Falklands : Planning and Building Committee Report
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 10.01.2009 (Article Archived on 24.01.2009)
This month’s meeting, chaired as usual by Councillor John Birmingham, saw apologies for non-attendance from Councillor Richard Stevens and the Chief Fire Officer, Gardner Fiddes, and commenced with the usual formalities including confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting.
PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE
HELD 8th JANUARY 2009
(By Graham France)
January planning and building update
This month’s meeting, chaired as usual by Councillor John Birmingham, saw apologies for non-attendance from Councillor Richard Stevens and the Chief Fire Officer, Gardner Fiddes, and commenced with the usual formalities including confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting.
With two members (Jane Cameron and Dawn Hoy) of the Historic Buildings Committee attending with regard to proposed modifications to the prison yard at the Police Headquarters, this application for planning permission was the first to be considered. In view of their concerns on the effect on this Listed Building and the fact that a Prisons Inspector is due to visit next month the committee decided to defer a decision until the outcome of that visit was known.
Also deferred was the proposal of Christine McKay to site and operate a mobile catering unit at the Jetty Centre. Its current siting was in line with the provisions of the Planning Ordinance for temporary (28-day) sitings and the applicant now wished to obtain a consent which would allow siting as and when required. It was felt by members that the present siting was not the best and that, if possible, the unit would be better located to the east of the Jetty Centre and it was resolved that the matter be left in the hands of the Environmental Planning Officer, Antony Payne, to discuss with the applicant with necessary input from the Tourist Board.
Applications which did receive conditional planning permission were the following: Bruce Miller’s proposal to change the roof layout of his property known as Miller’s at 46 John Street; the residential use of land at 4 Narrow View for Angela Baber (an earlier consent for this had now lapsed, hence this new submission); the proposal to site two containers for storage and maintenance works with the construction of a berthing face on the east side of the causeway at 36 Boxer Bridge for Paul Ellis; and the extension to his dwelling at 25 Hansen Hill for Lee Clement.
Building Adviser Nick Stephens then reported upon twenty-one applications for building permits, detailing those he had been able to issue the permit and advising those he still awaited further information.
The meeting concluded with the application by Mark and Sue Spicer for an extension to the time limit within which their off-street parking was to be completed within the terms of their grant, and this the committee were pleased to agree to.
The next meeting of the committee is due to be held on 5th February and that following, it was decided by members, would be on the 12th of March to avoid clashing with Sports Week.
Graham France 8th January 2009
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