To consider the revised officer recommendation and to confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of this Committee held on 15 January 2024.

Subject to the changes set out below, the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 15 January 2024 were confirmed as a correct record:

Former Dairy Crest Depot, Parkfield Road, Torquay (P/2023/0131)

1.         the following additional condition:

1.    that the affordable housing viability assessment be submitted to the Planning Committee prior to a decision being reached on the affordable housing obligation;

Reason: to promote transparency and public confidence in the decision making process.

1.         the following additional condition to be delivered through additional wording within the accompanying section 106 legal agreement in place of a planning condition (as approved by the Planning Committee on 4 March 2024):

(a)                   that the affordable housing viability assessment be submitted to the Planning Committee prior to a decision being reached on the affordable housing obligation;

Reason: to promote transparency and public confidence in the decision making process.

Reason for variation:  The legal agreement is the mechanism that secures further viability reassessment of the affordable housing obligation, including the terms of submission and potential agreement.  Request for additional wording within the clause that any future viability assessment regarding this matter is submitted and agreed in consultation with the Planning Committee.