Planning Committee Meeting - 8 April 2025
Brindley Heath Parish Council meeting on 8 April 2025 at the White House, Marquis Drive, at 7:30pm
Agenda
BRINDLEY HEATH PARISH COUNCIL
MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
ON TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2025
3 April 2025
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the Planning Committee will be held at The White House, Marquis Drive, Brindley Heath on Tuesday 8 April 2025 at 8.00pm, or following the close of the Council meeting, if later.
The agenda is set out below and I hope you will be able to attend.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting.
AGENDA
1. APOLOGIES
To receive apologies and accept reasons for absence.
2. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
To declare any personal, pecuniary or disclosable pecuniary interests relating to items on this agenda, in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct. The nature as well as the existence of any such interest must be declared.
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Due to this meeting taking place in the pre-election period for County Council elections, this item will not be considered.
4. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 11 February 2025.
5. PLANNING OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE PARISH COUNCIL
To confirm the planning observations made by the Parish Council since the last meeting:
Application Number: CH/25/0044
Address: Cannock Chase Technical Training Centre, Birches Valley
Development: Prior approval for the extension of existing classroom at Forest England, Rugeley Training Centre
Observations: No objections
6. NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS
To consider new planning applications received from the District and County Council:
Application Number: CH/22/0353 (amended plans)
Address: West Midlands Designer Outlet, Eastern Way, Cannock
Development: Proposed Development: The application seeks approval of details of Scale, Layout, Appearance and Landscaping (the Reserved Matters) pursuant to the original Hybrid Planning Consent (CH/15/0048), as amended by the s73 planning permission (CH/21/0197). The outline planning application was an Environment Impact Assessment application, and an Environmental Statement was submitted to the planning authority in support of the application at that time.
7. TO RECEIVE PLANNING DECISIONS MADE BY THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCIL
Application Number: CH/24/0011
Address: 49 Etching Hill Road, Rugeley
Development: change of use from holiday accommodation to C3 residential use
Application Number: CH/25/0044
Address: Cannock Chase Technical Training Centre, Birches Valley
Development: Prior approval for the extension of existing classroom at Forest England, Rugeley Training Centre
8. UPDATES ON OTHER PLANNING MATTERS
To receive updates on planning matters.
9. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Planning Committee is to be determined.
Yours sincerely,
T. Williams
Trudy Williams
Parish Clerk
Email: clerk@brindleyheath.staffslc.gov.uk
Minutes
BRINDLEY HEATH PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING
HELD ON TUESDAY 8 APRIL 2025
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, MARQUIS DRIVE, RUGELEY
PRESENT: Parish Councillors: D. Cotton (Chairman)
A. Pearson (Vice Chairman)
R. Turville
Mrs M. A. Turville
P. Adams
Mrs S. Pearson
M. Sutherland
IN ATTENDANCE: Mrs T. Williams (Parish Clerk)
1. APOLOGIES
No apologies from Parish Councillors.
Apologies were received from County Councillor P. Hewitt.
2. DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
To declare interests for this meeting:
Member
Interest
Type
None
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
No members of the public were present.
4. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
Resolved: The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 11 February 2025 were approved as a correct record.
5. PLANNING OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE PARISH COUNCIL SINCE THE LAST MEETING
Resolved: To confirm the following planning observations submitted to Cannock Chase Council:
Application Number: CH/25/0044
Address: Cannock Chase Technical Training Centre, Birches Valley
Development: Prior approval for the extension of existing classroom at Forest England, Rugeley Training Centre
Observations: No objections
6. NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Application Number: CH/22/0353 (amended plans)
Address: West Midlands Designer Outlet, Eastern Way, Cannock
Development: Proposed Development: The application seeks approval of details of Scale, Layout, Appearance and Landscaping (the Reserved Matters) pursuant to the original Hybrid Planning Consent (CH/15/0048), as amended by the S73 planning permission (CH/21/0197). The outline planning application was an Environment Impact Assessment application, and an Environmental Statement was submitted to the planning authority in support of the application at that time.
Observations: The Parish Council has no objections and supports the development proposal.
7. PLANNING DECISIONS MADE BY THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL
Application Number: CH/24/0011
Address: 49 Etching Hill Road, Rugeley
Development: change of use from holiday accommodation to C3 residential use
The Planning Committee noted that Cannock Chase Council awarded planning permission on 12 February 2025.
Application Number: CH/25/0044
Address: Cannock Chase Technical Training Centre, Birches Valley
Development: Prior approval for the extension of existing classroom at Forest England, Rugeley Training Centre
The Planning Committee noted that Cannock Chase Council awarded Prior Approval on 20 March 2025.
8. UPDATES ON OTHER PLANNING MATTERS
It was suggested that the details of a planning applications in The Pingle were considered by the Parish Council, although this location was outside of the parish boundary.
9. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next Planning Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 May 2025.
The venue for the meeting will be the White House, Marquis Drive, Brindley Heath.