2020/01/30
Minutes of the special Planning Meeting of the Parish Council, held on Monday 27th January 2020 in the Village Hall at 7.30pm.
Minutes
of the special planning meeting of the Parish Council held on Monday
27th January 2020 in the Village Hall, at 7.30pm.
The Chairman
opened the meeting at 8.23pm, following a short unavoidable delay.
1. Apologies: Cllrs Pat Lennard,
John Paige and Rodney Young.
Present: Cllrs Marion Dethier,
Brian Gale, Nick Griffiths and Simon Howes (Chairman).
Also present: The Clerk (Chris
Fry).
2.
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended).
Application no: 18/19/00007/DT.
Applicant: Mr Horrobin.
Location: 3 West End Court,
Chedzoy Lane, Chedzoy, Bridgwater TA7 8QS.
Proposal: Continued use of
site as a nursery with ancillary retail activity, to include revision
of months of retail trading to permit all year round (twelve months)
operation, and increased hours of opening (8.00am to 6.00pm).
A discussion
took place with the general feeling being that local enterprise such as
this is something to be welcomed and encouraged, with the associated
employment opportunities it can bring. Traditional business activities
need to be nurtured.
The Chairman called for a vote, the result of which was unanimously in
favour of the application.
The Chairman
closed the meeting at 8.40 pm.
The following
comments were submitted to the SDC planning department.
'The
Parish Council of Chedzoy supports this application and feels the
expansion of local business activities is something which should always
be encouraged, with the accompanying increased employment opportunities
it can bring'.