Management Group Meeting minutes 12.06.24

Call to order

A meeting of the Management Group of Hoylake Vision Community Planning Forum was held at Arthur’s Restaurant on 12.06.24.

Attendees

Attendees: Mark Howard (MHo), Tom Hutchinson (TH), Alex Woods (AW), Nigel Blacow (NB), Jade Wright (JW), Jon Caswell (JC), Jon Morgan (JM), Andrew Snell (AS)

Members not in attendance

Maureen Hanson (MHa), Dan Levers (DL)

Approval of minutes

THE MAY MEETING HAD BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO ABSENCES.

Management Group Meeting Reports

• Re-designation; report on meeting with council
  MHo reported that the forum had finally been re-designated on 4 June 2024 for a period of five years. John Entwhistle and Andrew Fraser had proposed a de-brief meeting, which MHo and TH had attended earlier in the day. The number of objections had been discussed, but these had not given the council cause to refuse redesignation, either individually or collectively. The majority of the objections were strikingly similar. The delays to the Local Plan being “made” were also a natural concern. MHo and TH were able to assure the officers that the management group are developing an engagement strategy and, now that we are eligible to apply for a further round of funding for consultation from Locality, we will be in a position to engage meaningfully again. The lack of funding and re-designation process delays had made this impossible. The re-designation also means MHo and TH can re-engage with the council over planning application processes following the Melrose APP/22/01127 experiences.
• PR, Comms and Work plan
  It was agreed to have an extraordinary meeting at the home of the Chair on 8 July to focus exclusively on this. TH would be unable to attend but the rest of the group were available.
• Locality Funding update
  MHo reported that Locality have also just announced the new round of funding. MHo and JM would work on this and put in a new application for the remaining funding which needs to support all further consultation and drafting of the NDP and associated statutorily required documents (Consultation Statement and Basic Conditions Statement) up to the independent examination and next referendum date is announced, hopefully in 2025.
• Census data update
  MHo is to arrange to sit with AW to go through accessing the ONS website and how to download the data.
• Planning applications
  • APP/24/00488 Location Hoylake Library Market Street, Hoylake , Wirral, CH47 5AA
    JW had been contacted by some residents in Trinity Road who raised concerns about potential noise disturbance from this development. JW, MHo and TH had discussed and agreed with these concerns. TH had subsequently submitted a representation to the council requesting strengthened noise control conditions, citing NDP p43 Policy H1: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: “All proposals for new dwellings within the existing built-up area including infilling redevelopment conversion and change of use of buildings or land to a residential use (Use Classes C1, C2, C3 and C4) will be supported provided that they would accord with Policies DI2 DI3 and CL2 (where relevant) and would not have a significantly adverse effect upon the distinctive character of the local area or the living conditions of occupants of surrounding dwellings.” JW would convey this representation to the concerned residents.
  • APP/24/00622 To convert single dwellinghouse into 3no. self-contained one-bedroom flats. Location 84 Trinity Road, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 2BZ
    TH had submitted a representation citing NDP p43 Policy H1: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (as above) and additionally Wirral Local Plan (Policy WD 6). The applicant should demonstrate that the property is suitable for subdivision and will not cause unacceptable impacts on neighbours. The property has no on-plot parking and only has a small yard area to the rear and small privacy strip at the front. The supporting material states that the rear yard is for the bins of the ground floor flat (accessed through the building?) and the privacy strip at the front is for the bins of the two upper flats. So there is no suitable garden area for all the proposed new occupants. The policy requires a shared garden space provided for each flat, including those on upper floors. The policy also requires that where family accommodation with three or more bedrooms will be lost, at least one of the new units to be provided will have three or more bedrooms. In the circumstances we question whether this property is suitable for subdivision from a family dwelling and could cause substandard living conditions, pressure on on-street parking and a proliferation of waste bins next to the street.
• AOB
  • No AOB were discussed

Date of next extraordinary meeting Mon 8 July 2024