Decision details

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

 

 The application sought approval for proposed change of use from Use Class B1C (Light Industrial) to Use Class D2 (Assembly and Leisure)

 

The Committee:

 

Resolved (by 7 votes to 0) to accept the officer recommendation to approve the application with the addition of the following additional condition:

 

New Condition 5

Waste and recycling

 

Prior to the commencement of development, full details of the on-site storage facilities for waste including waste for recycling shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.  Such details shall identify the specific positions of where wheelie bins, recycling boxes or any other means of storage will be stationed and the arrangements for the disposal of waste.  The approved facilities shall be provided prior to the commencement of the use hereby permitted and shall be retained thereafter unless alternative arrangements are agreed in writing by the local planning authority.

 

Reason: In the interest of neighbour amenity. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 3/4)

 

subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement by 31st May 2013, and, nothwithstanding the table at paragraph 8.23 of the officer report, subject to the open space contributions in that Section 106 agreement being £476 for outdoor sports facilities, £538 for indoor sports facilities, and £484 for informal open space

 

and subject to the following conditions:

 

1.       The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

           

Reason: In accordance with the requirements of section 51 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

2.       Hours of opening to be between the following hours only: 09.00 hours to 18.30 hours Monday to Saturday and 11.00 hours to 17.00 hours on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays.

         

Reason: To protect the amenity of the nearby residential properties and be in accordance with policies 3/4 and 3/7 of the Local Plan (2006).

 

3.       When amplified music and/or amplified vocals are being played in the gym at levels above background all external doors and external windows to the gym shall be kept shut.

         

Reason:  To protect the amenities of nearby residents and to be in accordance with policies 3/7 and 4/13 of Local Plan (2006).

 

4.       The building shall only be used as a gymnasium and not for any other uses which fall under D2 (Assembly and Leisure) Use Class within The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended).

         

Reason:  To protect the amenities of nearby residents and the occupiers of neighbouring buildings and to comply with Local Plan (2006) policies 3/7 and 4/13.

 

For the following reasons:

         

1.This development has been approved subject to conditions and the prior completion of a section 106 planning obligation (/a unilateral undertaking), because subject to those requirements it is considered to conform to the Development Plan as a whole, particularly the following policies:

         

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Structure Plan 2003:  P6/1, P9/8, P9/9

         

Cambridge Local Plan (2006):  3/1, 3/4, 3/7, 4/13, 6/2, 7/1, 7/3, 8/2, 8/4, 8/6, 8/9, 8/10

         

2. The decision has been made having had regard to all other material planning considerations, none of which was considered to have been of such significance as to justify doing other than grant planning permission. 

         

3. In reaching this decision the local planning authority has acted on guidance provided by the National Planning Policy Framework, specifically paragraphs 186 and 187.  The local planning authority has worked proactively with the applicant to bring forward a high quality development that will improve the economic, social and environmental conditions of the area.