Issue - meetings

Recommendation: Conditional approval

Proposal: Full application for the proposed erection of a single storey extension to the east elevation of the existing soft fruit processing plant to provide additional space for automated processing and packaging

Applicant: Hall Hunter Partnership

The Committee received and reviewed a report about this application, set out in agenda pages 125 to 142.

The Committee were advised that there were no Members’ Update.

Peter Izod, agent, spoke in support of the application. Peter stated that the applicant was one of the largest soft fruit producers in the UK, servicing almost all of the major UK supermarkets. This application was designed to tidy up the storage on site, with this application being situated on an existing hardstanding surface. Peter added that the site was screened well and was not visible to other locations. Peter clarified that there were 320 seasonal workers on the site, with 130 full time workers also present.

RESOLVED That application number 192245 be approved, subject to conditions and informatives set out in agenda pages 126 to 128.