Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Claire Davies and Matt Dormer.

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and / or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

There were no declarations of interest.

The minutes of the Planning Committee meetings held on 29^th May 2025 were presented to Members.

RESOLVED that

the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 29^th May 2025 were approved as a true and accurate record and were signed by the Chair.

The update reports were noted.

This application was being reported to the Planning Committee because the applicant was an employee of Redditch Borough Council. As such the application fell outside the scheme of delegation to Officers.

Officers presented the report and in doing so, drew Members’ attention to the presentation slides on pages 5 to 16 of the Site Plans and Presentations pack.

The application was for 72 Reynard Close, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 6PY and sought the retrospective approval for replacement of a conservatory for a garden room.

Officers detailed that as the application was retrospective, the proposed plans were of the current configuration at the site. Officers drew Members attention to the previous and current site plans and detailed that although the footprint was similar, there was a slight change in size from 5m x 4m x 3.2m to 5.1m x 3.9 x 3.6m.

The key issue for Members to determine was the visual amenity and impact of the development. Further to this, Officers detailed that the scale and location were similar and that it was not visible from the street scene. Additionally, the materials and design were sympathetic and complimentary to the dwelling. Therefore, the development was deemed acceptable and Officers recommended approval.

After questions from Members, Officers clarified that although the development was of a similar size, as it was not an exact like for like replacement planning permission was needed.

Offices clarified that as the application was retrospective there were not a list of Conditions for Members to approve apart from formalising the submitted development plans. Members saw no planning reason to object to the development and on being put to a vote it was:

RESOLVED that

having had regard to the development plan and to all other material considerations, planning permission be GRANTED subject to the conditions detailed on page 13 of the Public Documents pack.

Application WITHDRAWN from meeting

The Chair announced that the application 25/00162/FUL – had been withdrawn from the meeting.