Issue - meetings

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for the relocation of the existing liquid nitrogen (LN2) tank, Denios unit and cycle parking facilities, and scheme of archaeological investigative works.

The Principal Planner referred to the amendment sheet that listed a change to the original recommendation. The revised recommendation was for approval, previously it was for refusal.

The Principal Planner tabled three documents:

       i.          A memorandum from the Environmental Health Team setting out a consultation response.

     ii.          A copy of the Objector’s speaking notes, which the Principal Planner had been asked to circulate.

   iii.          An addendum to the planning amendment sheet setting out revisions to Conditions 6, 7 and 11; plus two new/additional Conditions 15 and 16.

The Committee received a representation in objection to the application from a local resident.

The representation covered the following specific concerns:

       i.          The proposed location of the storage tank. Suggested it should be located on the other side of the present car park.

     ii.          The new storage tank would displace bikes from their current location and so subject residents to noise nuisance.

   iii.          Safety.

   iv.          The opportunity to amend the unattractive site design had been lost as the concerns raised in Newtown Conservation Area Appraisal (published 2012) had not been addressed.

The Applicant’s Representative addressed the Committee in support of the application.

The Committee:

Unanimously resolved (by 7 votes to 0) to grant the application for planning permission in accordance with the officer recommendation, for the reasons set out on the amendment sheet, and subject to the conditions recommended by the officers on the amendment sheet (as amended by the additional sheet tabled at Committee).