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Minutes:
The Committee received an application for change of use of
the former Cambridge Building Society branch (A2/B1) to an (A4) public house
use with ancillary staff accommodation and associated development including the
insertion of new openings and the relocation of the entrance.
The Senior Planning Officer updated his report by referring to amended
details for paragraph 0.7. The amended text is in bold
0.7 Policy 50 of the Cambridge Local Plan
2018 states that homes created through change of use from non-residential uses
should seek to meet space standards where practicable to do. It is acknowledged
that the overall size of the two units do not meet the internal residential
space standards requirements. However, given that the proposed converted
accommodation will be ancillary to the A4 use of the development it is not
considered necessary to apply the same amount of weight to Policy 50 of the
Cambridge Local Plan 2018 in this instance. The sizes of the two bedrooms in
the proposed managers flat have floor areas of 9.8m2 and 12m2 which both exceed
the minimum space standard requirements for a single bedroom and a double
bedroom. Within the unit for the staff accommodation the two bedrooms
also exceed the minimum space standard requirements for single bedrooms, staff
bedroom 1 measures 10.9m2 and staff bedroom 2 measures 9m2. Therefore,
on balance given that the policy does not state that it is essential for
conversions to meet space standards and the residential uses will be ancillary
to the A4 use with bedroom sizes that meet the space standard requirements,
overall the quality of the living environment is considered to be acceptable in
respect of internal space.
Staff
accommodation
Bedroom |
Number of occupants |
Proposed internal space (m²) |
Policy
Size requirement (m²) |
Difference in size |
1 |
1 |
10.9 |
7.5 |
+3.4 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
7.5 |
+1.5 |
Mr Durrant (Applicant’s Agent) addressed the Committee in support of the
application.
The Committee:
Unanimously resolved to grant the application for change of use in accordance with the Officer recommendation, for the reasons set out in the Officer’s report, and subject to the conditions recommended by the Officer including the amendment to condition 50 set out above.