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Month: September 2020

Deadline extended for consultation on planning application for land off Sycamore Avenue

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The Parish Council have been advised by the planning department at South Derbyshire District Council that the deadline for the consultation on a planning application that has been submitted for land off Sycamore Avenue, Findern, DE65 6AF, near Common Piece Lane, had been extended to 18 September 2020.

This planning application is for the parcel of land that the Council tried to buy at auction in February. The Parish Council would like to draw attention to the application and invite residents to view the application and submit their comments.

The new owner of the land has submitted an application for engineering operations to remove topsoil and lay hardcore to facilitate the change of use of land for storage purposes including the parking of cars and siting of 8 storage containers on the land.

The application may be viewed on South Derbyshire District Council’s website at:

https://planning.southderbyshire.gov.uk/dmapps.aspx/?ref=DMPA/2020/0407

Should you have any comments these should be submitted no later than 18/09/2020 by emailing planningapplications@southderbyshire.gov.uk or using the online form at the above link.

Comments can also be sent by post to: Planning Department, South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote , Derbyshire , DE11 0AH

Any objections submitted should be related to valid planning considerations. The planning department can only take into account ‘material planning considerations’ when looking at any comments. The most common of these (although not an exhaustive list) are in the attached document.

Parish Council submit objections to planning application for site at Sycamore Avenue

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At an Extra Ordinary meeting on 1 September 2020, the Parish Council considered the planning application for the site at Sycamore Avenue, off Common Piece Lane. The application is for ‘Engineering operations to remove topsoil and lay hardcore to facilitate the change of use of land for storage purposes including the parking of cars and siting of 8 storage containers.’

The Councillors thank all the members of the public who attended the virtual meeting to raise their concerns about the potential development of the site. The objections to the development were wide ranging but broadly in line with those of the Members who resolved in this convened meeting to respond to the consultation with their objections to the development. A copy of the objections submitted by the Parish Council can be found here.

Residents are reminded that if they wish to submit any comments regarding the application to the planning department at South Derbyshire District Council, the deadline is Friday 11 September 2020. Details can be found here.

 

Next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on 10 September 2020 at 7pm

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An Ordinary Meeting of Findern Parish Council will be held remotely at 7pm on Thursday, 10 September 2020.

PRESS AND PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

In accordance with the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, the meeting will use Zoom Meetings software. For the Meeting ID and password, please contact the Clerk by email at clerk@findernparishcouncil.org or telephone 07444 085807. The  Agenda for the meeting can be found on the Meetings page here.

You do not have to have Zoom installed on your device to access the meeting, though your device will need to have audio and video link – PC with webcam, laptop, Ipad or android tablet or smart phone. The meeting will also be streamed live to the Findern Parish Council Facebook page.