Agenda and draft minutes

Planning Committee - Tuesday, 1st July, 2025 2.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, The Rhadyr, Usk, NP15 1GA

Contact: Democratic Services

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Election of Chair Minutes: We elected County Councillor Phil Murphy as Chair.
2.	Appointment of Vice-Chair Minutes: We appointed County Councillor Dale Rooke as Vice-Chair.
3.	Declarations of Interest Minutes: None received.
4.	Confirmation of Minutes PDF 24 KB Minutes: The minutes of the Planning Committee meeting dated 6^th May 2025 were confirmed as an accurate record.
5.	Application DM/2025/00106 - Proposal: Modification of conditions 6 (change of use to allow meetings and training sessions) and 7 (change start time from 9am to 8 am) on consent DC/2012/00317.Conditions(s) Modified: Section 6 - DCWW would like to be able to use the meeting room to hold internal and external meetings and training sessions without the need to be water sports related. Section 7 - DCWW would like to be able to use from 8am. Section 6 - Meeting room to be used for meetings, interviewing and training sessions. No music or alcohol. Section 7 - Meeting room to be used between the hours of 08:00 and 21:00. Llandegfedd Reservoir Parc Road Coed Y Paen Monmouthshire NP4 0SY PDF 351 KB Minutes: We considered the report of the application and late correspondence which was recommended for approval subject to the conditions outlined in the report. https://www.youtube.com/live/fXA46ue2odk?si=Iq9zB4-SE6M6Vp8o&t=291 In noting the detail of the application and the views expressed, it was proposed by County Councillor Su McConnel and seconded by County Councillor Maureen Powell that application DM/2025/00106 be approved subject to the conditions outlined in the report with the wording in the final sentence of condition 6 being amended, as follows: For the avoidance of doubt, the building shall not be available as a licensed premises or for use by the general public. Upon being put to the vote, the following votes were recorded: For approval - 10 Against approval - 5 Abstentions - 0 The proposition was carried. We resolved that application DM/2025/00106 be approved subject to the conditions outlined in the report with the wording in the final sentence of condition 6 being amended, as follows: For the avoidance of doubt, the building shall not be available as a licensed premises or for use by the general public.
6.	Application DM/2024/01294 - The retention of retaining wall and terrace/patio (as built) and change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage. Ty'r Berllan, Llangwm To Nantygelli Farm, Llangwm, Monmouthshire, NP15 1HB PDF 181 KB Minutes: The Chair informed the Committee that application DM/2024/01294 had been withdrawn to allow further consultation to be undertaken. The application would be presented to the August 2025 Planning Committee, for consideration. https://www.youtube.com/live/fXA46ue2odk?si=GzMfkV0gMi_-MZLn&t=2659
7.	Application DM/2022/01511 - Change of use from empty residential land to tourism for camping/glamping. Construction of wash facilities supplemental to the glampsite. Construction of a field shelter for animals. Swallows Nest, Ty'r Pwll, Parc Llettis Road, Hardwick, Abergavenny, NP7 9AB PDF 215 KB Minutes: We considered the report of the application and late correspondence which was recommended for approval subject to the conditions outlined in the report. https://www.youtube.com/live/fXA46ue2odk?si=w7lsuuG85z0UPIe2&t=2673 In noting the detail of the application and the views expressed, it was proposed by County Councillor Jayne McKenna and seconded by County Councillor Ann Webb that consideration of application DM/2022/01511 be deferred to the next available Planning Committee meeting with reasons for refusal. Upon being put to the vote, the following votes were recorded: For deferral - 14 Against deferral - 0 Abstentions - 0 The proposition was carried. We resolved that consideration of application DM/2022/01511 be deferred to the next available Planning Committee meeting with reasons for refusal.
8.	FOR INFORMATION - The Planning Inspectorate - Appeals Decisions Received: Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/live/fXA46ue2odk?si=l7HIJk0ZhLCgsnS-&t=5960
8a	Rear of 65 Main Road, Portskewett, Monmouthshire, NP26 5UG PDF 138 KB Minutes: We received the Planning Inspectorate report which related to an appeal decision following a site visit that had been held at the rear of 65 Main Road, Portskewett, Monmouthshire on 16^th April 2025. We noted that the appeal had been dismissed.
8b	Larkfield Petrol Filling Station, Newport Road, Chepstow NP16 5YS PDF 153 KB Minutes: We received the Planning Inspectorate report which related to an appeal decision following a site visit that had been held at Larkfield Petrol Filling Station, Newport Road, Chepstow on 5^th June 2025. We noted that the appeal had been allowed, and express consent was granted for Erection of a D6 Small Format Advertisement Display at Larkfield Petrol Filling Station, Newport Road, Chepstow NP16 5YS as applied for. The consent is for five years from the date of this decision and is subject to the five standard conditions set out in the Regulations and the additional conditions set out in the Schedule.