Decision details

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for a new building comprising of a Public House at ground floor with nine residential units on the upper floors (two 1xbed units & seven studio units) along with car and cycle parking and associated landscaping following the demolition of the existing buildings.

The Senior Planner (MH) proposed a new condition to require the submission and approval of a scheme of works for substantial completion of the public house prior to demolition of the existing public house.

This amendment was carried nem con.

Councillor Price (Kings Hedges Ward Councillor – City Council) addressed the Committee about the application.

The representation covered the following issues:

Speaking in objection to the application on behalf of a resident of Beales Way who raised the following concerns:

       i.          Overlooking.

     ii.          Loss of privacy.

   iii.          Lack of parking and impact on local streets.

Speaking as a Ward Councillor:

   iv.          Planning policy was in place in the city to protect pubs.

    v.          Referred to historic planning and officer advice to facilitate this.

   vi.          Referred to paragraph #8.45 in the Officer’s report which seemed to ignore safeguards to protect the pub facility.

 vii.          Took issue with the application and suitability of proposed flats as homes.

viii.          Took issue with the design of the building and suggested it was low quality so did not meet planning policy.

Mr McKeown (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the application.

The Committee:

Resolved (by 6 votes to 2) to grant the application for planning permission in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the officer report, and subject to the conditions recommended by the officers plus the following additional condition:

Prior to the demolition of the public house, a scheme of works for the substantial completion of the proposed public house, including a phasing plan for its provision, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The public house shall thereafter be constructed in accordance with the approved scheme of works and phasing plan, unless an alternative phasing plan is otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

Reason: In order that the public house is physically replaced on the site to meet the day-to-day needs of the community, NPPF paragraph 70, Interim Planning Policy Guidance on the Protection of Public Houses in the City of Cambridge (October 2012).