Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Nikki Lloyd with Councillor David Meredith in attendance as substitute.

Apologies were also received from Councillor Bill Hartnett.

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 meeting held on 16^th July 2026 were presented to Members and it was:

RESOLVED that

the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 16^th July 2026 were approved as a true and accurate record and were signed by the Chair.

To note Update Reports (if any) for the Planning Applications to be considered at the meeting (circulated prior to the commencement of the meeting)

The Chair announced that there was an update report which was published prior to the commencement of the meeting and a copy of which was before Members.

Members noted the contents of the report and indicated that they had sufficient time to read and were happy to proceed.

The application was reported to the Planning Committee because it required a Section 106 (S106) Agreement. 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 17 of the Site Plans and Presentations pack.

The application was for Four Winds, Birmingham Road, Mappleborough Green, Redditch, B80 7DH and sought the demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of a two-storey, 66-bedroom care home (Use Class C2), with associated access, parking, landscaping and ancillary buildings.

Officers noted that the application was a Cross-boundary application with Stratford-on-Avon  District Council. Page 10 of the Site Plans and Presentations pack detailed the existing site layout and clarified that most of the application site was situated within the administrative area of Redditch Borough Council.

The building would be predominantly made of red brick with the use of cladding and render to reflect the surrounding area and was well constrained with existing development to the East and West and an approved development site situated to the south. The care home would be over two floors, and the layout was typical for the type of development with all rooms exceeding the care sector minimum standards

30 car parking spaces would be supplied as part of the development which included 2 accessible spaces and 6 electric vehicle charging points. Officers clarified that consideration had been given by the Highways Authority to the number of spaces with the expectation that residents did not drive. It was concluded that considering the size of the development, the number of spaces was deemed acceptable and therefore, no objection was raised subject to appropriate Conditions.

Part of the site was designated as primary open space, however, the land was privately owned and not accessible to the general public so was afforded limited weight. Additionally, some of the open space would be retained in the form of external landscaped amenity for residents and visitors. Consideration had been had to the scale, scope and appearance of the development with appropriate landscaping being included to soften the impact of the building.

Officers gave considerable weight to the care provision and addition to the housing land supply which would be generated by the development, this was balanced against the loss of the primary open space and impact to the surrounding area. In conclusion, when considering the mitigation features which were proposed to lessen the visual impact of the development and with no public access to the open space, Officers deemed the application to be acceptable and was therefore, recommended for approval.

At the invitation of the Chair, Jo Kemp addressed the Committee in support of the application on behalf of the applicant LNT care Developments.

The following was clarified by Officers after questions from Members.

• That as the access/egress point was situated within the Stratford-on-Avon administrative area the suitability and safety of the access was for Warwickshire County Council to consider and was not part  ...  view the full minutes text for item 26.