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Minutes:
The Committee
received a report requesting authorisation to take formal enforcement action.
The Planning
Enforcement Officer referred to the addendum sheet that corrected typographical
errors relating to job titles:
·
“Director
of Planning and Economic Development” replaced “Head of Planning Services”.
·
“Head
of Legal Practice” replaced “Head of Legal Services”.
Address: Florian
House and Roman House, Severn Place.
Details of Alleged
Breaches of Planning Control: Without planning permission, the unauthorised
change of use from C3 dwelling houses to short-term visitor accommodation (sui
generis) at the premises.
The report
sought authority to:
i.
Authorise enforcement notices for each apartment
under S172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) alleging that
there has been a breach of planning control within the last ten years, namely
without planning permission:
·
The unauthorised change of use from C3 dwelling
house to short-term visitor accommodation lets (sui generis) at flats 3, 6, 7,
8, 9 and 11 of Roman House.
·
The unauthorised change of use from C3 dwelling
house to short-term visitor accommodation lets (sui generis) at flats 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 and 7 of Florian House.
·
Specifying the steps to comply and the period for
compliance for each apartment set out in paragraphs 9.2 to 9.4, for the reasons
contained in paragraph 9.5 of the Officer’s report.
ii.
Authorise the Director of Planning and Economic Development (after
consultation with the Head of Legal Practice) to draft and issue the enforcement notices.
iii.
Delegate authority to the Director of Planning and Economic
Development (after consultation with the Head of Legal Practice) to exercise the Council’s powers to take
further action in the event of noncompliance with the enforcement notice.
Mr Brown (Agent)
addressed the Committee.
The representation
covered the following issues:
i.
Did not
accept that there had been a breach of control.
ii.
C3
residential use had been given to the buildings.
iii.
Officers
were concentrating on the length of stay instead of the principle of building
use ie the building was being used for residential
purposes through short term lets.
iv.
There
were no complaints from neighbours.
v.
If
Councillors accepted the Officer’s recommendation to take enforcement action, a
grace period was requested for the property owner to take action before
enforcement action was taken.
Councillor Bick
(Market Ward Councillor) addressed the Committee about the application.
The representation covered the following issues:
i.
Spoke
in support of the Officer’s recommendation to take enforcement action.
ii.
The
thirteen units should be for long term resident’s use not short term lets.
iii.
There
was a need for short term accommodation in the city, but not on this
development.
iv.
Any
change of use for the site needed to go through formal consideration by
Committee after an official application had been made.
The Committee:
Unanimously
resolved (by 7 votes to 0) to accept the officer recommendation to authorise
enforcement action.