UPTON BY CHESTER & DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL

Meeting of the Planning Committee of the Upton by Chester & District Parish Council held on Monday 3rd December  2007 at The Pavilion, Wealstone Lane, Upton, Chester.

 

Present:          Cllr jean Evans, Cllr Robert Thompson, Cllr Jill Houlbrook and Cllr Gerald Grant

 

1.                  APOLOGIES:

Apologies were received from Cllr David Evans, Cllr Gill Jordan, Cllr Robert Thompson and Cllr Pat Lott.

 

2.                  DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST:

No declarations of interest were received.

 

3.                  TO CONSIDER PLANNING APPLICATIONS:

 

a.         The Countess Hospital – Application to vary condition of temporary office building until January 2009.

 

            No objection

 

b.         Burchell, Caughall Road – Two storey side extension including demolition of garage.

 

            No objection

 

c.         6 Birch Rise – Crown clean, raise and reduce 2 beech, fell 2 beech

 

            No objection but would like to see trees replaced.

 

d.         1 St Christophers Close – Conversion of garage to lounge and loft conversion including extension.

 

            Members object for the following reasons:

 

            i.          It does not fit in with the street scene

            ii.          This is a close of bunglows and the proposal is pressing the definition

of a bungalow.

 

e.         75 Upton lane – Two storey side extension

 

Members have no objections so long as the proposed changes are in line with planning regulations.

 

 

 

f.          Upton Village Surgery – Single storey extension to surgery and creation of pharmacy.

 

Members have no alternative but to object to this application on the following grounds:

 

a.         Parking issues have not been addressed

b.         No evidence has been given as to expected customer numbers

c.         No indication has been given as to extra security in respect of drugs being stored on the premises.

 

Additional Information

The surgery does not have either its own access from the highway or its own car park.

The building is reached across land owned by the Parish Council for which there is a

Right of Access to a doctors surgery only.  There would need to be a new agreement

agreed with the Parish Council for Right of Access to a Pharmacy.  There is also an

agreement in place for the use of 8 parking spaces on the Parish Council owned car

park but there are already well in excess of this number of vehicles attending the

surgery. Whilst the surgery patients will not create further traffic as they will pick up

their prescriptions at the same time as their appointments, there are many people in the

Upton and surrounding area who are not patients but will use the service.  The Parish

Council believe that this will probably result in an increase of traffic on the car park.

The area where the pharmacy is proposed is to the rear of the building and well off the

main road and is in an unlit area of an evening.  Members are concerned about levels of

security needed in respect of the stored drugs.

 

4.         NOTICES:

No notices were received.