Planning Committee

The Planning Committee met on 4 December 2024 to consider a schedule of planning applications. The minute says decisions will be recorded as shown on the attached schedule, but it does not list the individual decisions. For one application, a new crematorium near Bassaleg, officers recommend refusal. The agent asked for the application to be deferred to a later meeting, and officers declined.

1. Planning applications schedule for the December meeting

   Decided

   The minutes record no decision on this item.

   Why

   Officers say the site is in the open countryside, where local and national planning policy does not support this kind of development. They say the sequential test (a check on whether other sites were considered first) was inadequate, need was not shown, highway safety concerns remain unresolved, and the land is the best and most versatile farmland. The agent asked for deferral, saying some reasons for refusal had not been shared. Officers replied that more information would not change their recommendation, so there was no reason to delay. If refused, the applicant can appeal or resubmit within 12 months without a new fee.

   Based on the minutes, Development Management: Planning Application Schedule, Late Representations

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1. 2

   Declarations of Interest

   Minute

   None.

2. 3

   Minutes of the Previous Meeting

   Minute

   The minutes of the meeting held on 06 November 2024 were submitted. Resolved That the minutes of the meeting held on 0 November 2024 be taken as read and confirmed.

   Papers: Decisions 06112024 Planning Committee, Minutes of the Previous Meeting
3. 4

   Development Management: Planning Application Schedule

   Minute

   (1) That decisions be recorded as shown on the Planning Applications Schedule attached as an Appendix A (2) That the Planning and Development Manager be authorised to draft any amendments to/additional conditions or reasons for refusal in respect of the Planning Applications Schedule, attached.

   Papers: Development Management: Planning Application Schedule, Late Representations

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The minutes record no declarations of interest.

• Malcolm Linton, Deputy ChairLabourPresent
• Mark Spencer, ChairLabourPresent
• Bev Perkins, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Gavin Horton, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Jason Jordan, Committee MemberNewport Independent PartyPresent
• John Jones, Committee MemberConservativeSent apologies
• John Reynolds, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Mark Howells, Committee MemberIndependentPresent
• Tim Harvey, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Trevor Watkins, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• William Routley, Committee MemberConservativePresent

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