Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Planning and Development attached.

RESOLVED: (Unanimously)

That officers, in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Planning Committee, draft a letter of objection to Lancashire County Council and request that the application be refused.

Members received a report of the Director of Planning and Development which outlined a planning application on behalf of Lancashire County Council (LCC) which sought approval for the extraction of sand and gravel, construction of new access road and new junction with A59 Preston New Road, creation of plant site, weighbridge and stockpiling area, silt ponds, landscaping including screen mounding, with progressive restoration to wetland and passive flood management facility, woodland and agriculture at Lower Hall Farm, Potters Lane, Samlesbury.

South Ribble Borough Council had been identified as a consultee to the application and so a response was sought from the Planning Committee.

Three members of the public spoke in objection to the overall application in addition to the ward councillors for the area, Councillors Barrie Yates and Peter Mullineaux.

Members empathised with the views of residents and following discussions between the committee, Councillor James Flannery proposed that the Council object to the proposals, seconded by Councillor Phil Smith, and that officers draft a letter in response to LCC in consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee to raise these objections and urge LCC to refuse the application.

A vote on the amended motion was taken and subsequently RESOLVED unanimously that officers, in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Planning Committee, draft a letter of objection to Lancashire County Council and request that the application be refused.