Issue - meetings

The Committee received an application for full planning permission.

The application sought approval for a proposed mixed use development, comprising part demolition of the existing building, with the retention of the front and side elevations and erection of 7 studio units and 2 x 2 bedroom units and Commercial/Restaurant/Public House (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and B1 in the alternative) flexible use, with associated works.

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

Councillor Porrer proposed amendments to the Officer’s recommendation:

      i.          The green roof should be maintained in perpetuity.

     ii.          There should be a manager’s flat above the pub if it is converted into a mixed-use property.

The amendments were carried unanimously.

The Committee:

Resolved (by 7 votes to 0 with 1 abstention) to grant the application for planning permission in accordance with the Officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the Officer’s report, subject to:

      i.          the planning conditions set out in the Officer’s report;

     ii.          delegated authority to officers, in consultation with the Chair and Spokes, to draft and include the following additional condition:

a.    The green roof should be maintained in perpetuity.

   iii.          an informative included on the planning permission in respect of:

a.    There should be a manager’s flat above the pub if it is converted into a mixed-use property.

Councillor Green sought clarification that this was a minor application. If not, the item would return to committee for reconsideration. The Planning Officer said he understood the application to be minor, but would check this.

Post meeting note: The threshold for a major development is any application that involves mineral extraction, waste development, the provision of 10+ dwellings / a site area over 0.5 Hectares or a floorspace of over 1,000sqm / an area of 1 hectare. Anything smaller than this would be considered as minor development.

This application is for 9 units and the GIA is 705m2. Therefore, the scheme is defined as a minor planning application.