At the meeting of the Development Management Committee held on 31 May 2011 members considered the above application.  At this meeting the Committee delegated authority to the Executive for Spatial Planning to negotiate with the applicant to resolve concerns in relation to the loss of trees on Blatchcombe Road.

The Senior Planning Officer outlined the views of the Arboricultural Officer in respect of the loss of the tree and after further negotiations the difficulties the applicant would have in incorporating the tree into the scheme. 

Resolved: 

That the previous minute from the Development Management Committee held on 31 May 2011 be upheld with an amendment to minute 31/5/11 (iv) as follows

(iv)       the receipt of a satisfactory landscaping and planting scheme along with a landscape management plan to mitigate against the loss of the trees on Blatchcombe Road.