Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor T J Howard and D C S Swanbrow.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Planning and Development Policy Development and Review Panel meeting held on 19 May 2015.

It was AGREED that the minutes of the Planning and Development Policy Development and Review Panel held on 19 May 2015 be confirmed and signed as a correct record.

There were no Chairman’s announcements.

To receive any declarations of interest from members in accordance with Standing Orders and the Council’s Code of Conduct and disclosures of advice or directions received from Group Leaders or Political Groups, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution.

There were no declarations of interest made at this meeting.

To receive any deputations of which notice has been lodged.

There were no deputations made at this meeting.

To consider a report by the Director of Planning and Development on the performance review of the Parking Strategy Service & Strategy Action Plan.

The Panel considered a report by the Director of Planning and Development on a performance review of the Parking Strategy Service and the Strategy Action Plan.

Councillor J M Englefield joined the meeting during this item.

Councillor Trott enquired as to why residential parking schemes are not viable outside of the town centre. Officers explained to the Panel that the town centre scheme has been put in place to balance the needs of Fareham town centre as the Borough’s principal retail centre with traffic management considerations. A full review of the Fareham Town Centre Residents Parking Scheme was undertaken following its introduction, and a number of changes to the scheme were subsequently introduced. Members were also advised that to enforce schemes in the wider Borough outside of Fareham town centre would be difficult to manage and very costly.

The Chairman referred to paragraph 27 of the report which was concerning the provision of parent and child spaces on the 4^th floor of the Osborn Road multi storey car park. The suggestion was made that the spaces may be better suited if they were located on the first floor. Officers explained that there was an opportunity and intent to engage further with parking customers to understand their parking needs and their view of existing parking facilities, and that this would include a review of current dedicated parent and child provision in due course.

It was AGREED that the Panel:-

(a)  note the content of the content of the Performance Review of the Fareham Town Centre car parks;

(b)  note that all activities with outstanding actions in the Implementation Plan as referred to in the Performance Review have now been completed; and

(c)  recommend to the Executive that consideration be given to enabling a future review of the Fareham Town Centre Parking Strategy 2012-2017, in conjunction with the implementation of the future development strategy for Fareham Town Centre.

To consider a report by the Director of Planning and Development on the Fareham Borough Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (excluding Welborne) – Draft for Consultation.

The Panel considered a report by the Director of Planning and Development on the Fareham Borough Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (excluding Welborne) which has been drafted for consultation.

The Panel also received a short presentation on the document, which highlighted the key points of the document. These included:

·         The purposed of the document

·         The document structure

·         Page structure

·         An example of a page section of the document

·         The next steps that are to be taken

Members noted that the consultation period would last for 4 weeks from 21 September 2015 to 19 October 2015.

The Chairman thanked Councillors Walker, Mrs Trott and Ford along with all of the officers involved with the working group, for all of their hard work and efforts in producing the document.

It was AGREED that the Panel:-

(a)  approves that the draft Fareham Borough Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (excluding Welborne), as set out in Appendix A of the report, be published for a four-week public consultation to run from 21 September 2015 to 19 October 2015;

(b)  approves that the Director of Planning and Development, be authorised to make any necessary minor changes to the Design Guidance, prior to publication, providing that these do not change the overall direction, shape or emphasis of the document, and do not raise any significant new issues; and

(c)  approves that the Draft Fareham Borough Design Guidance Supplementary Planning Document (excluding Welborne) be endorsed as an interim guidance to be afforded due weight in the determination of planning applications.

To consider a report by the Director of Planning and Development , which reviews the Panel’s Work Programme for 2015/16.

The Panel considered a report by the Director of Planning and Development which reviewed the Panel’s work programme for 2015/16.

It was AGREED that the Panel approves the work programme 2015/16, as set out in Appendix A to the report.