Issue - meetings

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for Change of use from A1 (Shop) to A3/A5 (Restaurant/hot food takeaway) and installation of an extraction fan exhaust unit to rear elevation following demolition of existing rear lean-to.

The Committee noted that the revised NPPF was pertinent to this application.

The Committee expressed a desire to see the clock on the front of the building retained as a link to the history of the area. An informative would be added to this affect.

The Committee:

Unanimously resolved 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 including the informative above.

Informative to be added to the decision notice to seek to require the retention of the existing clock on the frontage of the building.