadline: 20 April 2022

PA22/02708

  • Address: Land Ay North of Potters Meadow, Kernick Road, Penryn
  • Description of work: Non material amendment to decision PA20/10832 to allow replacement of the pitched roof with a flat roof design
  • Applicant: Ms K Venner de Cortez
  • Response deadline: 20 April 2022

PA22/02215

  • Address: The Warehouse, Anchor Quay, Penryn
  • Description of work: Listed Building Consent to install superfast broadband by fixing two cables to the external elevations and drilling two holes in the historic fabric. Internal cabling will be routed via the existing service ducting/via modern finishes
  • Applicant: Anchor Warehouse Management Company Limited

PA22/02568

  • Address: 40 Greenwood Crescent, Penryn
  • Description of Work: Use of rear garden to create a separate plot with access to build a two bed house with associated gardens and off road parking
  • Applicant: Mr M Eva

PA22/02831

  • Address: 1 Woodland Avenue, Penryn
  • Description of work: Internal alterations and single storey side extension
  • Applicant: Mr and Mrs Hassall

Agenda

1. Apologies

To receive apologies for absence.

2. Declarations of interest and dispensations

To receive declarations of interest in respect of any items on the agenda and to consider requests from members for dispensations.

3. Public participation

An opportunity for members of the public to address the Town Council concerning matters on the agenda. Find out more about public participation at meetings and make a request to speak.

4. Minutes

To approve, as a correct record, minutes 97 to 107 of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 21 March 2022.  Details on pages 3 to 6 of the agenda pack.

5. Correspondence

To receive items of correspondence relevant to the committee.

6. Updates on Planning Applications from the Cornwall Council Member(s) (Information Only)

To receive any updates on planning applications from the Cornwall Council members – for information only

7. Planning applications

To consider the planning applications submitted for observation. Details on page 7 of the agenda pack.

8. Decisions notices

To note the planning decision notices from Cornwall Council.  Details on pages 8 and 9 of the agenda pack.

9. Falmouth & Penryn Conservation Areas Advisory Committee (F&PCAAC)

To note the minutes of the F&PCAAC meetings held on 7 March 2022.  Details on pages 10 to 12 of the agenda pack.


Minutes

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF PENRYN HELD ON TUESDAY 19 APRIL 2022 AT 7:00PM IN THE TEMPERANCE HALL, LOWER MARKET STREET, PENRYN, TR10 8LT

Councillors Present: Langan (Chairman), Grant (Vice-Chairman), Bennett, Doyle, Harrison, Jordan, May, Milan, Ronchetti, Tucker, Wenmoth and Williams

In Attendance:  Linda Body (Administration Officer)

108. Apologies

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Hanks (away), Kirby (ill), Widdon (away).

Councillor Hernandez was absent, no apology given.

109. Declarations of Interest

There were no declarations of interest or requests for dispensations.

110. Public Participation

The following members of the public had previously registered with the Town Council to speak at the meeting regarding PA22/02627 – Commercial Road Cark Park, Penryn.

Mr E Hartgill (on behalf of Mr M Cant) – Mr Hartgill read out a letter that had been composed by Mr Cant (a stakeholder in the development) in objection to the application.  The following summarises his opposition of the scheme:

  • The family rely heavily on their current pedestrian right of way
  • The developers have reneged on the agreement of installing a driveway to enable parking on their own land
  • This development will lose 30% of the entire off street parking spaces in the whole of Penryn
  • Family concerns regarding privacy security which is against the recommendations of Devon and Cornwall Police
  • More scrutiny is required and a more in-depth survey due to the current ill-conceived figures and false assumptions on how often the current car parking spaces are used
  • Please object to this proposal

Mr R Watson emphasised that the following comments were his own as a resident of Penryn and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cornwall Council, where he works.  He reported to the meeting as follows:

  • There is a misrepresentation on numbers of cars currently used – clarity is required as there is a suppression of data that makes it appear that less vehicles park in the car park than is the case
  • Due to his own survey there was a clear demand for spaces in the car park which is significantly higher than that outlined in the Travel Survey undertaken by Advance Consulting which has artificially deflated the actual parking figures. A parking accumulation survey should have been commissioned to accurately reflect the parking levels.
  • The on-street parking problems in Penryn are well documented, but in summary constitute a lack of availability and in response to that, unsafe parking as a result of a lack of availability. Losing 49 valuable off-street parking spaces or 30% of the 160 dedicated off-street parking spaces Penryn currently has would only significantly exacerbate the existing problems, particularly when the greater majority of the 160 spaces are already occupied and that there is a strong demand for them currently.
  • The application is contrary to the adopted Policy 27 of the Cornwall Local Plan in causing a significantly adverse impact on the local highway network
  • The application is contrary to Policy 1 of the Cornwall Local Plan where the adverse impact of granting planning permission through displaced parking, and the loss of a well-used existing parking facility, does not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefit of delivering a limited number of short stay accommodation units.
  • The application is contrary to Policy 2 of the Cornwall Local Plan, point 2, in failing to provide a solution to a current and existing parking problem, which the granting of permission will exacerbate.
  • The application is contrary to Policy 4 of the Cornwall Local Plan in failing to support the vitality of the town centre, through the loss of a dedicated off-street parking facility, which may encourage shoppers to shop in other towns more easily accessible, and with a more freely available off-street parking provision. This is also contrary to Policy 86 of the NPPF.
  • With reference to the Penryn Neighbourhood Plan the application is contrary to Policy’s 3 and 4.

Mr Eva – spoke in favour of Planning Application PA22/02627.

  • The homeless deserve to have a chance
  • The PODS need to be placed within the community
  • Community should be all about working together
  • There is no need to use cars day after day

Mr M Stonehill – having heard the reasons to object to Planning Application PA22/02627 from other speakers, Mr Stonehill stated that he would have nothing further to add.

Mr and Mrs Hopkins – echoed the previous comments made in objection to PA22/02627 and that it had been well articulated.  He added that he had lived in New Street for the past 29 years and whilst he realises the need for housing in the town, this proposal is on the wrong site and  would ask that the Council not back this application.

Mr Eva – in favour of Planning Application PA22/02568 – 40 Greenwood Crescent, Penryn

Mr Eva reported that he has tried to keep the proposal in keeping with neighbour’s properties and has also tried to make it wheelchair friendly.  He would like to move into the property eventually with a clause on his current property being sold to a local family or as a retirement property.

Councillor Langan thanked the speakers for attending the meeting.  Councillor May added that she would like to thank Mr Watson for his exemplary and well documented objection to PA22/02627.  If we are going to turn it down, we are supposed to offer an interim.

Cllr May continued that this could be Saracen House which has two flats that have been empty for a considerable amount of time, plus Penryn Town Council’s office which, this September, has been vacant for five years.

Two other sites would be Brook Place where there are 20 garages that are in a deplorable state and the other site is Tan Yard, Tremoughdale, where there are approximately nine or ten garages that again have been empty for a very long time.

There is also land around the town that could be made accessible.

111. Planning Minutes

It was RESOLVED that minute numbers 97 to 107 of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 21 March 2022 be approved.

Proposed by Councillor Grant and seconded by Councillor Williams

112. Correspondence

There was no correspondence received to report to the meeting.

113. Updates on Planning Applications from Cornwall Council Members (Information Only)

The Cornwall Council member was not present at the meeting and no written update was received.

114. Planning Applications

PA22/02627 – Commercial Road Car Park, Penryn
It was RESOLVED that the Town Council objects to the application.

The application contravenes the following Policies:

Policies 1, 2, 4 and 27 of the Cornwall Local Plan, Policy 86 of the NPPF, Policies 3 and 4 of the Penryn Neighbourhood Plan

Also, there are alternative sites in Penryn that could be utilised, i.e:

  • Brook Place where the old garages are situated
  • Tan Yard, Tremoughdale, 9 unused garages on the site and Land above Audierne

Also, there are currently many unoccupied flats in Penryn that could accommodate residents:

  • Saracen House, Higher Market Street, Penryn (2)
  • Saracen Way, Penryn (3)

Proposed by Councillor May and seconded by Councillor Langan

  • PA22/02049 and PA22/02870 – 69 West Street, Penryn
    It was RESOLVED that the Town Council has no objections to the application.

    Proposed by Councillor Langan and seconded by Councillor Grant
  • PA22/02708 – Land Ay North of Potters Meadow, Kernick Road, Penryn
    Councillor Langan made a proposal to object to the application which was seconded by Councillor Grant. Councillor Ronchetti requested an amendment to the proposal for no objections which was carried.
    It was RESOLVED that the Town Council has no objections to the application.

    Proposed by Councillor Ronchetti and seconded by Councillor Bennett
  •  PA22/02215 – The Warehouse, Anchor Quay, Penryn
    It was RESOLVED that the Town Council fully supports the application.

    Proposed by Councillor May and seconded by Councillor Grant

  • PA22/02568 – 40 Greenwood Crescent, Penryn
    It was RESOLVED that the Town Council has no objections to the application.

    Proposed by Councillor May and seconded by Councillor Wenmoth
  • PA22/02831 – 1 Woodland Avenue, Penryn
    It was RESOLVED that the Town Council has no objections to the application.

    Proposed by Councillor Langan and proposed by Councillor Grant

115. Decision Notices

The list of decision notices received since the last meeting were noted.

116. Falmouth and Penryn Conservation Areas Advisory Committee (F&PCAAC)

The minutes of the Falmouth and Penryn Conservation Areas Advisory Committee meeting held on the 7 February 2022 were noted.

There being no further business to transact, the meeting was closed at 7.55pm