Agenda and draft minutes

None were received.

No Declarations of Interest were received.

To consider passing the following resolution:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

RESOLVED:

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the press and public.

Report of the Planning and Economic Development Director

The Committee considered the report of the Planning and Economic Regeneration Director giving details of legal advice received from Counsel regarding the proposed reason for refusal in respect of the abovementioned Planning Application.

RESOLVED: That

1.         the Reasons for Refusal of Application No: S/2010/0350 be confirmed as follows:

The proposed development fails to respond positively to the character and form of its surroundings in respect of form, massing, style, design and material and is therefore contrary to the requirements of Sefton UDP Policy DQ1 and PPS5 HE7.5.

2.         the potential costs be identified and further a report highlighting these be submitted to a future meeting.